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Consumer prices in S'pore fall for 24th consecutive month
SINGAPORE — Consumer prices fell for the 24th straight month in October, despite...
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Dalai Lama says will visit Trump
ULAANBAATAR - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that he...
Asia outbreaks prompt question: Is all Zika dangerous?
CHICAGO/BANGKOK- Zika's rampage last year in Brazil caused an explosion of infections...
China says 3,000 flee Myanmar after fighting along border
BEIJING - China is giving shelter to more than 3,000 people who have fled Myanmar after...
Unpredictability, intensity draw fans to combat sports
The appetite for combat sports has grown in Singapore in recent years
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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump, through decades in public life, has been consistent on one core policy idea: That the United States has gotten a raw deal from its...
South Korea president’s office explains Viagra purchase
SEOUL (South Korea) — An increasingly strange political scandal surrounding South Korean President Park Geun-hye has now left her office defending the purchase of hundreds of...
Samsung Group, pension fund offices raided in growing South Korea scandal
SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of Samsung Group on Wednesday, a prosecution official said, after media reports of alleged links with a confidante of...
Trump shifts tone on climate change, environmentalists scoff
NEW YORK — Republican president-elect Donald Trump, who called climate change a hoax during his campaign and vowed to pull out of the Paris accord, now says global warming might...
Philippines, U.S. agree to reduce joint military drills: Philippine general
MANILA - Philippine and United States military officials agreed to scale back joint exercises and reduce U.S. troop deployments, a Philippine general involved in the talks said...
Ringgit, worst performing Asian currency since Trump win, puts M’sia central bank on guard
SINGAPORE — The Malaysian ringgit, Asia’s worst-performing currency since Mr Donald Trump’s surprise US election victory, is set for the longest stretch of losses since 2013 as...
Top US civilian honour goes to 21 artists, atheletes and others
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama awarded the nation’s highest civilian honour to 21 groundbreaking actors, musicians, athletes and innovators who inspired him over the years...
Facebook builds censorship tool to attain China re-entry: NYT
Facebook Inc has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter the world's second largest economy...
Why the world changed in 2007
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Skill level, not cost of labour, should determine employability
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Removal of ABSD would hurt middle-income buyers
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Priority is affordable homes, not property investment
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Lower stamp duty would make property market more lively
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