A 49-year-old renovation contractor was sentenced to 12 years and three weeks' jail and 13 strokes of the cane on Nov. 26 for ...

One fled war-torn Ethiopia, one has a degenerative neuromuscular condition and another hopes to represent Haiti in the 2028 ...

Those in the industry navigate a complex landscape of regulation, enforcement and underground networks. Read more at ...

One fled war-torn Ethiopia and arrived in St. Paul at age 20. Another has a degenerative neuromuscular condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. There’s one who hopes to represent Haiti ...

The menu at North Sydney’s Sol Bread and Wine stretches from sweet to savoury, and does it all in great style – just try not ...

Singapore’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law that introduced caning as a punishment for scammers and money mules, as the country battles a scourge of fraud cases. Under the Criminal Law ...

Singapore plans to punish online scammers with at least six strokes with a cane, a minister told lawmakers on Tuesday, as the city-state doubles down on syndicates following record-high scam losses.

When it came to punishment back in medieval Europe, people got whipped, branded, and occasionally beheaded for stealing bread. Fast-forward to 2025, and Singapore’s taking a page from that old ...

Singapore, where spitting in public and selling chewing gum is illegal, has long been known for its strict laws. Now, scammers and recruiters for scam groups face a legal crackdown that allows them to ...

Singapore will cane scammers under a new law as the city-state grapples with crimes affecting thousands of people. The measure, passed in a parliamentary session on Tuesday, comes as financial frauds ...

Singapore has disclosed plans to impose mandatory caning on convicted online scammers, with offenders facing at least six strokes, as the government intensified crackdown on cybercrime syndicates ...