From classical music to wrestling, these talents are flying the Singapore flag high on the global stage. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore bank DBS raises 2024 view as robust wealth flows drive profit beat
DBS Group raised its full-year profit guidance on Wednesday after posting quarterly earnings that beat estimates, as Singapore's biggest bank reaped the benefits of a booming wealth business that ...
Singapore executes man for trafficking heroin, its 2nd hanging in days
Singapore hanged a 59-year-old man on Wednesday for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city state in less than a week. The United Nations and rights groups say capital ...
Singapore Waterbomb Festival: K-Pop splashdown still on; organiser’s legal woes couldn’t dampen the beat
SINGAPORE: In a whirlwind of excitement and anticipation, the much-awaited Waterbomb Singapore festival is gearing up to make a spectacular splash later this month, boasting an impressive lineup of ...
Kitefoiling: Singapore’s Maximilian Maeder second in fleet after first seven races
MARSEILLE: Another day with light winds meant that only two kitefoiling races out of the five scheduled races were contested on Tuesday (Aug 6), with Singapore world champion Maximilian Maeder now ...
Black Girls Travel: 8 Things I Learned While Traveling Through Thailand And Singapore
If you’ve ever toyed with visiting parts of Asia, you’ll want to keep reading. Here are eight things I learned while traveling in Thailand and Singapore.
How Singapore’s housing model inspires B.C.’s affordability drive
When Premier David Eby unveiled B.C. Builds in February, Khoo said many Singaporean philosophies were instantly recognizable in the provincial program, right down to the exact percentage points in one ...
Proposed law to fix Singapore casino entry levy at S$150 a day, after lapse of earlier order due to oversight
Under the proposed changes to the Casino Control Act, breaching a Family Visit Limit becomes a punishable offence while the power to approve main shareholders of Singapore's casino operators will go ...
Daily Cuts – Why do Singapore firms still pay ransom to cyber attackers?
A recent study found that 3 in 5 companies in Singapore paid ransoms during cyberattacks in 2023 — of these, 36 percent paid at least half a million US dollars. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman find ou ...
Singapore teenage star Max Maeder tops standings after Day 2 of Olympic kitefoiling
PARIS (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore’s Maximilian Maeder rose to the top of the standings in the men’s Formula Kite competition at the Paris Olympics after the second day of racing on Aug 5.
Singapore ops ok sharing player AML data under law update
Singapore’s Casino Control (Amendment) Bill had a first reading on Tuesday in the city-state’s parliament. The original Casino Control Act came into force in 2006, before any casinos opened in the ...
Singapore Monetary Authority Defends $1.7 Billion Allianz-Income Insurance Deal
Singapore ministers addressed concerns about Allianz SE’s plan to buy a majority stake in Income Insurance Ltd., saying it would be held to account on its commitments and that the potential deal isn’t ...
Kitefoiling: Singapore’s Maximilian Maeder tops fleet after first five races
Games debutant Maeder has now accumulated 11 net points after five races in the opening series. He leads Slovenia’s Toni Vodisek, who also has 11, and Austria’s Valentin Bontus (12). At the Marseille ...
POP MART’s largest Singapore store where a toy factory adventure awaits!
As anticipation builds for the POP TOY SHOW, the global leader in designer toy collectibles has opened its door to yet another outlet in Singapore. And this isn’t just any outlet — it’s Singapore’s ...
Singapore shares open higher on Tuesday; STI up 0.8%
SINGAPORE equities began trading in positive territory on Tuesday (Aug 6), following a global market rout with all three major Wall Street indices spending the entire day in the red. Read more at The ...
These expats quit their careers to grow their German specialty pretzel bakery in Singapore
If you’re feeling more adventurous, you could opt for the pretzel bagels (from S$8.10). These come in an array of sweet and savoury flavours, like Caprese Pesto and Speculoos Apple. Another in-house ...