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SINGAPORE - Wet markets can fit a large number of people in a compact space and people have continued to flock to them even during the recent period of heightened alert.It is not surprising, therefore ... ( read original story ...)

In-patient hospitalisation coverage for Covid-19 vaccination complications by all seven insurers offering Integrated Shield Plans will now be extended to vaccines brought in under the special access ... ( read original story ...)

As Singapore navigates its post-pandemic recovery, CNBC's Martin Soong asks finance minister Lawrence Wong what it means for the city-state's economic future. ( read original story ...)

But the Covid-19 pandemic forced the startup to scrap that launch last year and accelerate its plans to become a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), tweaking global features to suit local mobile ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE—The AFP reports that the site of two shipwrecks has been investigated off Singapore’s easternmost point by researchers from Singapore’s National Heritage Board and the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak ... ( read original story ...)

A businessman wanted by the authorities in Indonesia for graft repeatedly travelled to Singapore between 2017 and 2018 using a bogus passport bearing another person's name, a court heard. ( read original story ...)

Officials said 48 dead turtles, eight dolphins and many small fish had washed up on the country’s western and southern beaches in recent weeks Dozens of turtles and dolphins were killed by intense ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: JTC Corporation and Shell Singapore have signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly explore the development of a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has tumbled from its top spot as the world's most competitive economy to fifth place, but The Republic ranked first in the past two years of the Institute for Management Development (IMD) ... ( read original story ...)

Father-of-two Benjamin Glynn, 39, believes masks are pointless and fail to protect people from contracting Covid-19, so didn't wear one while taking the train home from work in Singapore. ( read original story ...)

The raging Covid-19 pandemic has sent Singapore tumbling from the top spot — which it held for two years in a row — to land fifth in the latest world competitiveness rankings of economies released ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Six athletes including dual world record holder Yip Pin Xiu and world number one para-archer Nur Syahidah Alim have been selected by ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) grew at a faster rate last month compared with April, aided by electronic and non-electronic shipments such as machinery and chemicals. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) has selected 24 private healthcare institutions to be licensed providers of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine under the Special Access Route (SAR), MOH said here on ... ( read original story ...)

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore state firm JTC Corp (JTC.UL) to explore developing a solar farm on part of a landfill in southern ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing’s policy has been to encourage Chinese overseas to be oriented towards China and serve Beijing’s interests – which can impact ethnic Chinese identities in the region, and cause tensions that ... ( read original story ...)