SINGAPORE: Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) ended higher in all but one category in the latest bidding exercise which closed on Wednesday afternoon. Premiums for small cars fell $10,480 to $64,209,…
SINGAPORE: A 13-year-old schoolboy was injured in a car accident in Potong Pasir on Tuesday. The boy is a Secondary One student from St Andrew’s Secondary. Police said they had…
SINGAPORE: A man was injured in a shipyard blaze at Jalan Samulun in Jurong on Tuesday. In a statement, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said it was alerted to…
SINGAPORE: Search-and-rescue work is under way for three people missing after a fire broke out at a shipyard in Jurong at about 9.20pm Tuesday. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF)…
TAIPEI: A strong earthquake killed one person and injured at least 86 others in Taiwan on Wednesday as violent shock waves damaged buildings and triggered two blazes, emergency officials said….
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Wednesday overturned a decision by President Mohamed Morsi to sack prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmoud and ordered his reinstatement, state media reported. The ruling by…
BRUSSELS : A combined reading of business and consumer confidence in the 17-state eurozone slipped back in March after recent gains, the European Commission said Wednesday. The Commission said its…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will not allow its cricketers to travel to India to play in the IPL Twenty20 tournament next month unless it gets guarantees from New Delhi over their…
SINGAPORE: Students showcased their projects on defence science and technology on Wednesday, under the Young Defence Scientists Programme. The programme was organised by the Defence Science and Technology Agency and…
AMSTERDAM : EADS shareholders on Wednesday approved reforms aimed at lessening governments’ influence in the European aerospace giant and parent company of Airbus. The extraordinary shareholders’ meeting in Amsterdam of…
AMMAN: Jordan on Wednesday denied accusations that lasers were shone in Japanese players’ faces during their 2-1 World Cup qualifier loss to the kingdom, saying the claims seek to justify…
SINGAPORE: Major-General Ng Chee Meng is the new Chief of Defence Force (CDF), taking over from Lieutenant-General Neo Kian Hong on Wednesday. A Change of Command Parade was held at…
PARIS : US Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday a proposed US-EU free trade zone could help Europe emerge from the economic crisis and played down fears it would…
SINGAPORE: The second phase of former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s speeches, interviews and dialogues was launched on Wednesday by Cengage Learning and the National Archives of Singapore. The first…
SINGAPORE: Four- and five-room flats in Punggol look to be the most heavily subscribed among first-time home buyers in this month’s Build-To-Order exercise which closes at midnight. A total of…
BUCHAREST: Former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu has been found guilty in a hit-and-run case in Singapore and sentenced to three years’ jail by a Romanian court. In its verdict, Ionescu…
SINGAPORE: President Tony Tan on Tuesday conferred the Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore) and the Public Service Medal (Friends of Singapore) on two senior business executives for their…
PARIS: France on Tuesday dangled the possibility of manufacturing its Rafale fighter plane in Malaysia if the nation selected the aircraft as its new combat jet. “We are considering an…
PARIS – Chameleons took to the waves to migrate from Africa to Madagascar about 65 million years ago, said a study published on Wednesday that seeks to resolve a roiling…
SINGAPORE: The Education Ministry will set up its first batch of pilot kindergartens within HDB heartlands – four in primary schools and one at a void deck. The sites are…