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A director-general at Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was sentenced to a week in jail on Monday for giving false information to a public servant over the use of diplomatic bags to deliver luxury watches from China to Singapore for a friend,

The Tuas Nexus plant promises to cut the carbon footprint of waste and water treatment and boost recycling rates. The delay could affect plans to cut food waste and puts pressure on ...

The Straits Times reported that Singapore will be the first in the world to enable all foreign visitors regardless of their nationality, to clear immigration

Global air and travel services provider dnata has appointed Neo Su Yin as the company’s managing director in Singapore. She will report to Charles Galloway, dnata’s regional CEO for Asia-Pacific.

Longtime fans of Singapore Idol winner Hady Mirza can finally catch the singer up close this July when he stages his first-ever solo concert in Singapore. Titled Journey, the concert will be held at The Theatre at Mediacorp on Jul 20.

Singapore ranked eighth globally last year in terms of a desirable country for work, a survey has found. It ranked higher than France and Spain in the ninth and 10th place, according to the Decoding Global Talent survey which polled 150,700 people in 188 countries from October to December last year.

The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant plans to build a $1.5 billion manufacturing facility in Singapore to boost its global supply of cancer-killing treatments.

AstraZeneca Plc plans to build a $1.5 billion manufacturing facility in Singapore to make antibody-drug conjugates as the UK drugmaker pushes to beef up its ability to produce the next-generation ...

Pine Labs, a merchant commerce startup, has received approval from a Singapore court to merge its local entity with its Indian unit, and transfer all its assets and properties, effectively permitting ...

Within hours, a woman lost more than S$170,000 (RM592,272) to a bank account in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after handing her bank details to a scammer pretending to be from Microsoft’s support ...

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) has donated $50,000 to the Afghan people affected by recent flash floods. SRC also launched a fund-raising appeal to further support relief and recovery ...

Guidelines for how to write a letter to the editor are here. Please send your letter to edletters@afr.com.au Michael Barr makes baseless sweeping statements about Singapore (”Nothing to see here’ as Singapore gets new PM”). Smooth leadership ...

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The police are investigating 113 people for their suspected involvement in illegal horse betting activities. The 103 men and 10 women, aged between 47 and 90, were ...

Silent yet successful, local fashion brand Aupen is having an “it bag” moment with its arm candy seen on celebrities the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Jennifer Lawrence, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift. Andr ...

Singapore’s visitor arrivals dropped to 1.36 million in April, compared to March, when concerts by the likes of Taylor Swift hit a fever pitch. While it’s the weakest so far in 2024, it’s still ...

Singapore’s government is closely tracking a new wave of Covid-19 infections in the island-nation after the estimated count of weekly cases nearly doubled in the week ended May 11.