Category: NEWS

British billionaire James Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, and his wife are selling their three-storey Singapore penthouse about a year after buying it for a reported S$74 million ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market on Friday snapped the two-day slide in which it had stumbled almost 45 points or 1.8 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 2,535-point plateau and it's ... ( read original story ...)

A blogger from Singapore who was granted asylum to stay in the U.S. faces child pornography charges, according to prosecutors. Amos Yee appeared Friday in court in Chicago on solicitation and ... ( read original story ...)

Phillip George Sceats, the father of famed jewellery designer and socialite Amber Sceats, spent 353 days on death row in Singapore's Changi Prison. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse. ( read original story ...)

Global coronavirus infections surpassed the 39-million mark. The U.S. reported the most daily infections in two months -- the total number of covid cases in the country went past 8 million -- as ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s active coronavirus cases fell to the lowest level in seven months as the government reigns in local transmissions. ( read original story ...)

When it comes to the safety of food, water and electricity provided for their citizens, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are the world's top-ranking nations, according to a survey ... ( read original story ...)

Employers in Singapore can consider implementing reasonable temporary wage cuts if such a move minimizes retrenchments, the National Wages Council said in a statement. ( read original story ...)

The cost of air tickets between two major Asian financial hubs jumped within 24 hours of Singapore and Hong Kong unveiling plans for a travel bubble that wouldn’t require people to quarantine upon ... ( read original story ...)

Officials in Singapore and Hong Kong said Thursday that they had reached a preliminary agreement to establish a travel bubble between the two Asian financial centers, allowing travelers of all kinds ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished lower in back-to-back trading days, sliding almost 45 points or 1.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 2,525-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. hedge fund D.E. Shaw said on Thursday it plans to set up an office in Singapore in 2021, becoming the latest global firm to expand into the city-state as it looks to tap into new investment ... ( read original story ...)

D. E. Shaw & Co. will open an office in Singapore next year, joining other hedge funds expanding in the city-state to extend their reach in Asia. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and Singapore say they have agreed to a bilateral air travel bubble, re-establishing travel links as coronavirus infections in both cities decline. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong and Singapore plan to open an "air travel bubble" that allows residents to travel between the two Asian hubs without requiring quarantine or restrictive control measures, authorities ... ( read original story ...)