The Independent Singapore News SINGAPORE: In what some LinkedIn users are calling the best post of 2025, if not ever, a woman wrote enthusiastically about a “chance encounter” with Piyush Gupta, the former CEO of DBS Bank. Janney Hujic posed with, as well as posted, a photo of the man. He also offered her some […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News NEW ZEALAND: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of New Zealand, Winston Peters, issued an explicit notice against the Pacific region becoming knotted in military rivalry as geopolitical pressures deepen. In the latest The Guardian report, Peters underscored that the Pacific must continue as a “region of peace,” even as worldwide […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News SINGAPORE: Fraud and scams driven by generative artificial intelligence (AI) are among the biggest cyber threats facing today’s financial sector. While Singapore businesses saw the lowest number of ransomware attacks in Southeast Asia last year, the city-state became the main source of cyberattacks in the region, with 21.9 million attacks coming […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News Purchasing a vehicle is one of the major financial decisions many people make, and with it comes a deluge of well-intentioned guidance from work colleagues, family members, friends, and even TikTok “gurus.” While a few advice are beneficial, others are just outmoded myths camouflaged as insight. Many of these “wisdom-laden” insights […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News VIETNAM: Vietnamese beauty queen Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, who won Miss Grand International back in 2021, was arrested on Monday! According to VNExpress, it’s all tied to this investigation about tricking customers over those Kera Supergreens Gummies, the fibre supplement she was promoting. The 26-year-old beauty queen is under investigation for […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News SINGAPORE: On Tuesday afternoon (May 20), the Singapore Police Force issued an alert concerning a rise in e-commerce scams involving the sale of Pokémon Trading Cards. This month alone, at least 54 victims have reported with total losses amounting to a minimum of $111,000. This particular new variant of the scam […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News SINGAPORE: A woman whose fur baby got into an unfortunate accident took to social media to appeal to cyclists to be more careful. Her post has elicited a lot of sympathy from netizens, many of whom went on to share her post. On the Dogs Singapore Facebook page on Monday (May […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News SINGAPORE: The SEC Environmental Film Festival, a three-day celebration of compelling storytelling with a purpose, is returning to Singapore from June 5 to 7. The festival features a number of powerful films that address the pressing environmental issues that our planet is currently facing, with the goal of sparking discussion and […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News SINGAPORE: Workers’ Party (WP) Member of Parliament Jamus Lim commented on an issue concerning books from the library of Yale-NUS College, hundreds of which were allegedly marked for recycling or disposal on May 20 (Tuesday). The college is closing this year, with its final commencement having taken place last week. However, […]Continue reading

The Independent Singapore News World No. 2 and three-time Rome champion, Iga Swiatek, was recently defeated in straight sets by 35th-ranked Danielle Collins at the Italian Open. Due to this loss, Swiatek has had her earliest exit in Rome since 2020.  Unfortunately, the top athlete has been having a hard time finding her rhythm on […]Continue reading