Seven major soft drinks manufacturers have agreed to reduce sugar content in all their drinks here to 12 per cent and below by 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement on Monday (Aug 21).
They are: Coca-Cola, F&N Foods, Malaysia Dairy (...)
While extremism has been a thorny issue faced by Turkey, the country remains committed in the fight against it, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Monday (Aug 21).
Speaking at the 41st Singapore Lecture conference, Mr Yildirim said one (...)
A search and rescue operation is under way for 10 US sailors after a US warship and an oil tanker collided off the coast of Singapore on Monday morning (Aug 21).
The guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain collided with merchant vessel Alnic MC (...)
Singapore's bowler Cherie Tan clinched the SEA Games gold in the women's singles event on Sunday (Aug 20), a win she has dedicated to her former coach who died prior to the competition.
The 29-year-old had trained under Mr Henry Tan since she was a (...)
Interpol on Monday (Aug 7) announced that it signed an agreement with cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks for data exchange as they look to step up ways to combat online crime.
According to a press release, Interpol said the agreement provides (...)
The Ministry of Health (MOH) is screening people who came into close contact with a Bangladeshi construction worker who died on Friday (Aug 4) from diphtheria.
The 21-year-old worker was likely to have been infected in Singapore as he had not (...)
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was called in on Friday (Aug 4) to rescue a woman who was sitting on a fourth-storey ledge of an HDB block in Redhill.
SCDF said it was alerted to the incident at 69 Redhill Close at 5.40pm, adding that it (...)
A Singaporean man accused of robbing a Western Union remittance outlet along Ubi Avenue 1, was charged with armed robbery on Saturday (Aug 5).
Hashim Hamzah, 58*, allegedly robbed 28-year-old Hankum Porntip, a female employee of the branch, at (...)
Ride-hailing company Uber bought and leased Honda Vezel cars to its drivers even though the model had been recalled due to a fire risk, a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Thursday (Aug 3) claims.
The model was recalled by Honda in April (...)
Indonesia has detected a growing number of hotspots as intense dry weather condition continues.
In a statement on Sunday (Jul 30), the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said satellite images from the National Institute of Aeronautics and (...)
A 77-storey hotel project is set to compete for attention with Malaysia's iconic Petronas Twin Towers and change Kuala Lumpur's skyline, as the second-tallest building in the city centre.
Being constructed next to the Twin Towers, Four Seasons Place (...)
A burger joint in Malaysia will soon unveil its own version of the popular Nasi Lemak Burger, which was released by fast-food chain McDonald's to celebrate Singapore's National Day.
In a tweet, myBurgerLab in Malaysia unveiled their Nasi Lemak Ayam (...)
Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob said on Saturday (Jul 29) she is still considering whether to run for President.
"I'm deeply honoured by the expressions of support, but I still need to further do my consultations," she said.
Earlier this week, (...)
The launch of Amazon's much-hyped Prime Now service in Singapore continues to be plagued with issues, on the second day after its official launch on Thursday (Jul 28).
When Channel NewsAsia tried to place an order at about 4.30pm on Thursday, a (...)
Olympic champion Joseph Schooling on Friday (Jul 28) qualified for the men's 100m butterfly semi-finals at the FINA World Championships.
Schooling clocked 51.21s at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary to finish fourth overall in the heats. Fellow (...)
Private home prices in Singapore fell for the 15th straight quarter in the April to June period, although the pace of decline eased, according to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday (Jul 28).
Prices fell by 0.1 per (...)
The Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported a 22 per cent rise in its second-quarter net profit on Thursday (Jul 27), driven by growth in net interest income, fees and commissions, net trading income and profit from life assurance.
The bank, (...)
Amazon launched its Prime Now service in Singapore on Wednesday night (Jul 26), making its app available via the country's iTunes and Google Play stores.
The e-commerce giant had been widely rumoured to launch in Singapore after a series of (...)
Olympic champion Joseph Schooling narrowly missed out on a semi-final berth for the men's 100m freestyle at the FINA World Championships on Wednesday (Jul 26).
Schooling clocked 48.86s putting him in 17th place out of 113 competitors for the event (...)
Singapore's sea and air search and rescue capabilities have been enhanced with its investment in a new medium-altitude earth orbit search and rescue (MEOSAR) ground system, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Maritime and Port (...)
Ride-hailing company Grab on Monday (Jul 24) announced up to US$2 billion (S$2.7 billion) will be raised from China's Didi Chuxing and Japan's SoftBank in its latest financing round.
Grab added in a press release that it anticipates to raise an (...)
Singtel said on Friday (Jul 21) it will launch near-gigabit mobile data speeds at selected high-traffic outdoor locations, starting with Orchard Road.
At 800Mbps, it is Southeast Asia's fastest gigabit-class LTE mobile data speed, and is nearly (...)
Ever wanted to buy fresh food from the supermarket and have it prepared by chefs and delivered to your doorstep?
By using a mobile app that links to their Taobao or Alipay account, customers of e-commerce giant Alibaba's Hema supermarket can do so (...)
A bearded person, a woman wearing a headscarf and a zombie are among the new emoji Apple unveiled in celebration of World Emoji Day on Monday (Jul 17).
Coming later this year, the company said on its website that the new emoji "make it easier for (...)
Naruto, the selfie taking macaque monkey, is back in the news.
The US Court of Appeals on Wednesday (Jul 12) heard arguments from lawyers over who owned photographs taken by the monkey.
In 2011, photographer David Slater was in the Tangkoko nature (...)
