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Despite the 1-2% growth forecast for emerging markets, the Bank of Singapore's Gareth Nicholson flags opportunities in high-yield bonds in that sector, which may still have some "very attractive ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has confirmed 799 more coronavirus infections, its health ministry said on Monday, taking the city-state's tally of cases to 14,423. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese and Singaporean economies were already weak before the coronavirus outbreak worsened over the past month, said Steve Cochrane, chief Asia Pacific economist at Moody's Analytics. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government is weighing the need to extend the state of emergency beyond early May, according to local reports. Meanwhile, Singapore is emerging with the region’s highest number of ... ( read original story ...)

A narrow waterway off Singapore has become even more congested as oil-laden tankers wait out a slump in global fuel consumption that’s crimped demand and boosted the use of ships to store cargoes. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished lower in five straight sessions, dropping almost 100 points or 3.8 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 2,520-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

Total number of coronavirus infection cases around the world was more than 2.96 million and at least 206,265 people have died. ( read original story ...)

Singapore registered 931 new coronavirus infections, its health ministry said on Sunday, taking the city-state's total number of COVID-19 cases to 13,624. ( read original story ...)

China on Sunday confirmed 11 more cases of the coronavirus and no new deaths for the 11th day in a row. It brings its official count to 82,827 infected people. Five ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is rapidly building bed space for coronavirus patients in cavernous exhibition halls and other temporary facilities as it faces a surge in cases, mainly among its large community of low-paid ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported an additional 618 confirmed cases as of noon Saturday, marking the second day in a row that daily new cases were less than 1,000. China reported 11 new confirmed cases and no ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore confirmed an additional 618 coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total to more than 12,600. A majority of the cases has occurred in dormitories that house foreign ... ( read original story ...)

The vast majority of the new cases are migrant workers living in dormitories, the health ministry said in a statement. Seven are permanent residents. The island of 5.7 million people now has one of ... ( read original story ...)

Rubel, a 28-year-old migrant worker in Singapore, is afraid. The dormitory he and other foreign workers live in has been locked down, and nobody is allowed in or out as government officials scramble ... ( read original story ...)

It was written by Noeleen Heyzer. SINGAPORE — Singapore now has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, at 11,178, as of April 23. The daily coronavirus infection rate reached a new ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore recorded nearly 900 new coronavirus cases on Friday as the country sees a second wave of an outbreak centered around foreign workers. The country's Ministry of Health reported 897 new cases ... ( read original story ...)