Lee Kuan Yew’s home ‘worthy of preservation’ as centre of Singapore independence
Published: 2:34pm, 3 Nov 2025Updated: 2:45pm, 3 Nov 2025 The site of 38 Oxley Road was “more than just the home” of founding prime...
Federal Judge Extends Order Preventing Trump From Deploying National Guard to Portland
A federal judge on Nov. 2 extended an order preventing President Donald Trump from deploying any National Guard troops to deal with violence directed...
Top Belgian neurologist Steven Laureys joins China’s Hangzhou Normal University
World-renowned neurologist and consciousness research pioneer Steven Laureys has taken up a full-time university position in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Advertisement The 56-year-old Belgian...
Chinese woman spends US$140,000 entrusted to her by boyfriend on plastic surgery
A Chinese man who entrusted more than one million yuan (US$140,000) in savings to his girlfriend for safekeeping was shocked when she spent it...
Chinese film 731’s historical hiccups eclipse anti-Japanese fears
A Chinese historical film about Japan’s wartime atrocities has drawn criticism not for its subject matter, but over what many viewers have described as...
Japanese woman held for 1999 murder says she lived in constant fear of arrest
A 69-year-old woman arrested for a 1999 murder in Nagoya, central Japan, told investigators that she had long feared being caught and felt depressed...
New Zealand Forges New Alliance With 5 Nordic Countries, Imposes More Sanctions on Russia
New Zealand and the five Nordic countries have formed a new multilateral grouping, called Nordic 5-New Zealand, in recognition of their “common strategic assessments,...
New World Development offers US$1.9 billion debt swap to boost liquidity
Heavily indebted New World Development (NWD) has launched exchange offers for US$1.9 billion of its outstanding perpetual securities and notes to optimise its debt...
Roblox vows to step up monitoring after Malaysian boy stabs brother in dispute
Roblox has pledged to improve safety through the use of artificial intelligence technology and human monitoring after a Malaysian boy allegedly stabbed his brother...