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This tiny island on the equator peeled away from Malaysia a half-century ago, an experiment in governance that willed itself into a global financial capital. Now Singapore is trying another experiment, one that could transform cities around the world. ( read original story ...)

McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week. The Japan-based 7th Fleet said Monday local time that Navy and Marine Corps divers had found the remains. They had been searching in flooded compartments of the destroyer after the damaged ship ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy says divers have recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who went missing after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week. The Japan-based 7th Fleet said Monday that Navy and Marine Corps divers ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE sovereign wealth fund GIC is investing US$1.4 billion in a landmark joint venture with India’s leading real estate developer DLF Ltd, in one of the largest private equity transactions in India in the real estate space. In a bid to create a ... ( read original story ...)

The second is the news that my own company, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), is exiting its stakes in two entities of media group Mediacorp, which in turn is turning its print tabloid Today into a digital-only news product. It's clearly a quid pro quo ... ( read original story ...)

Two years ago, Mr Manoj Vasudevan was the first representative from the Toastmasters Club of Singapore to reach the finals of the world's largest public speaking competition. He was third that year. On Saturday (Aug 26), Mr Vasudevan bagged gold in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Athletes representing Team Singapore in the swimming and table tennis competitions at the SEA Games received a warm welcome from fans at Changi Airport on Sunday (Aug 27). Among them were star swimmers Joseph Schooling and the three Quah ... ( read original story ...)

If you have received an e-mail telling you that Singapore Airlines is giving away free tickets for its 70th anniversary, be on your guard. Scammers have been phishing for users' personal data this way since Thursday (Aug 24), an SIA spokesman told The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: It really didn’t seem that long ago when the Stop at Two campaign was in full swing, warning parents in Singapore that “the more you have, the less they (each) get”. Yet, the challenge today isn’t to discourage families from having many ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — The Tok and Teo families are a model of traditional harmony, with three generations gathered under one roof, enjoying each other’s company over slices of fruit and cups of tea on a Saturday afternoon in Singapore. There is only one problem ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore South Asian International Film Festival (Sg.SAIFF) 2017 festival will be held from September 1st-10th, across various prominent venues in the city. The festival showcases forty feature films, shorts and documentaries from India, Sri Lanka ... ( read original story ...)

The joint exercise involved shore-based planning, live gunnery-firings and simulation training, said Singapore's Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) in news release. The navies also ensured that the waters were cleared of mines so that international merchant ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - If you have received an e-mail telling you that Singapore Airlines is giving away free tickets for its 70th anniversary, be on your guard. Scammers have been phishing for users' personal data this way since Thursday (Aug 24), an SIA spokesman ... ( read original story ...)

A man and a pre-operative transgender woman from Singapore have been jailed in the United Arab Emirates for a year for wearing women's clothes. They were stopped at a shopping mall in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, on 9 August but their arrest and rapid trial ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has rejected a U.S. citizen's appeal to stay in the city-state following the cancellation of his permanent residence status after the government branded him as an agent of foreign influence. Earlier this month, Singapore's ... ( read original story ...)

The navy has not provided specifics. Ten sailors went missing and five others were injured in the accident, which occurred Monday as the McCain was heading to Singapore for a routine port call. The fleet said it had identified the remains of Electronics ... ( read original story ...)