[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO • More than 200 people were missing as of early yesterday in California’s deadliest and most destructive blaze on record, one of two fires raging in the state which …
Read More »Courses for lawyers and working professionals at new NUS Law Academy, Education News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Working professionals can now build up their legal knowledge in industry specific areas through courses at the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Law Academy, which caters to both practising …
Read More »Kim Jong Un's Seoul visit this year: Experts, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – North Korean leader Kim Jong talks to nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington, experts said Sunday (Nov 11). South Korea's Moon Jae-in-government …
Read More »Singapore retailers see Singles’ Day sales spike, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The tills were ringing on Sunday (Nov 11) as many retailers here raked in more sales from the annual Singles’ Day shopping event. Compared to a year ago, there …
Read More »Scientists to swap dusty old kilogram for something more stable, Europe News & Top Stories
[ad_1] LONDON (REUTERS) – After years of nursing a sometimes dusty cylinder of metal in a vault outside Paris as the global reference for modern mass, scientists are updating the definition of …
Read More »Marie Antoinette's exquisite jewels go under the hammer, Europe News & Top Stories
[ad_1] GENEVA (AFP) – Marie Antoinette's dazzling diamonds and pearls, unseen in public for two centuries, will go on sale in Geneva on Wednesday (Nov. 14) in what is being one of …
Read More »Two drivers taken to hospital after Woodlands accident involving private ambulance, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The drivers of a private ambulance and a Mercedes car were taken to hospital on Monday morning (Nov 12) after an accident. The police were alerted to the accident …
Read More »Biometrics screening to be introduced at all checkpoints from next April: ICA, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – A biometrics screening system to identify travelers through fingerprint, facial and iris scans is expected to be introduced progressively at all checkpoints from next April. The Immigration and Checkpoints …
Read More »ComfortDelGro to run autonomous shuttle on NUS campus from March next year, Transport News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – From March next year, a self-driving bus will be making its way around the campus of the National University Singapore (NUS). Transport operator ComfortDelGro announced on Monday (Nov 12) …
Read More »ICA warns of heavy traffic at land checkpoints during year-end school holiday, Singapore News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has warned of delays at Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints during the school holiday period. In an advisory issued on Monday (Nov 12), it …
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