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Singapore: Taxi crashes into railings at Ang Mo Kio after accident with lorry

A taxi crashed into the side railings of a road in Ang Mo Kio after clashing with a lorry on Thursday, February 1 afternoon.

Feb 1, 2018

By Sanchalita Mullick

Singapore: Changi Airport wins 'World's Best Airport' award for 5th year in a row

Singapore: Police arrests man for riding motorcycle into Changi Airport

Singapore Police on Wednesday arrested a 25-year-old man after he rode his motorcycle into Changi Airport's Terminal 2.

Feb 1, 2018

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singapore: Ten ITE students arrested for rioting outside campus

All the arrested are male students aged 16 and 18. Further investigation is going on to unveil the reason behind the fight outside Simei campus of the Institute of Technical Education.

Jan 31, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: 9-foot-long tapeworm found inside man's rectum

A man in Singapore was left horrified after a nine-foot-long tapeworm was found growing inside his body.

Jan 31, 2018

By Adrita Biswas

Teenager dies while playing 'the floor is lava'

Singapore: Teenager dies in accidental fall from 12-storey building while playing 'the floor is lava'

A 16-year-old boy met a tragic death when he accidentally jumped off a building while playing "the floor is lava".

Jan 31, 2018

By Adrita Biswas

18-year-old cancer patient fighting for life, searching for birth parents for bone marrow transplant

18-year-old Chinese woman named Peng Xin is a leukaemia patient and doctors told her foster parents to search for her biological parents to get the matching bone marrow.

Jan 31, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

India: Young woman found murdered, dismembered, stuffed into sacks and dumped on road

An unidentified woman has been found murdered and chopped into pieces at the Indian city of Hyderabad.

Jan 31, 2018

By Adrita Biswas

Malaysia: 2 admitted into Penang Hospital after drinking instant coffee

Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, the Health director-general, has instructed the state Health Department to carry out a comprehensive investigation before announcing the outcome.

Jan 31, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

In Pictures: New Year celebrations ring in 2017 around the world

Time Out survey reveals Singapore one of the least exciting city in the world

In a latest survey, Singapore was ranked one of the least exciting among 32 cities from around the world.

Jan 31, 2018

By Aastha Agnihotri

South Korean envoy to Singapore fired over Japanese 'comfort women' deal allegations: report

Lee, who was appointed as ambassador in April 2016 by former President Park Geun-hye, was scheduled to end his term in April, 2019.

Jan 31, 2018

By Aastha Agnihotri

Singapore: Man jailed, banned from driving for causing death of lorry driver in head-on collision

A heavy vehicle driver has been jailed for seven weeks and banned from driving for five years after his negligent driving caused a head-on collision, resulting in the death of a man.

Jan 30, 2018

By Adrita Biswas

Singapore crime

Singapore: Ex-table tennis player Li Hu's mother given jail sentence for trying to bribe official

The mother of a former national table tennis player was given six weeks' jail sentence for trying to bribe the director of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA).

Jan 30, 2018

By Adrita Biswas