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Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, have travelled to Singapore on their first trip abroad since Mugabe resigned last month under pressure from the military and ruling party, the presidential spokesman said Tuesday. Mugabe ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore launched on Tuesday its first large-scale electric car-sharing program through which the land-scarce city-state hopes to provide commuters with more transport options and steer them away from the need to buy their own cars ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Singapore's top taxi operator ComfortDelGro Corp (SES:C52.SI - News) will buy a 51 percent stake in a unit of Uber [UBER.UL] that runs a fleet of private hire vehicles, as the companies seek to bridge the gap with dominant ride-hailing firm Grab. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Singapore government, which has charged two men with unauthorized short-term letting of apartments, said on Friday it plans to seek public feedback soon on a regulatory framework for allowing such accommodation. The move comes as ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's low fertility rate and aging population have put the country on a dangerous path. If the course doesn't reverse, experts say it could become a "demographic time bomb." These "time bombs" result in shrinking economies and breakdowns in the ... ( read original story ...)

a spokesperson told Fox News on Thursday. Singapore Airlines, in response to North Korea’s July launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, changed its route for flights between Incheon, South Korea and Los Angeles, Calif. The new route avoided the ... ( read original story ...)

Two men have been charged in Singapore for illegally renting out their homes for short-term stays via Airbnb, according to local media. It is the first known case of its kind since new laws against home sharing came into effect in June. Under the changes ... ( read original story ...)

Terence Tan En Wei, 35, and Yao Song Liang, 34, are accused of renting out four different units at D’leedon Condominium via Airbnb without obtaining the relevant approval – the first such case in Singapore. In an email statement to Yahoo News Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian countries must step up their fight against religious militancy taking root in their region, including in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine State, Singapore's foreign minister said on Tuesday. The minister, Vivian Balakrishnan ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Researchers in Singapore have built an underwater robot that looks and swims like a manta ray, using only single motors and flexible fins to propel it through water in a manner uncannily like its biological cousin. It’s not the ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore actress and model Sheila Sim enjoyed an intimate bachelorette party in the company of close celebrity friends such as actors Nathaniel Ho and Chen Han Wei over the weekend. The 33-year-old is expected to tie the knot this year with someone whose ... ( read original story ...)

A live online video of a man berating an elderly taxi driver for not knowing his way around Singapore posted by the man himself, Dominic Neo, owner of hawker stall, Liang Ji at Bedok South Hawker Centre, is going viral online and many netizens are engaged ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore, which prides itself on being a haven for law and order, is being called a haven for pirating copyrighted programming by entertainment titans such as Walt Disney, HBO, the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League. “Within ... ( read original story ...)

It may have been one of the slowest marathons of her burgeoning career, but Pamela Rotich’s 2:38:31 triumph at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Sunday (3) was her first victory at an IAAF Gold Label event. Compatriot Cosmas Kimutai made it a ... ( read original story ...)

IAAF Silver Label Road Races Saitama, JPN 12 NOV 2017 IAAF Newsletter 2017 NEWS 187 - October/November 2017 PDF En ... 2:38:31 triumph at the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon on Sunday (3) was her first victory at an IAAF Gold Label event. ( read original story ...)

As part of ongoing efforts to shore up defences against floods due to increasingly frequent extreme weather conditions, the Government plans to spend S$500 million over the next three years to improve drainage across the island. Canals and drains at 16 ... ( read original story ...)