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Vice President Kamala Harris’s planned departure from Tuesday was delayed for an unknown reason. It was unclear how long Harris will remain in Singapore. She’d been scheduled to depart for Vietnam, ... ( read original story ...)

Nestlé's R&D center in Singapore, which has been playing a role in developing products and technologies for South East Asia and beyond for both Nestlé's retail and out-of-home business, has been ... ( read original story ...)

Flash floods were reported again, four days after road users had to be rescued from partially-submerged vehicles. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s prime minister warned Vice President Harris that the rest of the world will be watching closely to see what the US does next following its chaotic retreat from Afghanistan. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has mandated banks for its debut dollar bond. Lead managers Citi, DBS and Standard Chartered are hosting investor calls for the proposed Reg S transaction on. The bonds ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Flash floods were reported across parts of Singapore on Tuesday morning (Aug 24) as heavy rain fell across the island.  National water agency PUB said in a Facebook post that flash floods ... ( read original story ...)

She expressed how grateful the US is to its international partners for working with it to evacuate people from Afghanistan.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

US Vice-President Kamala Harris has accused Beijing of "coercion" in the South China Sea and pledged Washington will support its allies in the region. ( read original story ...)

Vaccination requirements were set in the U.S. by a wide swath of groups -- from companies such as Chevron Corp. to New York City schools to the Pentagon -- after regulators gave full approval to the ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days since the end of the three-day slide in which it had fallen almost 60 points or 1.9 percent ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing to lay out the Biden administration’s vision for the Indo-Pacific region, an area of growing importance to a government that has made countering China’s ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore yesterday (August 23) recorded 94 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, including 19 that are not linked to earlier detected infections. The 94 locally transmitted cases are the highest ... ( read original story ...)

Harris emphasised US commitment to the region and when questioned about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, insisted Washington was ‘singularly’ focused on evacuations. ( read original story ...)

Both countries sign memorandums of understanding to deepen their collaboration in cybersecurity across several areas, including defence, financial, and research and development. ( read original story ...)

Oil stored in ships has been piling up off key Asian ports as a crackdown in China on private crude oil processors has blunted purchases and disrupted flows, including some U.S.-sanctioned barrels ... ( read original story ...)

"...Right now...our focus has to be on evacuating American citizens, Afghans who worked with us and vulnerable Afghans," Vice President Kamala Harris said. ( read original story ...)