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About 500 to 600 overstayers in S'pore yet to be arrested: Shanmugam

In the past two years, about 450 overstayers in Singapore were arrested each year.

Beaver moon: Skygazers catch last supermoon of 2024

The last supermoon of 2024 lit up the Singapore sky on the evening of Nov 15, drawing skywatchers and photography enthusiasts outdoors.

MOH to provide Africa CDC up to 50,000 mpox test kits

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) will provide the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with up to 50,000 test kits for mpox to help combat the ongoing outbreak in the continent.

Two Singapore lawyers receive global awards

Cavinder Bull wins for commercial litigation; Blossom Hing, restructuring and insolvency

FairPrice's annual textbook donation drive kicks off

The public can donate their used textbooks at 11 locations island-wide between Nov 16 and Nov 30, as part of the FairPrice Group's annual Share-a-Textbook drive.

Vending machine in NUS dispenses free debit cards at a tap to students

Students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) will be the first in Singapore to get a free debit card from a vending machine by just tapping a screen.

More training for volunteers helping families of inmates

Online portal will give volunteers centralised platform to access info, record case notes

S'pore govt officer in UK counselled, warned after leaving kids home alone

A Singapore government officer posted to Britain was counselled and warned after he left his children alone at home while they were asleep to pick up his spouse at night.

Le Pen's allies allege witch-hunt amid possible ban from French politics

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch-hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.

Dutch government survives Cabinet spat over soccer violence

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof saved his governing coalition on Nov 15 despite threats of an exodus by Cabinet members over the right-wing government's response to violence against Israeli soccer fans last week.

Putin cracks down on corrupt officials to buttress war machine

Russia, ranked the most corrupt of the world's biggest economies, is intensifying a crackdown on graft among officials that has risked undermining the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine and further straining state coffers.

Scholz-Putin phone call opens Pandora's box, says Zelensky

It hurts efforts to isolate Russian leader and end war with 'fair peace': Ukrainian President

Israel pummels south Beirut as Lebanon mulls over US truce plan

Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Hezbollah bastions in Beirut and south Lebanon on Nov 16, a day after Lebanese government officials said they were studying a US truce proposal.

Trump's firebrand aide to be White House press secretary

President-elect Donald Trump reached into his inner circle on Nov. 15 and chose his transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt as his White House press secretary, putting a 27-year-old firebrand in position to aggressively defend him.

Muslim leaders who backed Trump upset by his pro-Israel Cabinet picks

Muslim support helped him win Michigan and may have led to other swing state wins

Vocal, forceful ally chosen for top communications job

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Nov 15 that he had chosen Mr Steven Cheung, his chief campaign spokesman, to be his White House communications director.

Beijing will retaliate if Trump sets 60% tariff: Ex-PBOC official

China will fight back if US President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his promise to impose a 60 per cent tariff on Chinese imports, according to Dr Zhu Min, a former top official at the Chinese central bank.

Malaysian court orders S'porean to return $8.4m to 122 investors

A Singaporean man has been ordered by a Malaysian high court to return about RM28 million (S$8.4 million) to 122 Malaysian investors, who had sued him in 2022 to recoup their investments.

China willing to be partners and friends with US, says top envoy

China is willing to be partners and friends with the US, China's Ambassador to Washington said, seeking to strengthen dialogue between the world's two largest economies.

LOVE CONQUERS ALL

Malaysian couple scale Mount Kinabalu to mark their new life journey

Exclusive Qantas lounges for Aussie MPs spark concern

Some see such perks as attempts to curry favour with Albanese's Labor government

Warning of 'catastrophic' impact as super typhoon lashes Philippines

Super Typhoon Man-yi made landfall in the Philippines on Nov 16, with the national weather forecaster warning of a \"potentially catastrophic and life-threatening\" impact, as waves up to 14m high pounded the coastline.

Bangladesh uprising over but number of protests increases

The solo protest of Bangladeshi hunger striker Mahbubul Haque Shipon is hard to spot among the six other demonstrations under way on the same busy thoroughfare.

EATS NOT OKAY Some Indian states ban mayo, cotton candy in crackdown on unsafe street food

It is a much-loved dip served with dumplings and shawarmas. But mayonnaise made from raw eggs has caught attention in India in recent months for the wrong reasons, highlighting India's wider street food safety problems.

How did we end up needing 'nanny' laws to save scam victims from themselves?

Victims' judgment, sense of reality can be deeply distorted by master manipulators

S'pore, Malaysia sign MOU to prevent and combat transnational crimes

Singapore and Malaysia on Nov 14 signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to deepen cooperation to prevent and combat transnational crimes.

The changing face of China's foreign tourists

BEIJING - Weaving through a horde of Chinese tourists clutching delicate blown-sugar figurines, tea and selfie sticks, Mr Joao Esteves, a Portuguese, stands out as a rare foreigner in one of Beijing's oldest alleyways.

KOPITIAM BUDDIES

Students befriend seniors in coffee shops, then help plug them into social care system

S. Korea, China should cooperate for peace, says Yoon

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told Chinese President Xi Jinping that their two countries should cooperate for peace in the face of North Korea and Russia's military cooperation, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Nov 16.

Beijing hopes Tokyo will 'properly handle' history and Taiwan issues

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in their first meeting that China hoped Japan would \"properly handle\" major issues such as history and Taiwan, according to Chinese state media on Nov 16.