Johoreans are avoiding downtown Johor Bahru for Chinese New Year shopping due to rising costs, dubbed "Singapore pricing," and congestion. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Feb 13 - Anthropic's artificial-intelligence model Claude was used in the U.S. military's operation to capture former ...

Couple took legal action after IRAS imposed a $406,285 penalty, including a 50 per cent surcharge. Read more at ...

Feb 13 - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend $38.3 billion by the end of the year on detention centers to detain and process tens of thousands of immigrants slated for deportation, ...

ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 13 - Norwegian biathlete Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen took inspiration from his compatriot, cross-country ski king Johannes Klaebo, in Friday's men's 10km biathlon sprint with a ...

A team of Straits Times reporters booked rides on five ride-hailing apps – Grab, Gojek, Ryde, Tada and Zig – over three days ...

Cho Jun Ming failed his N levels in grades-obsessed Singapore, but going to ITE nurtured his passion for film-making. Read ...

Feb 13 - The U.S. military said in a social media post that it had struck a vessel in the Caribbean on Friday, killing three people, the latest such incident in recent months. Read more at ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 - Two Democratic senators urged the Trump administration on Friday to abandon a proposal to require ...

QFI aims to produce 10,000 drones for the Ukrainian armed forces within a year. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...