Upgrading to a higher ward class will incur retroactive charges for the stay in the more heavily subsidised ward.

As part of her sentence, the teenager must perform 80 hours of community service.

From March 1 to April 30, more than 16,700 SMSes were sent to over 12,500 bank customers to warn them about being scammed.

PM Lee said in a Facebook post that several people had wished him a happy retirement.

Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar became the first King of Malaysia to visit Parliament House when a sitting was in session.

Mohd Aris Jalil, 66, was leader of a group tasked to patrol around Geylang when he committed offence.

They were caught for offences such as riding in a group size larger than 10 and riding non-compliant devices.

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Refugee children who were born or raised in Hong Kong are also only allowed to attend school after getting approval from the Immigration Department.

Li has previously been head of Greater China for Credit Suisse and deputy head of investment banking, China, at UBS.

Homegrown VCs believe startups in the Philippines and Vietnam have high potential for profitability despite operating in restrictive environments.

Indonesia is the third-largest producer of rice in the world but isn’t self-sufficient, having to import the grain every year to make up for the shortfall.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's support among young voters is decreasing, putting his tenure at risk despite efforts to appeal to this demographic with promises of unprecedented efforts to tackle Japan's declining birthrate, says political scientist Yasuo Takao.  

AMSTERDAM - Dutch riot police ended a pro-Palestinian demonstration at an Amsterdam university early on Tuesday, arresting some 125 people in sometimes violent clashes, authorities said.

Netanyahu’s office said the truce proposal “is far from Israel’s essential demands”.

A U.S. soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct was arrested by a Vladivostok court on theft charges, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday.

More storms are forecast for the next couple of days, primarily on May 8, from Texas to Ohio.

Erin Patterson allegedly made a poisonous meal in July 2023 that killed three people.

Goldman did not oppose the dropping of the criminal charge.

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations General Assembly could vote on Friday on a draft resolution that would recognize the Palestinians as qualified to become a full U.N. member and recommend that the U.N. Security Council \"reconsider the matter favorably.\"

BOGOTA - Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday said it would lift its suspension on kidnapping due to the government failing to live up to agreements reached during peace talks.

CAIRO - Hamas sent on Monday to mediators its response to a truce proposal which could be described as positive, a spokesperson for Qatar's foreign ministry said early on Tuesday.

CANOAS, Brazil - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Congress on Monday to recognize a state of public calamity for the heavy rains that have killed at least 85 people in the country's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.