Category: NEWS

Singapore Airlines will begin flying non-stop to New York JFK Airport in November, the new longest airline route in the world, and a hint at its future network plans. ( read original story ...)

The travel bubble for Hong Kong and Singapore could start with one daily flight between the two financial hubs, according to Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau. ( read original story ...)

The flight could make travel easier for Americans on their way to Asia -- if they can find a country that will let them enter ... ( read original story ...)

The wide-ranging cluster of events operating under the Singapore Media Festival banner will this year shift largely online. The move is a response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the ... ( read original story ...)

The European Union plans to remove Canada, Tunisia and Georgia from its list of countries whose residents should be allowed to visit the bloc amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to EU officials ... ( read original story ...)

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Singapore-based data centre operator Princeton Digital Group (PDG) on Tuesday said it has signed a deal for a $360 million investment led by Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished higher in back-to-back trading days, advancing almost 20 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just beneath the 2,545-point ... ( read original story ...)

British billionaire inventor James Dyson is selling his luxurious Singapore penthouse atop the city-state's tallest building, his company said Monday, about a year after buying it for a reported US$54 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s emergence from the Covid-19 shock is gathering pace, but that isn’t boosting the nation’s equity benchmark. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)