A 56-year-old male car driver died on Sunday (May 10) after the the car he was driving crashed into a tree following an accident with another car in Clementi.The accident happened at about 6.10pm along Clementi Avenue 2 towards West Coast Road. Map showing where the accident took place. GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Social media Photographs and videos of the aftermath circulating on social media show a black Jaguar saloon car wrapped around a tree in a road divider. The impact left the driver dangling out from his car with a pool of blood seen nearby, with debris strewn across both sides of the road.
As the chairman of the Singapore Management University (SMU) board of trustees strides into the meeting room, one thing is noticeable: He is not wearing a tie.For Piyush Gupta, it is a pivot from his days as CEO of DBS, when he wore one in the bank's signature red with his sharp suits and carried a briefcase. These days, he shoulders a simple backpack. But once settled in for the interview with The Business Times, Gupta is the same erudite speaker he has always been, discoursing on topics as diverse as meditation, conservation and education.And despite having spent 45 years of his career in banking — 15 of them at DBS which he helped shape into a regional powerhouse — he dwells very little on the past. Plan, plan and plan — because you are likely to live to 100This is, after all, an interview with him about his new phase of life, after stepping down from the bank at the end of March 2025. Leaving at the pinnacle of one's success can be a terrifying prospect for many, but his departure was something that he proactively engineered.
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Tommy Colm Witty and Alexander Lee Anderson faced sentences of up to 10 years if convicted over the incident.
A masterful interpreter of Shakespeare, Pennington was nevertheless perhaps best known for his role as Moff Jerjerrod in George Lucas' 1983 sci-fi classic Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
In an explosive intervention, Angela Rayner broke cover with an extraordinary statement eviscerating the Prime Minister's record in office.
Orthopaedic surgeon Zsolt Hegedus - a former NHS doctor tipped as one of the rising stars of Hungary's new government - erupted into a frenzy of air guitar, high kicks and wild arm-waving.
Short, 76, spoke with CBS Sunday Mornings about the family tragedy, comparing it to the 2010 death of his wife Nancy Dolman via cancer.
Two Indian crew members aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship are healthy and asymptomatic following a hantavirus scare. The vessel anchored off Spain's Canary Islands, and the two Indians have since been evacuated to the Netherlands for quarantine and health monitoring.
Russia awaits “explanations” from Armenia over its treatment of “anti-Russian” statements made by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in Yerevan Read Full Article at RT.com
US President Donald Trump has vowed to secure Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile “at some point” Read Full Article at RT.com
US President Donald Trump has called Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal for ending the war “totally unacceptable” Read Full Article at RT.com
The British military has had to airdrop medics and supplies to treat a suspected hantavirus case in a remote overseas territory Read Full Article at RT.com
Civilian infrastructure in Crimea, Krasnodar, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, and Rostov, came under attacks on Sunday, the Defense Ministry said Read Full Article at RT.com
The police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a 15-year-old girl, Rabiatul AdawiyahIn a news release on Sunday (May 10) night, the police said she was last seen at Block 32 Bendemeer Road at about 5.10pm on Sunday.The said address is in the vicinity of Bendemeer Market and Food Centre and Boon Keng MRT station.According to the police, she was wearing a pink headscarf and a white long-sleeved shirt as seen in the photograph.Those with information are urged to contact the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/i-witness.All information will be kept strictly confidential.[[nid:735166]]editor@asiaone.com
'Govt change sans violence best proof'
India and UAE are finalizing an agreement to facilitate the evacuation of Indian workers via Fujairah port, a move likely to be signed during PM Modi's upcoming stopover. This pact addresses potential disruptions from the West Asia conflict, offering a crucial maritime route for over 4 million Indian workers in the UAE.
Amid global energy disruptions, PM Modi urged Indians to conserve foreign exchange by reducing reliance on imported fuel. He advocated for public transport, work-from-home, avoiding overseas trips and non-essential gold purchases for a year. The Prime Minister also encouraged farmers to halve chemical fertilizer use and shift towards natural farming.
Two Indian crew members aboard the hantavirus-hit MV Hondius have been evacuated to the Netherlands for quarantine, confirmed healthy and asymptomatic by the Indian Embassy in Spain. The Dutch-flagged vessel experienced an outbreak after anchoring off the Canary Islands. The WHO advised a risk-based approach for managing contacts, noting limited human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus.
The US president criticized the policies of his predecessors, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, regarding Tehran
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that the WHO provides, but does not impose, its recommendations on member countries
President Sinisa Karan says «the people’s will and the word of the people» are an effective weapon against this
Sinisa Karan says the path to the EU cannot be based on «political and economic means to pressure the independent policies»
Sources cited by the newspaper said Tehran could agree to suspend uranium enrichment, but not for 20 years as the US demands
The US president says he has read the response from the so-called «Representatives» of Iran
According to a ministry official, the men are in satisfactory condition
Bhuri Tori, a forgotten scientific outpost near Sironj, once served as the geodetic heart of undivided India. British surveyors used this ridge for the Great Trigonometrical Survey, fixing coordinates and calculating distances that helped measure Mount Everest. Today, this historically significant site lies neglected, with its structures vandalized and stones stolen.
Details of Iran’s response were not immediately clear. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said recently that he hoped the response would be a “serious offer.”
As the ADL’s national director for nearly 30 years, he battled antisemitism and other forms of prejudice, building the group into a powerful watchdog.
[UN News] The Central African Republic (CAR) is making progress towards stability and security but major aid budget cuts threaten humanitarian operations there, a senior official with the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Friday in New York.
En raison des mauvaises conditions météo et du maintien de la vigilance orange sur Moorea, le XTerra a été annulé tôt ce dimanche. Trois courses étaient prévues pour ce deuxième jour de trail.
Les fortes pluies tombées dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche ont provoqué de nombreux dégâts sur Tahiti. Éboulements, routes encombrées, inondations et coupures de réseaux ont mobilisé les secours une grande partie de la nuit et de la matinée.
