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‘I thought I would die before this moment’: one man’s fight against Singapore’s gay sex law

Tan Eng Hong was arrested under the law banning gay male sex and went on to challenge its constitutionality, a landmark moment for gay rights

The Guardian - UK

$10 Million Oops! Fortune Didn't Favor the Brave, But A Crypto.com Blunder Favored This Woman

Thevamanogari Manivel, a Melbourne, Australia-based user of Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, requested a refund from the company in the sum of $100 in May 2021, when Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ebbed and flowed between $32,700 and $59,000.

Benzinga

Photos: Holly Holm through the years

Check out these photos of former UFC champion Holly Holm through the years

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Benzinga Before The Bell: Meta Loses Key Metaverse Official, US Government To Cancel Free At-Home COVID Tests, Singapore Mulls Rules To Regulate Cryptocurrency Trading And Other Top Financial Stories Monday, August 29

CNBC No More Free COVID-19 At-Home Tests, Federal Government Says

Benzinga

India’s gay families deserve legal protections, top court rules

A Supreme Court ruling in India affirmed that same-sex couples and other non-traditional families are entitled to social benefits, a decision that stands in stark contrast to last week’s moves by Singapore to exclude LGBTQ people from the legal right to marry.

Bangkok Post

Centre asked to respond to plea challenging provision of seeking permission for foreign visits

The petition was filed in the backdrop of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being denied permission for his visit to Singapore for the 8th World Cities’ Summit from July 31 to August 7

The Hindu

Singapore unveils long-term work visas to end talent crunch

Singapore is overhauling visa rules to attract foreign workers and ease a tight labour market that’s contributing to wage and price pressures.

Bangkok Post

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Singapore mulls making it harder for people to trade crypto

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is considering restricting retail investors’ use of leverage and credit facilities to trade cryptocurrencies as it joins global regulators in forging rules to govern digital assets.

Bangkok Post

Souths goalkeeper David Reid scores Australian Country spot

A tour of Singapore and Malaysia is scheduled for April, resuming the itinerary suspended by COVID during the last two years.

Newcastle Herald

SE Asia dabbles with change

It may only be the end of August, but this year has seen some major announcements in Southeast Asia that signal a major shift is taking place in the deeply-conservative region. But do the changes affect reality on a deeper level, or merely cement the status quo?

Bangkok Post

Singapore debate on LGBTQI+ rights heats up in test for leaders

In the wake of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Aug 21 pledge to protect the nation’s definition of marriage, which excludes same-sex unions, in the Constitution, the government quickly mobilised top ministers to try to calm a storm brewing between the LGBTQI+ community and some religious groups.

Bangkok Post

Freight road would lay foundations to bring more international flights to ACT

Education, food export and travel sectors will form part of the pitch to attract Singapore Airlines back to Canberra.

The Canberra Times

Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos in $330 million swoop for Singapore chemicals firm

Potential Manchester United suitor makes a very different acquisition in core chemicals business

Evening Standard

The Problem With Section 377A

It’s good that Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalizes sex between men, is being repealed. But what has been won should should not be mistaken as an act of progressive change by the ruling party.

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Singapore's LGBT community welcomes move to repeal 'suffocating' law banning sex between men

Singapore's LGBT community welcomes a decision to repeal a colonial-era law criminalising sex between men, with some declaring it is "a step forward" but "a step forward a little late".

Daily Mirror

Fuming locals vow revenge on snake that squeezed beloved cat to death

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT A beloved community cat in Jurong West, Singapore, was tragically strangled to death and killed by a snake, leading to outcries of mourning and vengeance from locals

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What Singapore’s 377A Repeal Is About: Entrenching the PAP’s Conservative Rule

Behind the facade of an advance for the LGBT community in Singapore is an attempt to shore up both a homophobic agenda and the ruling People’s Action Party’s rule.

Bangkok Post

Singapore, Vietnam ease anti-gay laws; Indonesia urged to look other way

Indonesia’s top Islamic scholars have urged Jakarta not to follow the lead of neighbouring countries in decriminalising gay sex, as many in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation continue to view same-sex relationships as deviant.

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Reuters

Singapore to drop most indoor mask requirements next week

Singapore will do away with requirements to wear masks indoors starting Aug. 29, as the country sees its COVID-19 situation stabilise further, the health minister said on Wednesday.

The Hindu

T-Hub, Hyderabad Angels join hands to benefit startups

Angel investor to provide access to investment opportunities from India, US, UK, Singapore, Dubai and UAE

Bangkok Post

Tightening risks loom as Singapore July core inflation hits 13-year high

SINGAPORE: Singapore's key consumer price gauge in July rose again at its fastest pace in more than 13 years, official data showed on Tuesday, mounting pressure on the central bank to consider another policy tightening move later this year.

Reuters

End of Singapore's gay sex ban a 'small step' for some LGBT couples

Singapore's decision to lift a colonial-era ban on sex between men is long overdue and will not end discrimination of LGBT groups in the conservative city-state, rights activists and members of the gay community said on Monday.

The Independent UK

Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud over ‘failure to declare £400m in overseas assets’

91-year-old billionaire alleged to have failed to declare trust fund in Singapore for daughter

The Guardian - UK

Ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone pleads not guilty to fraud charge

Businessman accused of fraud by false representation after allegedly failing to declare existence of a trust in Singapore

The Independent UK

Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud over £400m in Singapore trust

The 91-year-old ex-Formula One boss was charged after a probe by HM Revenue and Customs.

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