WASHINGTON – Last-gasp moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward on Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going …

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post, a woman complained about the incense burners set up close to her home. “Illegal setup of private incense burners at my void deck. All the …

SYDNEY: One man died and another was in hospital on Saturday (Sep 30) in Australia after a whale struck and flipped their boat during a fishing expedition, authorities said. Police …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to his Indian counterpart on Thursday about the killing of a Sikh separatist advocate in Canada and urged India to cooperate …

BERKELEY, California – A little-known climate threat lurks under the Americans’ feet: rising groundwater that could release toxic chemicals from more than 132,000 contaminated sites in coastal areas of the …

SHIFTING CARE BEYOND HOSPITAL WALLS There are three key elements that need to be in place to shift care from within to beyond the hospital walls.  The first is infrastructure. …

Apple on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down an order requiring changes to its App Store rules stemming from an antitrust case brought by “Fortnite” owner Epic …

HONG KONG – HSBC is set to acquire Citigroup’s China consumer wealth management business, which manages more than US$3 billion (S$4.1 billion) in assets, two sources with knowledge of the …

KYIV: Several hundred members of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military …

JOHOR BAHRU – The Sessions Court in Johor Bahru has set Oct 10 for the sentencing of a single mother and her housemate after both accused changed their plea for …