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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 ...)

After a memorable showing by 2020, Bernadette Belle Ong, at the recently-concluded international competition held in Florida, the Miss Univer ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Two historic shipwrecks and their artefacts – including Chinese ceramics from as far back as the 14th century – have been discovered ... ( read original story ...)

SIngapore: A Singaporean man, who was working as a spy for China intelligence services since 2015, has been detained, media reports said. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's working population had to support more seniors as the old-age dependency ratio increased over the past decade, its latest census shows. Nisha Rahim takes a look at what a fast-greying ... ( read original story ...)

More people in Singapore are staying single compared to the last decade, with the biggest increase seen among those aged between 25 and 34. One expert says this trend may mean more challenges for ... ( read original story ...)

Inconsistent and sometimes conflicting information given by officials enforcing quarantine orders (QOs) has left some Singapore residents alarmed at the lack of clear communication and apparent gaps ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's total population grew by about 1.1 per cent a year, the slowest rate of growth the country has seen since independence. ( read original story ...)

With just over a week left to the June school holidays, people in Singapore are returning to attractions and staycations.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)