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Singapore: Police arrest 16 women, 5 men for prostitution, gambling

Authorities will take action against operators of the public entertainment outlets that have been found to have contravened licensing conditions.

Mar 16, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

US passenger jet pilots stunned after seeing mysterious UFO in skies

Pilots from two US passenger flights have revealed that they have witnessed a UFO hurtling across the sky

Mar 16, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Singapore: Police arrest 22-year-old man for rioting at Geylang

The accused of the riot uttered threatening words and used criminal force against a public servant.

Mar 16, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore emerges world's most expensive city

Singapore surpassed Paris, Zurich, Hong Kong and Oslo to become the most expensive city in the world.

Mar 16, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: Driver mistook exit; taxi stranded on Yishun temple steps

A video footage of the incident showed the blue taxi stuck on the temple steps.

Mar 16, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

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Rihanna's starpower sends Snapchat stocks tumbling 5%

Snapchat stocks dropped on Thursday after its ad on domestic violence received a vocal backlash on social media, with notables like Rihanna, Chelsea Clinton joining the row.

Mar 16, 2018

By IANS

Africa's oldest nuclear DNA found in Morocco

The Moroccan Culture Ministry announced on Thursday that the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was found at a burial site called Grotte des Pigeons near the eastern town of Taforalt.

Mar 16, 2018

By IANS

Singapore: E-scooter driver faces legal charges for causing head injury of 45-year-old woman

23-year-old, Muhammad Sha'if Jumadi, the e-scooter driver who caused head injury of a woman in in Bedok Reservoir was charged with causing hurt by rash act.

Mar 16, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Donald Trump Jr. speaks to Senate investigators

Vanessa, Donald Trump Jr's wife, files for divorce

Vanessa filed for divorce as her 40-year-old husband, who heads his father's businesses after Trump de-linked himself from the organisation before the 2016 election, is too busy.

Mar 16, 2018

By IANS

Einstein's letters, collections to be auctioned in May

Valued at 6,000 to 9,000 British pounds ($8,386 to $12,579), the letters written by Einstein will go under hammer.

Mar 15, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Singapore police find 14 unlicensed massage parlours; 10 women arrested

The Massage Establishments (ME) Act came into force from March 1 and regulates timings of licensed massage parlours.

Mar 15, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Singapore: 3 men arrested for stealing cosmetics and selling them online

Singapore police say that if found guilty, the three men may face a jail sentence of up to seven years and can also be fined.

Mar 15, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Singapore: Sales of new private home fall 61.5% in February due to Chinese New Year

Real estate agency ERA said that there were no major launches in February and "most buyers were not in the home buying mood".

Mar 15, 2018

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

Bangladesh mourns 26 killed in Nepal plane crash

The aircraft with 71 people on board crashed and burst into flames while landing at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday.

Mar 15, 2018

By IANS

Extra-terrestrials would have been dead by the time their messages reach us, say scientists

A new study conducted by a team of researchers in Switzerland has revealed that alien civilizations would have been died off by the time their message reach us

Mar 15, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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