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News Articles: Singapore

Activists holds posters against the impending execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, during a candlelight vigil gathering outside the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022.

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  • Asia

Singapore executes disabled Malaysian convicted in drug case

Supporters and lawyers of the man said he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled, and that the execution of a mentally ill person was prohibited under international human rights law.

April 27, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Activists hold posters against the execution of Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for trafficking heroin into Singapore, outside the Singapore High Commision in Kuala Lumpur on March 9, 2022.

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  • Asia

A man with a mental disability loses his appeal and will be hanged in Singapore

The Malaysian man recognized as having an intellectual disability has been on death row since 2010 for trying to smuggle less than 1.5 ounces of heroin into Singapore.

March 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
People in Singapore mask up to take a mass rapid transit train on Friday. Singapore has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. As of Sunday, 85% of its population was fully vaccinated.

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  • Asia

Singapore will stop covering the medical bills of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients

Singapore's government will stop covering the cost of COVID-19 treatment for those who are "unvaccinated by choice" next month, citing the strain they are placing on its health care system.

November 09, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore before departing for Vietnam on the second leg of her Southeast Asia trip, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021.

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  • Asia

Harris Rebukes China In Major Speech On Indo-Pacific

The Vice President warned China that its actions in the South China Sea amount to "coercion" and "intimidation."

August 24, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hold a joint news conference in Singapore Monday, Aug. 23, 2021.

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The Focus Must Stay On Evacuations, Not On The Exit From Afghanistan, Harris Says

The vice president spoke at a news conference in Singapore alongside Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who offered the use of his country's air force to assist with evacuations.

August 23, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Vice President Harris, seen here in the White House Rose Garden earlier this month, will visit Singapore and Vietnam, her second foreign trip while in office.

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  • Politics

Vice President Harris Heads To Vietnam As The Shadow Of Afghanistan Looms

The long-planned trip is now complicated by the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is drawing comparisons to the fall of Saigon in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.

August 20, 2021
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  • Ayesha Rascoe
Singapore's TraceTogether program has been a factor in the country's success in managing the coronavirus. But officials now acknowledge its contact-tracing data can be requested by police in criminal investigations.

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  • Asia

Singapore Says COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Data Can Be Requested By Police

The government had previously said data collected by its widely used app would only be used for contact tracing. The program is seen as a key part of the country's success in managing the coronavirus.

January 05, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Royal Caribbean said that a guest on the Quantum of the Seas, shown here Wednesday in Singapore, tested positive for coronavirus after checking in with its medical team. The ship returned to port in accordance with government protocols.

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  • Asia

'Cruise To Nowhere' Returns To Singapore Early After Positive Coronavirus Test

The man had undergone mandatory testing before embarking on the ship. But after the journey was cut short, the man tested negative twice as authorities sought to confirm his status.

December 09, 2020
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  • Bill Chappell
In this Oct. 9, 2020, photo, people walk down a street in Hong Kong. Singapore and Hong Kong have postponed a planned air travel bubble meant to boost tourism amid a spike in coronavirus infections in Hong Kong.

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'Travel Bubble' Between Hong Kong And Singapore Is Delayed Amid COVID-19 Spike

The arrangement, originally slated to begin Sunday, would have provided some travelers the ability to bypass a 14-day quarantine period. But new cases in Hong Kong have put the plan on hold.

November 21, 2020
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  • Jason Slotkin

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