Nearly 200 nations have approved a climate finance deal in which wealthy historic polluters pay at least US$300 billion a year by 2035 to help poorer countries deal with the impacts of climate change. The deal, however, has been roundly criticised by its intended recipients as woefully...

The ruling People’s Action Party elected its 38th central executive committee (CEC) at a biennial conference on Sunday (Nov 24), with Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat joining the party’s top decision-making body for the first time after being co-opted. The latest CEC will lead the ruling PAP into...

Six tourists have died, after they were suspected to have drunk contaminated alcohol in Laos. According to media reports, they were part of a group that went out on Nov 12 in Laos' tourist town Vang Vieng. They fell ill after consuming the tainted drinks. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman take a...