Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will be promoted to Deputy Prime Minister from May 1, in a move that cements
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Easter attacks linked to ISIS: Sri Lanka PM
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that he believed Easter Sunday attacks in the country had links to
Cabinet reshuffle: Heng Swee Keat looks forward to strengthening partnerships
Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat’s packed schedule is set to get busier, once he becomes Deputy Prime Minister next Wednesday.
Cabinet reshuffle: Strong message on who will be in charge next, say observers
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has sent a clear message that Mr Heng Swee Keat is the next leader of
US decision to end Iran oil sanctions waiver won’t affect India’s investments in Chabahar port
NEW DELHI: US’ decision to end the Iran oil sanctions waiver will not affect India’s investments in Chahbahar port in
White House adviser Kushner says to give Trump immigration plan in coming days
WASHINGTON: White House senior adviser Jared Kushner plans to present an immigration proposal to Donald Trump at the end of
Trump criticizes Twitter in tweet, urges ‘fairer’ social media
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the creation of “more, and fairer” social media companies in response
President Trump to pay state visit to Britain in June
LONDON: US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain in June as a guest of Queen Elizabeth
Donald Trump to make UK state visit in June
LONDON: US President Donald Trump is to make a state visit to Britain June 3-5, just ahead of D-Day commemorations
How China is replacing America as Asia’s military titan
HONG KONG: In 1938, in the midst of a long campaign to bring China under Communist Party rule, revolutionary leader
At least 45 children killed in Sri Lanka attacks: UN
GENEVA: At least 45 children were among the more than 320 people killed in the suicide bomb attacks in Sri
Back to Earth: Washington set to allow ‘human composting’
OLYMPIA: Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as “natural organic reduction” —
BBC Learning English – Words in the News / Wife-carrying race
Transcript A loving couple should support one another, and here in Maine, in the US, they take it to heart.
BBC Learning English – Words in the News / Alternative Miss World
Transcript This is Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, but what would the Bard make of this? Both genders were competing
BBC Learning English – Words in the News / Parkour is here to stay
Transcript It’s not a sport yet. But it requires a lot of agility. This is ‘freerunning’, also called Parkour, and
Le Arc Apartment makes another stab at en bloc sale with lower $18.5m price
SINGAPORE – Freehold property Le Arc Apartment off Geyland Road is up for collective sale again, with the owners now
Trump says Congress ‘can’t impeach’ him
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday that Congress “can’t impeach” him over the findings of the Mueller report into
Sri Lanka observes 3-minute silence as death toll rises to 310 in Easter Sunday attacks
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka observed a nationwide three-minute silence Tuesday to pay homage to more than 300 people killed in the
Chinese people love peace, Xi says as kicks off major naval parade
QINGDAO: The Chinese people love peace and countries should not threaten each other with the use of force, President Xi
SP Telecom to build alternative data fibre network with intelligence capabilities
SINGAPORE – Network infrastructure provider SP Telecom said on Tuesday (April 23) that it plans to build a fibre network
Core inflation eases to 1.4% in March as electricity, retail costs cool; overall inflation up slightly
SINGAPORE – Core inflation eased in March on the back of smaller increases in the costs of retail items and
Grab adds Agoda, Booking.com, BookMyShow, HOOQ to its platform
SINGAPORE – Grab has added hotel reservation services Agoda and Booking.com; entertainment ticketing platform BookMyShow; and on-demand video streaming service
Frasers Property JV expects sale of last 3 retail assets in Sydney project to fetch over A$170m
SINGAPORE – The final three retail assets in Frasers Property Australia and Japanese developer Sekisui House’s A$2 billion ($1.93 billion)
Sri Lanka never expected bombings of such magnitude: Defence Secretary
COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government never expected the Easter Sunday bombings of such magnitude, Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando said Tuesday
Thakral family unit wins shareholder nod to raise stake in Thakral Corp to 50.2%
SINGAPORE – Prime Trade Enterprises (PTE), a shareholding vehicle of the Thakral family, has secured shareholder approval for its partial