Commentary: Has reading for pleasure vanished from our lives forever?
It is that much harder to carve out time for reading as working adults, but even bite-sized re-reads of our favourite books can bring comfort, says award-winning author Christina Sng.Read…
‘When you have a family, you lose so much more’: A dad’s story, from inside Changi Prison
He put his troubled past behind when he became a father, until he slipped up after a decade and a half. While serving his latest sentence, he talks about the…
UK says fighter jets in Baltics scrambled 21 times over Russian aircraft
June 25, 2023 5:53 AM It comes amid heightened tensions with Moscow over its ongoing war in Ukraine. Read More
Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin to move to Belarus under Wagner deal, Kremlin says
June 25, 2023 4:53 AM A criminal case opened against him for armed mutiny will be dropped. Read More
Forces have advanced on the eastern front, says military in Ukraine
June 25, 2023 2:42 AM KYIV – Ukraine’s military said on Saturday that its forces had made advances near Bakhmut, one of the focal points of fighting on the eastern…
Mutinous Russian mercenary boss orders his fighters to turn back from Moscow to avoid bloodshed
June 25, 2023 1:51 AM Prigozhin said his fighters had advanced 200km towards Moscow in the last 24 hours. Read More
Biden speaks with leaders of France, Germany, UK amid Russia mutiny
June 25, 2023 1:23 AM WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden spoke with the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Saturday as mutinous Russian mercenaries barrelled towards…
Key events in the war in Ukraine
June 25, 2023 12:50 AM The biggest attack on a European country since World War II has killed or wounded over 150,000 people. Read More
Latvia tightens border security, no entry for Russians
June 24, 2023 11:32 PM In neighbouring Estonia, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas also said border security had been strengthened. Read More
Modi heaped with accolades, while notes of caution are sounded
June 24, 2023 10:48 PM WASHINGTON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not hold a mammoth rally of the kind he had in previous visits to the United States…