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Former Singapore Cabinet minister starts 1-year sentence for receiving illegal gifts

Oct. 07, 2024 02:59 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term Monday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case involving a government minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport...

Malaysian billionaire hotelier charged in Singapore in relation to ex-minister's wrongdoings

Oct. 04, 2024 07:10 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian billionaire hotelier who brought Formula One to Singapore was charged Friday for allegedly obstructing justice and abetting wrongdoings by a former Cabinet minister who was imprisoned a day earlier in a rare graft case. The two charges...

Former Singapore minister sentenced to a year in prison for receiving illegal gifts

Oct. 02, 2024 23:13 PM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean cabinet minister was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub. Former Transport Minister S....

Former Singaporean cabinet minister sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to receiving illegal gifts

Oct. 02, 2024 23:06 PM EDT
SINGAPORE (AP) — Former Singaporean cabinet minister sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to receiving illegal gifts.

Children learn to cooperate early, but world leaders at the UN struggle to get that done

Sep. 28, 2024 20:35 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Our children are told when they're little: Play nicely. Work together. Don't hit. Use your words. Multiply that by nearly 200 countries, leaders of varied backgrounds and a preposterously complex set of 21st-century priorities and goals, and you come up with what exists in the...

12 Singaporean military personnel injured when 2 armored vehicles collide in Australia

Sep. 25, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Twelve military personnel have been injured when two Singaporean armored vehicles collided during a training exercise in Australia, officials said Wednesday. The personnel “sustained non-serious injuries” when one Hunter Armored Fighting Vehicle...

Former Singaporean minister pleads guilty to receiving illegal gifts

Sep. 24, 2024 04:24 AM EDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A former Singaporean cabinet minister pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts Tuesday, in the Asian financial hub's first ministerial criminal trial in nearly half a century. Former Transport Minister S. Iswaran pleaded guilty to one count...

Emotional Daniel Ricciardo heads toward likely F1 exit with a lap that could decide the title

Sep. 23, 2024 11:41 AM EDT

Daniel Ricciardo was once tipped as a future Formula 1 champion. His last act in F1 might be playing spoiler in the title race. The Australian's late rally at the Singapore GP on Sunday snatched the bonus point for fastest lap away from title challenger Lando Norris and helped out...

Lando Norris cruises to victory at Singapore Grand Prix to cut Max Verstappen's F1 lead

Sep. 22, 2024 12:36 PM EDT

SINGAPORE (AP) — Lando Norris survived a couple of brushes with barriers as he won the Singapore Grand Prix with ease and cut into Max Verstappen's Formula 1 standings lead Sunday. Norris started on pole position ahead of Verstappen and steadily built a large lead for his third...

Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen for pole position at F1's Singapore Grand Prix

Sep. 21, 2024 10:44 AM EDT

SINGAPORE (AP) — Lando Norris edged ahead of his title rival Max Verstappen on Saturday to start on pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. Qualifying turned into a one-lap shootout for the top positions when a crash for Carlos Sainz Jr. interrupted the final session. ...