JEDDAH - A YOUNG Saudi woman detained for more than a week for breaking the ultra-conservative kingdom's ban on women driving has appealed to King Abdullah for her release, her lawyer said on Sunday. 'Manal al-Sharif hopes that the king will order her release and close her file,' her ...
DUBAI - AN ANIMAL activist says a cheetah has been captured roaming the streets of the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. Raghad Auttabashi of the Al Rahma Welfare and Rescue Society told The Associated Press the big cat appeared to be seven or eight months old and had an injured front left p...
May 29, 2011 What holidays? Students sign up for tuition instead Many kids sign up in June for tuition sessions at education centres to gear up for key exams By Cheryl Ong and Amanda Tan Keeping their eyes on the prize 'There are so many distractions nowadays - phones, computers... Tu...
Mr Ric O'Barry shot to fame with his film The Cove on the capture and killing of dolphins in Japan. During dolphin hunts in the Solomon Islands (above), the marine mammals are driven into an inlet. The healthy ones are snatched to be sold to aquariums, while the others are stabbed or ...
A customer carries plastic bags of groceries as he leaves a supermarket in central Beijing. China will expand a ban on free shopping bags as it tries to rid the country of 'white pollution'. -- PHOTO: REUTERS BEIJING - CHINA will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, a...
The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has stipulated that while it sets minimum service quality standards for broadband providers in Singapore, those standards do not apply to online gaming. For this reason, it has ruled that Internet service provider (ISP) StarHub did not contrave...
Thank you for coming to my flea today at FLB. Tried my best to bring as many as i could, I hope this time you girls manage to get what you want =)) For those people who cant get the item u want that are sold out on flea, Kindly email me to check on availability :) Showroom will be rea...
HANOI - COMMUNIST Vietnam has banned police from wearing black sunglasses, chatting, smoking and putting their hands in their pockets while they are on duty in public places, a media report said. Under a new order from the Ministry of Public Security, officers must also 'keep appropri...
It will cost about 53.1 billion yen (S$812.7 million) to decontaminate radiation-tainted waters around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tepco said. -- PHOTO: AP IT WILL cost about 53.1 billion yen (S$812.7 million) to decontaminate 250,000 tons of radiation-tainted water at the Fuku...
TOKYO: Emergency workers on Sunday restored the cooling system of a reactor which had come to a halt after escaping major damage from the March 11 quake and damage at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The water pump to cool the reactor and the pool for spent nuclear fuel at ...
The National Skin Centre (NSC) estimates that at least 13,000 people here have psoriasis, making it one of the 10 most common conditions treated there. -- ST PHOTO: EDELMAN PR EVERY time a 37-year-old senior marketing manager here leaves his house, he dons his 'uniform' of long-sleeve...
Participants at N Forum yesterday urged the Election Commission to issue clear guidelines on how political parties are allowed to use social media, as two major parties are making use of social media as part of their election campaign. At the second N Forum, organised by The Nation on...
WASHINGTON - US MUSEUMS are facing delicate choices as they strive to meet a growing interest in China, cooperating with counterparts across the Pacific despite alarm over the detention of top artist Ai Weiwei. Directors of museums across the United States said in interviews that they...
With fortune tellers seeing more customers aged below 30, is this an indication that young people are now more passive in decision-making? Not so, said psychologist Daniel Koh of Insights Mind Centre. 'Sometimes, youths may feel desperate, confused or insecure. And so they tend to loo...
SEOUL: A group of European Union officials will visit North Korea next month to assess the food situation in the impoverished communist state after a similar trip by US officials, a report said Sunday. Officials from the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO)...
Peh Yong, six, with her 'cooling umbrella' to beat the heat, which won her a young inventors' award. Water vapour that has evaporated from a container is released through holes in straws lining the umbrella's structure. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING THE saying, necessity is the mother of in...
A company supplying organic fruits and vegetables, Frunet Bio, under investigation for the source of an E.coli outbreak from cucumbers, is pictured in Algarrobo, near Malaga. -- PHOTO: REUTERS BERLIN - GERMAN health chiefs on Saturday announced four more deaths feared to have been cau...
Many college students spend their summers playing sealing envelopes in office or drinking beers on beaches. Then of course, some like to help others so they do service work in Africa or help inner city kids get ahead in school. One Australian 22-year-old went ahead and located the mys...
As with my other lists of eating places, I decided to blog about restaurants in Singapore that offer late night dining because my friends always ask me for recommendations. This post will mainly cover restaurants that serve proper food till late night, and I have indicated their last ...
How PAP uses taxpayer-funded grassroots for political gain May 29, 2011 by admin Filed under: Current Affairs and Politics Originally written by Gerald Giam (Gerald Giam blogs at http://geraldgiam.sg/ and is a Worker’s Party NCMP.) The People’s Association (PA), a statutory board unde...
Germany's reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel (above) won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday for his fifth win in six races this season but first ever in this race. -- PHOTO: AP MONTE CARLO - DEFENDING drivers' world champion German Sebastian Vettel rode his considerable share of go...
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Indonesian maids (from left) Mariyati, Nur Fida, Inda Priyanti and Rohaeni in Kuala Lumpur checking out a guidebook for maids. -- FILE PHOTO: THE STAR/ANN PETALING JAYA - THE signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta tomorrow is expected to end a ...
Singapore needs to build 'tens of thousands' of subsidised rental flats to meet the demand for them - the sooner, the better, said new National Development Minister Khaw Boon Wan (above) on Sunday. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN SINGAPORE needs to build 'tens of thousands' of subsidised...
WASHINGTON: US defense contractor Lockheed Martin confirmed late Saturday that it had detected "a significant and tenacious" attack on its information systems network. "Lockheed Martin detected a significant and tenacious attack on its information systems network," said a company stat...
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has left hospital after recovering from a chest infection, the national news agency Bernama reported. The 85-year-old long-time leader had undergone treatment including chest physiotherapy at the National Heart Institute s...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, together with two other former officials, were fined a total of US$90 million for cutting off mobile phone and Internet services during an uprising. -- PHOTO: REUTERS CAIRO - AN EGYPTIAN judge fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two other former ...
Bar Stories & Café Fables Haji Lane May 29, 2011 | 1 Comment I am always good at finding the best places to eat, but when it comes to drinks, I am lucky to have a group of friends who are familiar with the Best Bars in Singapore . To most people, alcohol is very important, but I alway...
TOKYO: Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire for his handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, faces the threat of a no-confidence motion this week. Although Kan's opponents have only a slim chance of rallying enough support ...
A large-scale plan of the Titanic (above), prepared for the official inquiry into the ship's sinking, has fetched 220,000 pounds (S$449,000) in a British auction. -- PHOTO: AP LONDON - A LARGE-SCALE plan of the Titanic, prepared for the official inquiry into the ship's sinking, has fe...
