Daily roundup: Christmas gifts for your BFFs at different stages of your life — and other top stories today, Singapore News,Stay in the know with a recap of our top stories today. 1. Get Merry Ready: Christmas gifts for your BFFs at different stages of your life More than just feasting, the year-end
82-year-old man dies after fight in Serangoon; 58-year-old man who punched him arrested, Singapore News,SINGAPORE – An elderly man was pronounced dead in hospital after a fight with another man at a Serangoon coffee shop. The police told The Straits Times that they were alerted to a case of affray o
Hong Kong protesters weaponising spending power as they dig in for long fight, Asia News,HONG KONG – The Hong Kong protesters formed a line, patiently waiting their turn to buy sweet milk and tea drinks from a store that advertised ardent support for their cause with a banner declaring, \”If you set
Thailand drops royal insult charges for burning royal portraits, Asia News,BANGKOK – A Thai appeals court has dropped royal insult charges against six people jailed for setting fire to portraits of Thai kings, it said, but they will still have to serve lengthy jail terms for damaging public property
US congressman posts family Christmas picture with guns, days after school shooting, World News,WASHINGTON – A US congressman on Saturday (Dec 4) posted a Christmas picture of himself and what appeared to be his family, smiling and posing with an assortment of guns, just days after four teenagers we
Australia police charge man with rape and murder of Israeli student, World News,Australian police on Saturday charged a man with the rape and murder of Israeli student Aiia Maasarwe, some three days after her body was found in Melbourne. The 21-year-old was speaking to her sister on the phone when s
Israel navy intercepts activist boat trying to break Gaza blockade; 2 Singaporeans among those on board, Singapore News,JERUSALEM – Israel's navy on Sunday (July 29) intercepted a Norwegian-flagged activist boat trying to break its more than decade-long blockade of the Gaza Strip. An activist g
Ronaldinho to be freed from Paraguayan jail into house arrest, World News,ASUNCION – Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho Gaucho will be released from jail into house arrest in Paraguay after he and his brother paid US$1.6 million (S$2.2 million) in bail, the judge in his case said on Tuesday (Apri
Who is Agnes Chow, the Hong Kong activist jailed over a 2019 protest?, China News,HONG KONG – Agnes Chow, 23, a prominent Hong Kong democracy activist, was jailed on Wednesday for 10 months on charges related to unlawful assembly near the city’s police headquarters during last year’s anti-government
Sharon Au is staying put in Paris despite country's Covid-19 lockdown and brutal attacks, Entertainment News,Even as France grapples with a second wave of Covid-19 infections and a series of brutal attacks in the past month, former Mediacorp actress Sharon Au doesn't plan to return home an
