TWO men were injured on Thursday when a chemical spill occurred while they were in a lift.
The accident happened at about 3pm inside a cargo lift at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Centre for Life Sciences on Medical Drive.
TEMASEK Holdings said on Thursday that the value of its portfolio reached a record high $193 billion at the end of its last financial year, while its net profit more than doubled from a year ago.
Its portfolio grew from a previous record of $186 in the preceding year, and it grew its net profit from $4.6 billion to $12.7 billion for the year ended March 31.
PAMPLONA - THOUSANDS of thrill-seekers dashed ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on Thursday in a fast first running of the bulls in this year's San Fermin festival.
No one was gored, but one person was hospitalised after falling in the sprint, said Spanish Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba. In all, four people needed treatment by medical ...
CUSCO (Peru) - PERUVIANS celebrate this month the centennial of the 'discovery' of Machu Picchu, a world tourist attraction and archeological marvel that has yet to reveal all its secrets.
This 15th-century Inca city of carved stone structures, built high on an Andean mountain range in south-eastern Peru, was introduced to the world by American explorer Hiram Bingham.
KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN man wielding a machete and a hammer took 30 children and teachers hostage in a kindergarten on Thursday, triggering a standoff with police.
District police officer Suhaimi Ahmad said the man barged into the kindergarten in a residential area of Muar, Johor early in the morning. Police cordoned off the area and were negotiating with the man, he said. He denied ...
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THE 3rd Asean Schools Games (ASG) came to a close with a ceremony on Thursday at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) attended by 1,400 student athletes and officials.
At the Games' closing ceremony, Hawazi Daipi, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Manpower, handed over the ASG flag to Indonesia, the host for the next ASG in 2012.
A RARE female zebra and male donkey hybrid, known as a donkra or zonkey, has been born at Xiamen Haicang Zoo in south-east China.
The foal, which has the distinctive stripes of a zebra on parts of its body, was just over a metre tall and weighed approximately 29.8kg when it was born on Sunday.
DR TAN Cheng Bock posted the following update on Facebook on Thursday afternoon.
'They said 7/7/11 is a good day to submit my application for COE (certificate of eligibility for upcoming presidential election).
THE Elections Department was abuzz late on Thursday morning as two presidential hopefuls filed their applications for the certificate of eligibility.
The latest was former deputy prime minister Dr Tony Tan. He arrived to file minutes after Mr Tan Kin Lian had filed following a press conference with the media.