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Singaporean Woman Wants Government to Ban Pokemon Go https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singaporean-woman-wants-government-ban-075719337.html

Singaporean Woman Wants Government to Ban Pokemon Go https://sg.news.yahoo.com/singaporean-woman-wants-government-ban-075719337.html

China mulls new ways to control video websites AFP on May 23, 2016, 1:51 pm Beijing (AFP) - Chinese authorities are exploring new ways of imposing controls on the Internet, state-run media cited experts as saying Monday, after reports said state-owned enterprises may be encouraged to take...

‘Sextortion’ remains blind spot in international fight against corruption Interpol says reports indicate that the crime is a growing problem, prosecution when sex is involved is harder as evidence and witnesses are rare PUBLISHED : Friday, 04 September, 2015, 7:32am UPDATED : Friday, 04...

Release Singaporean teen blogger Amos Yee, Hong Kong student group Scholarism urges PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 30 June, 2015, 10:21am UPDATED : Tuesday, 30 June, 2015, 8:01pm Lai Ying-kit [email protected] Amos Yee leaves the State Courts with his mother after his trial in Singapore on May 12...

Obama warns on 'chilling effect' of Malaysia opposition trial AFP June 2, 2015, 5:51 am Washington (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Monday warned Malaysia must be careful that the high profile prosecution of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim does not have a "chilling effect" on democracy...

Hong Kong lawmaker 'Long Hair' denied entry to Malaysia to speak about Tiananmen crackdown Lawmaker threatens to sue Kuala Lumpur government after it blocks him from entering to deliver speech on Tiananmen crackdown PUBLISHED : Friday, 29 May, 2015, 2:51pm UPDATED : Saturday, 30 May, 2015...

US appeals court rules NSA's 'bulk collection' of documents was illegal and unauthorised by congress The 'bulk collection' of citizens' phone records exceeded programme authorised by congress. PUBLISHED : Friday, 08 May, 2015, 1:14am UPDATED : Friday, 08 May, 2015, 1:16am Agence France-Presse...

Chinese student 'stabs classmate to death' in dispute over girl Killing took place near a vocational college in Sichuan province, according to newspaper report PUBLISHED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 2:33pm UPDATED : Friday, 01 May, 2015, 2:33pm Mimi Lau [email protected] The student was...

Chinese police free man kept locked up as factory slave for 18 years Xie Shisheng, originally from Jiangxi province, found stammering, looking dazed and unkempt after years of confinement in Guangdong PUBLISHED : Friday, 24 April, 2015, 1:52pm UPDATED : Friday, 24 April, 2015, 2:16pm Alice...

Hawaii poised to raise smoking age to 21 AP April 25, 2015, 10:14 am A bill that would make Hawaii the first US state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 has cleared the state's Legislature and is headed to the governor. It's unclear whether Governor David Ige will sign the measure. The...

Wanted Chinese fugitives hiding in Australia exposed Xinhua, April 24, 2015 Among some 10 Chinese ex-officials possibly hiding in Australia who are wanted by Chinese police for taking bribes, embezzlement and other crimes, five have clear links with businesses and people in various Australian...

EU charges Russia's Gazprom, alleging price gouging Reuters April 22, 2015, 8:04 pm Euro coins are seen in front of displayed logo of Gazprom in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, April 21, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic By Foo Yun Chee and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The...

Ferry disaster protestors, police clash in Seoul AFP April 18, 2015, 9:12 pm Seoul (AFP) - Hundreds of protestors clashed with police in Seoul on Saturday after families of the victims of South Korea's ferry disaster were prevented from marching to the president's residence. An crowd of...

At least 41 asylum seekers die as another boat sinks in the Mediterranean Date April 17, 2015 - 2:54AM Rescued migrants from an earlier boat wait to disembark from an Italian Coast Guard ship in the harbour of Palermo, Sicily. Photo: AP Rome: As many as 41 migrants have drowned after a...

Defiant former Chinese oil firm boss denies series of corruption charges Tao Yuchun rejects accusations of abuse of power, embezzlement and taking bribes at his trial in Zhuhai, but admits seeking illegal gains for his relatives PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 14 April, 2015, 4:46pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 14...

PLA firing range poses a threat to planes using Hong Kong's proposed third runway Planes performing emergency manoeuvres will have to avoid two major obstructions PUBLISHED : Monday, 13 April, 2015, 2:35am UPDATED : Monday, 13 April, 2015, 2:35am Danny Lee [email protected] A firing range...

Thousands of flights cancelled, Eiffel Tower shut down amid massive labour strike in France PUBLISHED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 2:29pm UPDATED : Friday, 10 April, 2015, 4:21pm Associated Press in Paris A spokeswoman for the Eiffel Tower said it closed because many employees of the famed...

Malaysia uses ‘real threat’ of terrorism to justify tough new detention law Legislation passes allowing detention without trial for two years as officials claim to have arrested militants with links to Islamic State PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 07 April, 2015, 10:42pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 April...

Mother-of-three dies in freak accident after wheel flies off Hong Kong minibus Minibus driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after woman struck on pavement as she waited for bus PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 1:01am UPDATED : Tuesday, 31 March, 2015, 2:02am...