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SINGAPORE: Efforts to encourage food court patrons to embrace the tray return practice and culture are going big in Singapore -- 17 major food court and fast food operators have committed to rolling out "tray return" in their outlets at the launch of the Tray Return Partnership. This ...
PARIS, France: China's long-standing table tennis supremacy is nothing new to fans and administrators, but the threat of migrant Chinese players stifling opportunities for homegrown talent around the world has cast a dark cloud over its future. The outflow of Chinese talent is particu...
NEW DELHI: India says all issues will be "on the table", including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian giant which starts on Sunday. At the same time New Delhi thinks "very highly" of Li's decision to make ...
MANILA: The Philippines Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. The 65-year-old fisherman was shot dead by Philippine coastguards who said his vessel intruded into P...
SINGAPORE: More museums have come on board to offer free entry to Singaporeans and Permanent Residents. Acting Culture, Community and Youth Minister Lawrence Wong revealed this on Saturday -- the first day of free entry to national museums and heritage institutions islandwide. The add...
SINGAPORE: Singapore citizens and permanent residents will get free entry to all national museums and heritage institutions from May 18. They include Asian Civilisations Museum, National Museum of Singapore, Peranakan Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Philatelic Museum, Malay He...
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, trying to turn the page on months of bitter opposition to the measures, said it ...
NEW YORK: A rush-hour collision between two commuter trains in a suburb north of New York City resulted in dozens of people being injured late Friday, railway officials. "There are around 50 people injured. Four are serious to critically injured," a railway official told AFP. The cras...
