SINGAPORE: Cheng Guoyuan, who was sentenced to 19 years’ jail and eight strokes of the cane in June for viciously slashing his wife outside a row of restaurants in Beach Road, has been spared caning.

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Police say a man who beat another man with a cane has been charged with murder after the victim died more than two months after the attack. Investigators say Don Durant Cook ...

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.

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 ...