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N.Korea agrees to hold high-level talks: Seoul

The talks were first proposed by South Korea to be held in the Panmunjom truce village in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Mar 24, 2018

By IANS

Cannabis and heroin seized from a 56-year-old Singaporean male suspected drug trafficker arrested in the vicinity of Woodlands Ring Road on 25 January 2018.

Singapore: CNB arrests 'Ice' trafficker, 122 drug offenders after weeks of operation

According to Misuse of Drugs Act, if a person is found guilty of drug trafficking, the person could face a long prison term, caning, and even capital punishment.

Mar 24, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

European Union confident of exemption from US tariffs

US trade representative Robert Lighthizer said on Thursday that several American allies would initially be exempt from the controversial steel and aluminium tariffs that are to take effect shortly.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

Trump slaps China with $60bn tariffs, Beijing vows retaliation

The White House said on Thursday it was taking action in retaliation for China's use of pressure and intimidation to obtain American technology and trade secrets.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

Sushmita Sen happy about changing image of adoption

Sushmita Sen, the "Main Hoon Na" star expressed her views when she became a part of TV show "Vh1 Inside Access".

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

6-inch skeleton found in Chile not of alien: Study

This was the skeleton of a human female that had suffered severe genetic mutations, according to the study published in the journal published in the Genome Research.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

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Singapore: 20-year-old Foodpanda delivery rider injured after crashing into car in Bukit Batok

The Singapore Civil Defence Force said that the man was taken concious to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital for medical treatment.

Mar 23, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore: 1 killed, 5 injured after car accident on Changi Coast Road

Singapore: Yacht catches fire at Sentosa Cove; 15 people taken to hospital

SCDF said the members of the in-house emergency response team managed the fire using three hosereels. Later, the SCDF officers extinguished the fire with the help of two waterjets.

Mar 23, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

India ponders big ticket labour reforms at last

If the present government, with its overwhelming numerical strength in the Lower House, could not steer through any worthwhile labour reforms in four years of its tenure, it is highly unlikely that the situation will change dramatically in the last year.

Mar 23, 2018

By Abhik Ghosh

High Court awards widow S$1.2 mln in compensation against doctor, medical lab

Carol Ann Armstrong, the widow of the cancer patient Peter Traynor claimed that Quest Laboratories and Dr Tan Hong Wui failed to spot cancer in 2009.

Mar 23, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

New York shivers, Singapore sweats as climate change wreaks havoc

As it is raining snow in New York, Singapore has witnessed extreme hot temperatures in the past two months

Mar 23, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Singapore starts new facility to detect biological, nuclear substances at ports

Shanmugam doubts social media control on fake news, defends new law

Shanmugam told Facebook representative, "You will not decide whether something is true or false, you will not take down something simply because it is false."

Mar 23, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

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Trump names ex-envoy John Bolton as new National Security Adviser

Bolton's hard edged, hawkish views on issues like North Korea, Iraq and Syria make him a controversial pick especially ahead of a proposed meeting between Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS

Man jailed for 5 years, fined S$30 mln for smuggling contraband cigarettes

A syndicate leader has been given five years imprisonment and S$30 million fine for smuggling contraband cigarettes

Mar 23, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Court orders arrest of former S.Korean President on corruption charges

Lee's arrest came about a year after former President Park Geun-hye, Lee's successor, was detained last March after her impeachment over an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend Choi Soon-sil.

Mar 23, 2018

By IANS