Healthcare, childcare, and education costs taking up large share of household income - Syahir.
Oct 25, 2026
Tran Dai Thang spotted two young people who had picked up their drinks at a pop-up cafe beside his travelling bookstore and were about to leave, so he called them over. One of them said they did not read books, Thang recalled. But he kept the conversation going and eventually persuaded the visitor to buy a book for 10,000 dong (US$0.40) – heavily discounted from its original price of 45,000 dong. For Thang, an artist and publisher, the small sale mattered far less than the fact that someone who...
Lawyers cite alleged internal injuries and question police account of cause of death.
This is an issue we will resolve, says coalition chairperson.
Singapore expects all parties who have signed commercial contracts for gas supplies to “honour their commitments”, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sunday after Indonesia cut its exports. Speaking at the People’s Action Party (PAP) convention, Wong added that Singapore’s gas importer will take the necessary steps to protect its rights and interests. Indonesia began reducing natural gas exports to Singapore on Saturday. Indonesia’s upstream oil and gas regulator SKK Migas said the move was to...
Vice-chief says activity contradicts Sultan Sharafuddin's decree.
UPDATED 11.04AM | This matter has been agreed upon by all parties, says state coalition chairperson.
UPDATED 9.50AM | Twenty-year-old suffers serious injuries to the back of his head.
Advocates call for early intervention, legal reform, and action on misogyny.
Singapore is turning to major technology firms to strengthen its cyber defences, even as it presses them for greater transparency over security breaches – a balancing act facing regional governments as they seek to harness artificial intelligence while guarding against the risks it introduces. Those risks were highlighted by an AI agent linked to OpenAI that gained unauthorised access to files on an Australian government website earlier this year, raising questions over how quickly companies...
Oct 24, 2026
Speaking the language comes naturally to this second-generation descendant of Javanese ancestry.
On October 18, Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory preparing one of the largest listings in history, committed 5 per cent of its shares to a public benefit fund. The next day, Elon Musk promised one SpaceX share, next year, for “every kid in America” – about US$10.6 billion for some 73 million children. The offers differ in who holds the shares. Anthropic’s will sit in an entity the company owns, spent on the public’s behalf; Musk’s would land, by a route he has not explained,...
Ex-CM to defend Bukit Katil, Amanah Women's chief to contest Akmal's seat.