Office staff at the US firm’s Asia-Pacific headquarters were informed via email on Wednesday that they had until 5pm to leave the CapitaGreen building and resume their duties from home on Thursday.
Singapore arrests teacher who planned to join militant group in Palestine over terror-related offences
Mohamed Khairul Riduan planned to travel to Gaza to join a militant group and fight the Israel military. He is the first public servant to be detained by the Internal Security Department for terrorism-related offences.
Air strikes near India border as Myanmar junta bombs rebels
The bombing by jets killed fighters at the headquarters of the Chin National Front; reports say one bomb landed in India’s Mizoram state, but police say it landed on the international boundary.
Legal experts welcome UK consultation on Hague Judgments Convention
A consultation on whether the UK should join the 2019 Hague Judgments Convention has been welcomed by legal experts as a possible solution to some of the cross-border judgment enforcement problems created by Brexit.
US, West ‘uncomfortable’ with changing world, view China as a threat: Singapore’s George Yeo
Singapore’s former foreign minister George Yeo said the US and the West are ‘uncomfortable’ with the idea of a multipolar world given their long dominance, but they should not resist it.
Move to ban non-compete clauses from US employment contracts
A US regulator has outlined plans to ban US employers from applying new, or relying on existing, provisions in employment contracts that restrict workers’ ability to move to new roles with different employers.
Daredevils climb Malaysia skyscraper, defying lightning flashes
Another group of daredevils has allegedly breached Malaysia’s Merdeka 118 tower – still under construction – and posted a video of their climb on social media.
Singapore woman jailed 14 years for ‘shocking, heinous’ fatal abuse of Myanmar helper
Prema S Naraynasamy was sentenced for abusing Piang Ngaih Don who died of a brain injury with severe blunt trauma after months of repeated abuse, and was starved until she was only 24kg.
Malaysia to defend palm oil with Indonesia, will invest in Nusantara
Widodo, Anwar to boost cooperation in palm oil market after EU plans to phase out imports of the commodity over deforestation fears.
Malaysian conservatives clamp down on bikinis, booze, gambling as tourists return
The conservative northern state of Kedah, where gambling is banned, will target the sale of alcohol in Langkawi, a tourism hub with a tax-free status.