SINGAPORE - The former chief executive and chief financial officer of Singapore Post (SingPost), who were both fired on Dec 21 over a whistleblower's report, said the reasons provided for their termination are without substantive grounds and that the process leading to the move was not conducted fairly. «It is our position that the termination is without merits, and was also procedurally unfair,» former CEO Vincent Phang and former CFO Vincent Yik said in an official statement sent to the media on Dec 23. They added: «We vigorously contest the termination of our employment, both on merits and on the grounds of procedural unfairness. »We categorically reject any suggestion that we were grossly negligent, had behaved inappropriately or had sought to misrepresent facts at any point." Mr Phang, Mr Yik and a third official, Mr Li Yu, who was CEO of an international business unit at the company, were terminated from employment with immediate effect on Dec 21 after investigations stemming from a whistleblower's report were concluded.

The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has warned fans to avoid purchasing tickets from members of the public for the upcoming Asean Championship semi-final between Singapore and Vietnam. In a Facebook post on Sunday (Dec 22), FAS said that it is aware that tickets to the match, set to take place at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday (Dec 26), are currently being sold by members of the public. «FAS cannot guarantee the authenticity of tickets resold on social media and online shopping platforms,» it said, explaining that purchasing resold tickets may result in fans having invalid tickets. This would lead to them being denied entry and suffering financial loss.

Despite his best efforts to avoid becoming a victim of theft, a Singaporean man visiting Johor Bahru (JB) was allegedly pickpocketed while taking the bus. The man surnamed Chen, 72, lost $450 in cash as well as a credit card, which the thief used for transactions totalling about $800, reported Shin Min Daily News. The incident occurred at about 1pm last Thursday (Dec 19), when Chen and his friend were travelling from KSL City to City Square mall. He told the Chinese evening daily that he had sat at the rear end of the bus, next to a man believed to be in his 50s or 60s. «At that time, the man kept twisting his body, but I didn't pay much attention to him, and didn't feel him touch me,» Chen recalled, adding that the man alighted before they reached City Square mall. Chen only discovered the loss at about 6pm when he took out his wallet to calculate his expenses. He contacted his bank, which informed him of the $800 transactions and helped block his card. He also lodged a police report. The Singaporean added that the thief had not touched the RM200 (S$60) in his wallet.

A Burmese-born medical doctor, who had been living in Jamaica since 1997, was found dead with his throat slashed at his home in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Sunday afternoon. 

The singer, 50, who has since been diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, explained that learning disabilities were not understood during his youth.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Who can doubt that the many failings of the Church of England have contributed to the alarming collapse of belief and attendance?

When Lively, 37, sued her It Ends With Us co-star and director, 40, and he filed a response, several notable A-listers were referenced in the court documents.

Jack O'Sullivan's mother has been told a member of a Facebook group set up to help find him may have knowledge of what happened to Jack and his whereabouts.

The comedian, 51, was announced as the chef's replacement after he quit the show amid complaints over his alleged 'inappropriate banter' with female staff members over their weight.

A northwestern Ontario man is facing multiple charges after provincial police responded to a report about a driver slumped over the wheel of a vehicle.

Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating a robbery that occurred at a jewelry store in the Parc-Extension neighborhood on Saturday evening.

The choice of Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital Management comes as Pete Hegseth continues to face questions in the confirmation process for the top Pentagon post.

The president-elect addressed a youth-focused conference of Turning Point USA, jumping from Cabinet picks to Elon Musk to Panama Canal fees.

The Karnataka High Court directed Karnataka State Law University to examine repeater students in the Indian Penal Code (IPC), not the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Two students challenged the university's notification, arguing they hadn't studied the new code. The court agreed, stating the university's argument applied only to students currently studying BNS.

Calcutta High Court granted a man divorce, citing cruelty, as his wife's family and friends stayed at his house against his will. The couple, married in 2005, lived in Kolaghat before the wife moved to Kolkata in 2008, allegedly for work convenience. However, her family continued staying at the husband's residence, causing him distress.

A Dalit post office employee in Bulandshahr died by suicide after CBI questioning related to a Rs 2.5 crore embezzlement case. Rahul Kumar, suspended for alleged negligence, left a note claiming innocence and accusing colleagues of harassment and caste discrimination linked to exposing an extramarital affair.

CLAT 2025 first admission list is delayed. Delhi HC ordered a merit list revision. Errors were found in the undergraduate exam's answer key. The court directed changes to scoring. One question was removed from evaluation. This impacts NLU admissions. The Consortium assures fairness and transparency.

Home Minister Amit Shah visited a Bru resettlement village in Tripura, reviewing the implementation of the 2020 agreement. He interacted with the community, addressing concerns about rations, Ayushman cards, and schooling. Shah encouraged skill development and self-employment opportunities while celebrating their successful resettlement and participation in elections.

«The College of national leaders considers the attempt to prolong the withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger from ECOWAS yet another attempt that would allow the French junta and its lackeys to continue planning and carrying out actions, aimed at destabilization of the Sahel Alliance,» says the joint statement

Prime minister underscored that, «the more serious the problems in Europe are, the more decisively the economic relations in all other markets should be promoted»

[Premium Times] YIAGA Africa's Samson Itodo speaks about election regulators, politicians, CSOs and the citizenry and what each category needs to do to improve Nigeria's democracy.

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane has again threatened to bring the country to a standstill in the pursuit of what he calls "the truth about the elections'.

[Daily Trust] The planned by Shell to sell its Nigerian subsidiary by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other multinational oil companies without cleaning up the pollution in the Niger Delta communities and restore ecosystem has sparked up protests in Bayelsa State.

Ottawa's police chief says rebuilding the service's «fractured» relationship with the city's Somali community is a top priority following the conclusion of a coroner's inquest into the death of Abdirahman Abdi.

The jury in the Abdirahman Abdi coroner's inquest has called on the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) to rethink how it responds to calls about people in crisis, among a number of other desired changes.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Abdirizak Omar Mohamed, Somalia’s recently dismissed Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, has linked his removal to disagreements with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud over addressing long-standing grievances from Hiiraan residents toward the Hirshabelle administration.

Dmitry Peskov added that it is not planned to issue any joint statements

This was Putin’s first personal meeting with Fico since 2016

Victor Orban also said that hopes for the development of economic cooperation with the United States after President-elect Donald Trump takes office

The president-elect called Feinberg an «extremely successful businessman»

«The College of national leaders closely follows the deceiving maneuvers, initiated by the French junta, who declares the shutdown of its military bases only to replace them with another, less visible mechanism, which pursues the same neo-colonial goal,» says the statement