SINGAPORE: Both Singapore teams in the table tennis women's doubles reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after overcoming their opponents on Saturday (Aug 6). Feng Tianwei and Zeng ... ( read original story ...)
Pictet Wealth Management Asia and Citibank Singapore on the Changing Nature of Wealth in Asia
Tee Fong Seng, Chief Executive Officer, Pictet Wealth Management Asia and Ashmita Acharya, Retail Banking Head, Citibank Singapore discuss the future of wealth in Asia and share wealth management ... ( read original story ...)
Tales for National Day: Authors reflect on Singapore at middle age
Four local writers pen stories responding to the nation at middle age, between recovery from Covid-19 and the resurgence of the virus. Where do we go from here? Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
How to Make a Singapore Sling, a Classic Gin Cocktail That Packs a Juicy Punch
Most of what you know about the Singapore Sling is wrong. And also maybe right. It’s hard to say. Some cocktails have a history so contested, so laden with switchbacks and apocrypha, the general ... ( read original story ...)
DBS can challenge a smaller HSBC — with the Fed’s help
The battle for Asia’s preeminent financial institution will be fought with the Federal Reserve providing ammunition — to both sides. Just how much profit each can squeeze out of US monetary tightening ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew stunned in Commonwealth Games quarter-finals, Yeo Jia Min advances
SINGAPORE: Badminton world champion Loh Kean Yew crashed out of the Commonwealth Games men’s singles event on Saturday (Aug 6) after losing to Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong in the quarter ... ( read original story ...)
US Treasury official heads to Indonesia and Singapore to talk oil price cap on Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters): A senior US Treasury Department official will visit Indonesia and Singapore next week to talk with counterparts about the potential price cap on Russian oil exports planned as a ... ( read original story ...)
Football: StarHub customers angered by broadcast issues during EPL games
Some experienced disruptions during Saturday's game between Fulham and Liverpool. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reports 5,633 new COVID-19 cases
Singapore reported 5,633 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 1,754,777. Of the new cases, 613 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 5,020 ... ( read original story ...)
New book features stories of Singapore start-up founders
SINGAPORE - While organising a hackathon with her team, Ms Nurul Jihadah Hussain realised that many such events in the startup ecosystem were designed in ways that made it difficult for women to ... ( read original story ...)
Former Sri Lankan President To Stay In Singapore For 2 More Weeks: Report
The Sri Lanka government has requested Singapore authorities to allow former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in the country for another 14 days, local media reported on Saturday citing sources. ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s nursing crunch could remain for coming years
Nurses in Singapore are seeing their pay go up as efforts are made to retain them in the face of a continued global shortage. ( read original story ...)
Singapore reviewing Section 377A to decriminalise sex between men
Singapore could repeal a longstanding legislation that criminalises sex between men in the midst of rising backlash from religious groups. ( read original story ...)
Experts say Singapore won’t be badly hit by disruptions to shipping routes around Taiwan unless China-US tensions worsen
Despite China’s military exercises around Taiwan disrupting one of the world’s busiest shipping zones, shipping and semiconductor sector industry ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore’s ‘red-hot’ rents spur a co-living boom – and not just for expats
For most of her 15 years in Singapore , Amy Nguyen, a creative designer from Vietnam , has been living in rental properties.She most recently shared a three-bedroom apartment with her husband and a ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore recalls two more Haagen-Dazs ice cream products over presence of pesticide
Two products of popular ice cream brand Haagen-Dazs are being recalled because of the presence of a pesticide, said the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Friday (Aug 5). ( read original story ...)