IN AN interview on CNN's 'Fareed Zakaria GPS', Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong talks about US overtures in Asia, China's economic growth and military profile, and how Singapore addresses inequality. Here are excerpts from the interview:

IN AN interview on CNN's 'Fareed Zakaria GPS', Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong talks about US overtures in Asia, China's economic growth and military profile, and how Singapore addresses inequality. Here are excerpts from the interview:

Regularly drinking two large glasses of wine or two strong pints of beer a day triples the risk of developing mouth cancer, according to a United Kingdom government campaign that will be launched soon .

The campaign follows a survey of more...

SINGAPORE - Casino operators Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Resorts World Singapore (RWS) have been fined for breaching the Casino Control Act.

MBS was fined S$255,000 for breaches from Oct 28, 2010, to April 30 last year and RWS was fined...

NEW YORK - The teenaged mistress of former United States President John F Kennedy has written a memoir describing how he both abused and confided in her during an 18-month affair that ended only with his death.

Mrs Mimi Alford, now 69, says she...

NEW DELHI - Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites yesterday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.

SYDNEY - Thousands of Australians fled their homes as floodwaters engulfed parts of the country's northeast, damaging properties and ravaging crops a year after natural disasters cost the economy about A$9 billion (S$12 billion).

St George, a...

SINGAPORE - The hearing on whether ex-lawyer Leonard Loo was negligent and misadvised a group of four former clients, which resulted in their suit against Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) being thrown out, started yesterday.

Taiwanese...