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Tutor turns nasty after parent declines to make advance payment or loan him $500

SINGAPORE: A family's search for a private tutor ended...

Two arrested, weapons seized after video of vicious assault goes viral online

SINGAPORE: A man and a woman have been arrested...

24-year-old male student arrested in connection with voyeurism case at NTU

SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old has been arrested in connection with...

Not everyone agrees with Tan Kin Lian’s suggestion that Singaporeans face higher living costs than Malaysians

SINGAPORE: Former presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian apparently wanted...

Business

141 HDB resale flats sold for at least $1 million in April

SINGAPORE: Last month saw the highest number of Housing...

5-room Sengkang HDB flat sells for $1.058 million

SINGAPORE: A five-room HDB unit joined the million-dollar flat...

Newton condo resells for S$12M in April, resulting in S$6.5M profit

SINGAPORE: The resale market for condominiums, just like the...

Feeling invisible at work? Take back the spotlight with these power moves

In a Reddit post, a software engineer ranted because...

Singapore Politics

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Long weekend or rising apathy? Some wonder at low voter turnout for GE2025

SINGAPORE: On Sunday (May 4), the Elections Department (ELD)...

Asia

American man who retires in Malaysia at age 60 says he would have worked till he was 80 years old if he was still in the US

SG woman claims JB car wash charged her $3.65 for wash & vacuum even though vacuum wasn’t working

12th consecutive week of net outflows: Over S$150M in foreign funds exit Bursa Malaysia

Tokyo to offer 100,000-yen subsidy for painless childbirth experience

Southeast Asia becomes the new battleground for Chinese products as U.S.-China tensions escalate under Trump 2.0

Bangkok forces work-from-home shift as air pollution hits crisis levels

16 years later: Man discovers that his father was actually an impostor who lied about his identity

Billionaire Richard Liu pays back $1,400 to each of his home villagers as a “Thank You” gift for funding his education at university 35 years ago

Generous Malaysian firm rewards their hardworking staff with homes, cars, luxury bedroom sets, and fully paid pilgrimage trips

Malaysian delivery rider cancels food order to help man suffering a heart attack by the side of the road