Dragons' Den star Steven Bartlett stands accused of spreading 'dangerous' misinformation on his latest Diary Of A CEO podcast.
East-West Line MRT stations Tanah Merah, Expo and Changi are set to be converted to the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Friday (July 25).A new interchange station - the TEL-Cross Island Line (CRL) interchange station at Terminal 5 - will also enable a direct rail connection between Changi Airport and the city centre.This new TEL-CRL interchange station will be part of the Thomson-East Coast Line extension (TELe).This 14km addition will extend the TEL from Sungei Bedok station to the new interchange station which will then connect to Tanah Merah station.From there, the TEL will be further extended to connect to Tanah Merah station, with the existing East-West Line stretch between Changi Airport and Tanah Merah stations converted to TEL systems.«Future passengers from the existing Changi Airport station and the new Changi Terminal 5 station will enjoy seamless and convenient access to the TEL network,» said LTA.Preparatory works to modify Tanah Merah station into an interchange station between the East-West Line and TEL have been ongoing since 2016.
A 23-year-old motorcyclist died after an accident with a lorry near Woodlands Checkpoint on Friday (July 25) morning.In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they were alerted to the accident along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) towards SLE at 6.50am.A 23-year-old male motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene and his 23-year-old male pillion rider was unconscious when taken to the hospital.Videos posted to social media show a blue police tent covering the body on the left-most lane of the expressway, with a trail of blood on the road.A lorry is seen stationary on the road shoulder. The police said a 39-year-old male lorry driver is assisting with investigations, which are ongoing.
A company director has been convicted for his involvement in a scheme that collected a total of $112,400 in kickbacks from migrant workers in December 2020.Loo Kim Huat, a 68-year-old Singaporean, was fined $90,000 and a penalty order of $42,000 on Thursday (July 24) after pleading guilty to six charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act (EFMA).Twelve other charges were taken into consideration for his sentencing, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in a press release.The ministry said Loo was the director and group head for conservancy at WIS Holdings, which manages Weishen Industrial Services — a company that provides estate cleaning and maintenance services for town councils. He had conspired with four individuals, which included Lim Choong Seng, a former site manager at Weishen, two conservancy workers, Kabir Mohammad Humayun and Robel, and Kamaruzzaman, an employment agent based in Bangladesh.In 2020, Loo and the four individuals collected amounts ranging from $900 to $7,000 from 18 workers of Weishen as a condition for renewing their work passes.
Following the AI-171 crash on June 12, Air India has seen a spike in pilot sick leaves, prompting DGCA intervention. On June 16, 112 Air India pilots reported sick, raising concerns about mental wellbeing. MoS for civil aviation Murlidhar Mohol addressed the issue in Lok Sabha, highlighting DGCA's medical circular on mental health for flight crews and air traffic controllers.
President's rule in Manipur, initially imposed on February 13, 2025, following N. Biren Singh's resignation amidst ethnic violence, has been extended for another six months, effective August 13, 2025.
Bill Clinton wrote a personal note for Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, The Wall Street Journal reports Read Full Article at RT.com
Bill Clinton's well wishes and birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein has now emerged a week after The Wall Street Journal went to war with President Trump.
A powerboat has smashed into a stationary houseboat in Oulton Board on Thursday night, in what has been described as a 'serious marine incident' by Suffolk Constabulary.
Kenneth Washington, the film and television actor who appeared on several high-profile shows over multiple decades, has died at 88.
In a sweeping set of recommendations, the Foreign Affairs Committee has called on the Government to take urgent action as it declared the humanitarian situation in Gaza 'intolerable'.
The major airline has grounded its entire fleet just days after a similar ground stop sparked mass travel chaos across the United States.
Elon Musk’s Starlink internet terminals stopped working on Thursday due to a massive outage Read Full Article at RT.com
Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu said the government is on track to “erase” Gaza Read Full Article at RT.com
Two passengers were injured after a Ukrainian drone struck a train in southern Russia early Friday, a regional official said Read Full Article at RT.com
The system has mostly recovered from the network outage, which lasted approximately 2.5 hours
Ukraine’s Channel 5 said other protestors condemned the move, describing perpetrators as provocators and saying that their actions were not a part of the peaceful protest
The Russian delegate will speak from the UN rostrum on September 27
«We gave our response, and the situation was developing positively,» the source was quoted as saying
Major service failures have been recorded in the US, UK, Australia, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil
Hargeisa (HOL) — Taiwan and Somaliland signed a landmark coast guard cooperation agreement on Thursday to bolster maritime security and expand blue economy initiatives, marking a deepening of unofficial diplomatic ties between two unrecognized governments seeking broader global partnerships.
The road from Garowe, the capital of Puntland statelet in northern Somalia, to the port of Bosaso runs through territory occupied by two of the world’s most notorious jihadist groups (see map). In the remote mountains to the east is an outpost of Islamic State (IS). To the west is al-Shabab, al-Qaeda’s richest and most lethal affiliate. For the past eight months local forces from Puntland, backed with air strikes by America and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have been waging an all-out war against IS. A similar offensive against al-Shabab may begin soon.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (HOL) — Derrick Thompson was sentenced Thursday to 58 years and eight months in prison for a 2023 high-speed crash in Minneapolis that killed five Somali American women, a tragedy that devastated one of the largest Somali diaspora communities in the United States.
The Karnataka government has decided to pursue legal action based on a report indicting RCB, KSCA, and DNA Entertainment Networks for a fatal stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium. DNA Entertainment has challenged the report, citing procedural lapses and arguing against liability for crowd management outside the venue. The D'Cunha commission has identified several individuals from these organizations as responsible for the incident, while multiple inquiries are underway.
The Supreme Court clarified that its guidelines for evicting illegal structures do not apply to encroachments on government land, riverbanks, or land near water bodies. This statement came during a hearing on a petition alleging contempt of court by the Assam government for demolishing houses in Goalpara district without following due process.
The Supreme Court expressed concern over the Karnataka High Court's decision to grant bail to actor Darshan in the Renukaswamy murder case, finding the HC's reasoning problematic. Justices questioned whether the HC's order resembled an acquittal and criticized its approach in handling the bail application. Darshan is accused of involvement in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of Renukaswamy.
Madras High Court has summoned the principal sessions judge of Kallakurichi to clarify the decision to grant anticipatory bail in an attempted murder case. This action follows a discrepancy regarding the victim's discharge date from the hospital, which was a key factor in the sessions court's bail decision. The judge must appear with documents to explain the bail grant.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) asserted in a Delhi court that Robert Vadra is involved in money laundering through a land deal in Shikohpur village, Gurgaon. The agency claims proceeds of crime were used to acquire properties. False declarations were allegedly made in the land deal involving Vadra's Skylight Hospitality, with land later sold to DLF.
Suite à notre article publié hier sur les tensions entre le Pays et les communes révélées lors de la visite du ministre des Outre-mer Manuel Valls, le président de la Commission de l'économie, des finances et du budget de l'Assemblée de la Polynésie, Tematai Le Gayic, a réagi par une lettre ouverte intitulée «Pays et communes, restons unis, servons ensemble».
The US Department of Justice reportedly told the US president in May that he was repeatedly mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files Read Full Article at RT.com
The president’s announcement sets France apart from the US and most of its allies, which do not recognize the territory as a state Read Full Article at RT.com
The EU’s largest economy has accelerated investment in defense tech startups as part of its military expansion Read Full Article at RT.com
