SINGAPORE – Grounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, two photographers who usually spend most of their time travelling outside Singapore decided to document the wild residents at Pasir Ris Park in September. On Christmas Eve, they released a video entitled Residents Of The Park, which was commended by Minister of State for Home Affairs Desmond Tan... » read more
A broken signalling cable has been identified as the cause of delays over a period of about six hours on the Downtown Line (DTL) on Monday. Commuters had faced longer travelling times along a stretch of 12 stations from Expo to Geylang Bahru during the evening peak hours, from around 6.30pm. The fault continued till... » read more
SINGAPORE – Some customers of Internet service provider MyRepublic were hit by a broadband outage on Thursday (Dec 31) morning and there were reports ofthe problem continuing for more than 24 hours. Connectivity issues were reportedly experienced from 7.34am on New Year’s Eve by users in various locations, including Yishun, Seng Kang and Yio Chu... » read more
SINGAPORE – The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project has been terminated, after both countries failed to reach an agreement on changes proposed by Malaysia by the deadline of Dec 31. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Muhyiddin Yassin announced this in a joint statement on Friday (Jan 1) morning. The... » read more
Brexit, Jurgen Klopp said in 2018, “makes no sense at all”. His views have not changed. Last month, he said he was still waiting to see any benefits from the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the full article. Get unlimited access to all stories at... » read more
SINGAPORE – A man who escaped a police operation in his car, while two other men clung on to him, was charged in court on Wednesday (Dec 30) with two counts of causing hurt by performing a rash act. Ryan Asyraf Mohammad A’zman was a wanted man for jumping bail, the police said in an... » read more
SINGAPORE – At the end of a very unusual and challenging year, with Covid-19 causing serious economic and social disruption, Singapore needs “all hands on deck” to overcome the crisis and build a better future for generations to come, President Halimah Yacob said in her New Year message on Tuesday (Dec 29). She added she... » read more
More than 70 curated courses for job seekers hoping to upskill and reskill can now be browsed on a single website. The majority of the courses on training marketplace FastLearn are SkillsFuture Credit-eligible, and many also qualify for additional subsidies and government support such as training allowances, job portal FastJobs said yesterday. The training portal... » read more
SINGAPORE – Amid growing concerns about a new strain of the coronavirus surfacing here, experts have said measures now in place, such as wearing masks and social distancing, are sufficient to combat its spread. Two new strains of the disease have been discovered, in Britain and South Africa. Malaysia’s Health Ministry has also identified a... » read more
SINGAPORE – Twin brothers Marcus and Joe Wee took their common passion as kids – gaming – and turned it into a thriving business. Their childhood love became the foundation for Aftershock, the biggest boutique PC builder in Singapore. Marcus, 36, had been tinkering with computer systems since his early teens and loved gaming laptops.... » read more
TOKYO • The organisers of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics yesterday said they have picked a new creative director to redesign “simpler and more restrained” opening and closing ceremonies for next year’s Games. The mammoth task will fall to advertising executive Hiroshi Sasaki, who helped produce the Games’ handing-over ceremony from Rio de Janeiro in... » read more
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – Arsenal’s dreadful Premier League season continued with a 2-1 defeat to resurgent Everton at Goodison Park leaving the Gunners five points above the relegation zone. Colombian Yerry Mina grabbed the winner with a header from a corner on the stroke of halftime after a Nicolas Pepe penalty had brought the Gunners... » read more
For nearly a decade, Mr Muhammad Helmy Razali managed critical support operations to secure various sensitive sites, including Changi Airport and hospitals. Now, the 33-year-old is doing the same, but in the digital space as a cyberthreat-monitoring specialist at Deutsche Bank. He made the switch after enrolling in the Technology in Finance Immersion Programme (TFIP)... » read more
SINGAPORE – There is no reason to believe that Singapore was a target of the recent high-profile hacking attack involving cyber security firm FireEye and software provider SolarWinds Corp, authorities said late on Tuesday (Dec 15). Even so, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) said that it has sent out an advisory on Dec... » read more
SINGAPORE – Lawyer Ravi Madasamy, better known as M. Ravi, was charged in a district court on Wednesday (Dec 16) with criminal defamation. The 51-year-old Singaporean is accused of defaming Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam in a unit at People’s Park Centre at around 8.45am on Nov 6. Ravi allegedly posted on Facebook... » read more
More travellers will be allowed to enter or transit through Singapore as part of efforts to reconnect to the world and preserve the Republic’s status as an air hub. But the reopening of borders will be done in a controlled manner so as not to overwhelm Singapore’s healthcare system and contact tracing capabilities, Trade and... » read more
MADRID • Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said the club used the criticism thrown at them in recent weeks to their advantage in an emphatic 2-0 La Liga home win over crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid on Saturday. Less than two weeks ago, the hosts were reeling from shock defeats by Alaves and Shakhtar Donetsk, with... » read more
Divers Mark and Timothy Lee thought they would be retired by now. But, with the Olympic Games postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the twins are still plugging away. Despite the “big smack” to their plans, Tokyo remains in their sights after qualifying for next year’s SEA Games in Hanoi at the 11th Singapore National... » read more
SINGAPORE – An 80-year-old man, his wife, 66, and their son, 45, died following an incident in the elderly couple’s flat in Lakeside on Thursday (Dec 10). The elderly man reportedly fell in the shower, and he and his wife are believed to have been electrocuted when she rushed in to assist him. Their son,... » read more
ROME • Paolo Rossi, Italy’s goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign and scorer of a hat-trick against Brazil in one of the most famous matches in the competition’s history, yesterday died at the age of 64. The celebrated striker’s death comes with the football world still in mourning for Argentina icon Diego... » read more