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The wife of a Singaporean police officer has admitted to starving, torturing and ultimately killing her domestic worker from Myanmar. The worker reportedly weighed only 24kg (53lbs) when she died from ... ( read original story ...)

The wife of a Singaporean police officer has admitted to starving, torturing and ultimately killing her domestic worker from Myanmar. The worker reportedly weighed only 24kg (53lbs) when she died from ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore received its first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech on Tuesday, its health ministry said, although the shot is still awaiting approval for use in the city-state. ( read original story ...)

Vice Chair Charlie Munger further detailed his deep admiration for Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, who governed for three decades. ( read original story ...)

Motion Ventures, the Singapore-based investment vehicle of European venture builder Rainmaking, completed the first closing of a planned S$30 million ($23 million) fund aimed at disrupting shipping ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has climbed higher in three straight sessions, gathering almost 45 points or 1.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 2,920-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore received its first shipment of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, (23 February), prior to it being authorised by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for use here.The Ministry of Health ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore received its first shipment of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday (Feb 23), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on ... ( read original story ...)

A fire at a factory in Tuas, Singapore injured at least eight people on Wednesday (4). Flames ripped through the Platinum Pioneer building in Tuas shortly before midday. Several workers who had ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has to “do better” to provide the community of support for FDWs, Teo added. Teo was reacting to the horrific abuse case involving Piang Ngaih Don, a 24-year-old maid from Myanmar, who died ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong said vaccine certificates will help resume international travel, while Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin was the first to be vaccinated in the country. ( read original story ...)

Eight people were taken to the Singapore General Hospital for burn injuries following a fire at an industrial building in Tuas on Wednesday (Feb 24). ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 24 February 2021 - Ripple2wave (R2WI), together with the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), is organizing its first Digital Water Hackathon to grow and ... ( read original story ...)

The session in Asia follows a mixed finish on Wall Street as Fed Chair Jerome Powell eased some concerns about higher interest rates and inflation. ( read original story ...)

The shipping industry is examining a range of technologies as it looks to meet a target of reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions from ships from 2008 levels by 50% by 2050 ... ( read original story ...)

He acknowledged that drawing on past reserves for the second year in a row was a "difficult" decision.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)