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SINGAPORE (AP) - will extend its partial lockdown by another four weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday. The tiny ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore had a plan to fight the coronavirus from the very start, with one of the world’s best contact-tracing operations. Now its infections are rising quickly. ( read original story ...)

Media outlets report on global news from Singapore, Russia, China, Iran, New Zealand, St. Maarteen, and Chile. The New York Times: Singapore Seemed To Have Coronavirus Under Control, Until Cases ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore energy tycoon Lim Oon Kuin spent decades building a business empire, transforming his “one-man-one-truck” operation selling diesel to fishermen into one of the biggest shipping fuel traders ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday that partial lockdown measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the country will be extended by four weeks to June 1. ( read original story ...)

Now, however, they are under government-ordered quarantine, battling boredom, frustration and anxiety in a sprawling dormitory complex called S11 @Punggol, home to 1,977 of Singapore's 8,014 COVID-19 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore said on Tuesday it had preliminarily confirmed 1,111 new coronavirus cases, taking the city-state’s total infections to 9,125. The health ministry said most of the cases weres living in ... ( read original story ...)

A band of Singapore superheroes created to help in the coronavirus fight has been shelved after internet users criticised the campaign for being too light-hearted and for mocking Liverpool football ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is facing a very challenging situation to tackle a sharp increase in infections, but has the healthcare system and risk management capacity to handle it, the World Health Organization’s ... ( read original story ...)

The troubles facing Singaporean oil trading firm Hin Leong deepened as the city-state’s police have started investigating the company.The probe, which the Singapore Police Force confirmed by email, is ... ( read original story ...)

Hin Leong Trading (HLT), one of Singapore's largest independent oil traders, said that it failed to declare "about $800 million in futures losses over the years,” Reuters reported, citing a court ... ( read original story ...)

Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. Something bizarre happened in the markets today: The price of a barrel of oil went negative. That has never happened before, and it was a sharp turnaround from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported a record 1,426 new coronavirus cases on Monday, mostly among foreign workers, pushing its total number of confirmed infections to 8,014. The tiny city-state now has the highest ... ( read original story ...)

The spread suggests that it is unrealistic for the United States, Europe and the rest of the world to return to the way they were anytime soon, even if viral curves appear to flatten. ( read original story ...)

Hin Leong Trading (HLT), one of Singapore's largest independent oil traders, said that it failed to declare “about $800 million in futures losses over the years,” Reuters reported, citing a court ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is reporting a record 1,426 new coronavirus cases, mostly among foreign workers, pushing its total number of confirmed infections to nearly 8,000 ... ( read original story ...)