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When Lawrence Wong succeeds Lee Hsien Loong as Singapore’s new prime minister next month, he will inherit not only a healthy economy but also robust local assets from a rallying currency to ...

Warm conditions are expected to persist, but air-conditioning may hurt us in the long run. This Earth Day, consider how people perceive and seek comfort from the heat for solutions too, say Yale-NUS ...

(Bloomberg) -- Workers in Singapore can now ask for four-day work weeks, more work-from-home days and staggered work timings starting from Dec. 1, underscoring the global trend of governments and ...

Passports issued by Singapore and Malaysia don’t separate first and last names, confusing airline computers and online apps. Why the constant demands to state a surname when none is defined?

SINGAPORE: Back at Tangeum Lake six years after she made history for Singapore, rower Saiyidah Aisyah had one thing in mind - qualify for the Olympic Games. And while the goal was ...

Various solutions have been proposed, including listing large companies like PSA. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Singapore is set to implement new tripartite guidelines requiring all employers to have a formal process in place for workers to request flexible work arrangements, starting December 2024.

She joins a number Singapore athletes who have qualified for the Paris Olympics, including reigning Asian Games 200m champion Shanti Pereira, fencer Amita Berthier, kitefoiler Max Maeder and the women's 4x100m medley swim team comprising Quah Ting Wen, Quah Jing Wen, Letitia Sim and Levinia Sim.

The investiture also marks when the ruling party, the People’s Action Party ( PAP ), passes the baton from a “3 G ” (third generation) of senior party cadres to the “4 G ” cohort who chose Mr Wong as their man.

Thousands of parents in Singapore are furious, with some now pursuing legal action, after a major operator of cord blood banks in Asia irreparably damaged their children’s samples through improper handling.

Thousands of parents in Singapore are furious, with some now pursuing legal action, after a major operator of cord blood banks in Asia irreparably damaged their children’s samples through improper ...

Balakrishnan said in a Facebook post that several other MPs and himself received letters containing a “fake distasteful image accompanied by a threat”.

Authorities are ramping up efforts to enforce Singapore’s ban on vapes, but people will risk using the devices as long as they perceive that it isn’t a serious offence, says smoking cessation counsellor Sean Ang.

In 2023, almost 500 corneas were brought in from the US, S'pore's only foreign source of corneas. Read more at straitstimes.com.

She even ended up aborting her child in 2021 as her husband did not want the responsibility. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Taylor Swift's YouTube compilation for her new lead single "Fortnight" highlights many moments from the singer's personal life, including an adorable kitchen kiss from boyfriend Travis Kelce. But ...