TOKYO – A senior government official who advises Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on security expressed a personal opinion that Japan should have nuclear weapons, according to local media reports.  The official... Read more »

SINGAPORE – People in Sengkang and Punggol who visit selected general practitioners (GPs) can soon get follow-up care from a social worker. A new partnership between a group of GPs and a... Read more »

SINGAPORE – More than 2,700 people have been fined for vape-related offences since tougher penalties came into effect on Sept 1. In a joint statement on Dec 18, the Ministry of Health... Read more »

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is facing pressure over whether to fulfil an election campaign pledge to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) for entrance to Malaysian public universities... Read more »

[SINGAPORE] President-elect of the Law Society of Singapore Dinesh Singh Dhillon has agreed to step aside after a meeting on Dec 17 with members. Mr Dhillon was elected by the majority of the... Read more »

FIFA declares 3 football matches as losses for Malaysia, including 4 Sept friendly against S’pore The Singapore national football team’s defeat to Malaysia on 4 Sept has been declared a 3-0 win... Read more »

Dec 17 : Alphabet’s Google is working on a new initiative to make its artificial intelligence chips better at running PyTorch, the world’s most widely used AI software framework, in a move... Read more »

Full-year growth for 2025 is now expected at 4.1%, with a boost from manufacturing [SINGAPORE] Private-sector economists have turned more optimistic about the Republic’s 2026 growth, with a median expectation of 2.3... Read more »

It was July 1965. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman had decided at this point that Singapore had to leave Malaysia. He wrote to then-deputy prime minister Tun Razak of his thoughts... Read more »