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More than SG$1 billion ($742.6 million) is up for grabs as the Singapore government earmarks 30% of its ICT budget for applications that will run on its commercial cloud infrastructure.

The Singaporean dollar surged to the strongest level on record against the Malaysian ringgit, with the latter suffering more from weakening confidence in China’s economic recovery.

Insider, an AI-powered marketing platform, said it has raised another $105 million from Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Istanbul-based buyout firm Esas Private Equity. The company said its latest funding round gives it a valuation of almost $2 billion.

The widening rift between the world’s two biggest economies, the US and China, now looks in some regards to be irreconcilable, according to Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. The geopolitical situation has become more dangerous amid tensions ...

A doctored X-ray image has been repeatedly shared by Facebook users in Myanmar alongside the claim a patient was told they had inhaled a live cockroach but was informed by a doctor in Singapore that it was actually inside the X-ray machine in their home country.

Maybank economist Chua Hak Bin said a technical recession, defined as two consecutive quarters of contractions, is possible if the boost from China’s reopening fails to materialize in the second ...

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore is confident that a rebound in travel that’s boosting the services sector will help the island’s economy avoid a recession this year despite a darkening global outlook. Most ...

Singapore’s economy grew at a slower pace in the first quarter of 2023, owing to faster contraction in goods-producing industries and slower growth in services-producing industries.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has ordered an investigation into the circumstances around the rental of state-owned homes in an exclusive location to two cabinet ministers following ...

The rising rental rates in Singapore affect just about everyone, from young Singaporeans looking to move out to expats who have been living in the city-state for a long time.

A Singaporean man was fined $2,000 by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority after failing to report his change of address within the required timeframe.

Seeing bigger crowds recently? No lah, it's not the heat wave making you hallucinate. ICYMI, our Little Red Dot received 1.13 million visitors in April, based on the latest figures from the Singapore ...

Bloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn more Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong ordered a review after questions were raised in ...

The Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore also announced details of the 10th Asia Clean Energy Summit 2023.

Keppel Corporation is calling for authorities to develop data centers running on green energy. Reported by Nikkei Asia, Keppel’s chief executive of its data center unit, Wong Wai Meng, warned that the nation's capacity cap is insufficient to meet current demand.

Singapore's media are highly developed and tightly controlled. There are two major players. Singapore Press Holdings is linked to the ruling party and has a near-monopoly of the press. MediaCorp, owned by a state investment agency,