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Singapore has given a rating of M18 to the latest Marvel film, Eternals, because of a scene with a gay kiss, making it the first movie from the ultra-popular superhero franchise to not receive a PG13 ... ( read original story ...)

Like other drug mules, Nagaenthran comes from a very poor family. It is sad and tragic that an economically successful country like Singapore wants to showcase to the world about how tough it is when ... ( read original story ...)

Blame it on the underwhelming performances of the office and retail segments. According to Savills, investment sales in Singapore’s commercial sector fell by 61.9% QoQ to S$852.2 million as both the ... ( read original story ...)

The increase comes a year after a fare hike was deferred due to the economic difficulties caused by the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s health ministry signaled again that virus curbs won’t remain as they are through the month of November if the city-state reaches a key target for further easing. ( read original story ...)

Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. SINGAPORE, Nov 3 — Wanting her employer’s 13-month-old daughter to sleep through the night and not disturb her, a ... ( read original story ...)

Lawyers are making last-resort efforts to save a mentally impaired Malaysian man from being hanged in Singapore for drug charges next week. What’s happening: Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 33, is scheduled ... ( read original story ...)

Having been away in Singapore and unable to see her children in the last 12 months due to the pandemic, Deepa Krishnan has decided to quit her job as a bank officer and return to Penang. The ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's second- and third-largest lenders reported better-than-expected quarterly profit increases, building on a recovery from pandemic-hit markets and supported by lower provisions for credit ... ( read original story ...)

Two of Singapore’s largest lenders struck a cautiously upbeat tone after profit in the third quarter beat forecasts driven by gains on fees from wealth and lending, and lower provisions for bad loans. ( read original story ...)

The first shifts of the Retirement Age to 63 and Re-Employment Age to 68 will take effect from 1 July 2022. Meanwhile, CPF members can look forward to simplified processes beginning Q1 of 2022. ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, gathering almost 35 points or 1.1 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,230-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)

With 82% of its population fully vaccinated, mostly with mRNA vaccines, COVID case incidence on Nov. 1 is the same as Wyoming, where 44% of the population is fully vaccinated. Hospitals are feeling ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's second-largest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp Ltd (OCBC) reported a better-than-expected 19% rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday, supported by lower provisions for credit losses ... ( read original story ...)

The overall utilisation rate of the intensive care unit (ICU) went up on Tuesday (Nov 2), at 72.7 per cent - up from 67.1 per cent on Monday, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday (2 November) confirmed 3,496 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore – bringing the country's total case count to 204,340 – as well as nine deaths due to the disease. ( read original story ...)