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One of Singapore’s top political leaders said the city-state faces a “major and urgent challenge” in the next six months to a year, warning of more job losses ahead amid the coronavirus outbreak. ( read original story ...)

The president of Singapore’s Society of Floating Solutions wrote in The Straits Times that some of the city’s 1m migrant workers could be shipped to “beautifully landscaped floating islands” to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore and China agreed to ease quarantine requirements for business and official travelers, as the countries look to revive essential economic activities disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished higher in back-to-back trading days, surging more than 100 points or 4 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,610-point ... ( read original story ...)

Pupils wearing face masks returned to school in Singapore on Tuesday and some workplaces re-opened as coronavirus restrictions were eased in the hard-hit city-state. But with new infections slowing ... ( read original story ...)

While a decline in interest rates is generally seen as good for stocks, the benefits of Singapore’s slide toward negative territory are far from certain. ( read original story ...)

Linda Givetash and Ed Flanagan An American man and woman accused of violating social distancing regulation designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Singapore faced the charges in court on ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporean sovereign-wealth fund GIC Pte is in talks to acquire a stake in StorageMart, which describes itself as the largest privately owned storage company in the world, according to people with ... ( read original story ...)

Dr Fauci says he hasn’t spoken to Trump in two weeks; New Zealand to consider easing restrictions earlier; Mexico deaths pass 10,000 ... ( read original story ...)

With temperatures checked, masks fitted, and hand sanitizers at the ready, many Singapore children returned to school on Tuesday after a novel coronavirus lockdown of nearly two months. Across the ... ( read original story ...)

A jump in Singapore bank deposits probably reflects investors’ risk aversion and inflows from markets including Hong Kong given the country’s status as a private banking hub, according to Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, starting its cautious return to work, said the number of new daily cases outside of migrant-worker dormitories dropped to zero. Small health-care businesses were the top recipient of U.S. ( read original story ...)

The number of new daily coronavirus cases in Singapore outside of heavily-affected migrant worker dormitories dropped to zero on June 1, marking the first time there have been no community cases since ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tropical city-state Singapore said on Monday it was curbing the use of face shields as a substitute for masks, as its residents look for ways to protect themselves from the ... ( read original story ...)

Beam, a Singapore-headquartered micromobility firm that offers shared e-scooters, has raised $26 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its footprint in Korea, Australia, Malaysia, New ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese technology groups such as ByteDance and Alibaba are boosting their presence in Singapore as they vie with US rivals for dominance in south-east Asia. Artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime ... ( read original story ...)