With just about one month to go before the doors at Golden Mile Complex shut for good, around 80 per cent of shops have already moved out, according to a store still operating there. Other businesses ...
Global IPO market revival undermined by banking, recession risks
Banking turmoil and recession risks are spelling trouble for the global IPO market, keeping it mired in a slump even after investors started the year thinking that the worst of the stocks rout might ...
U.S. Bank Failures Pose Risk to Global Growth
SINGAPORE—Turmoil in the U.S. banking sector isn’t just a problem for the U.S. It also increases the risks of a global recession. Many economists expected a significant downturn in global economic ...
HSBC urges shareholders to vote against push to rejig structure
HSBC Holdings Plc has told investors to vote against a proposal by an activist shareholder in Hong Kong to overhaul the company’s structure and spin off its Asian business. Ken Lui, who leads a group ...
Water polo: Watch out for Thailand at SEA Games, warns Singapore coach Kan Aoyagi
The power balance in South-east Asian water polo has shifted since pre-pandemic times with new challengers Thailand coming to the fore, said Singapore coach Kan Aoyagi. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore PM Lee to make official visit to China on Monday (March 27), will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a week-long official visit to China starting on Monday to meet its top leaders, including President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.
Singapore hospitals resume elective surgery deferred due to Covid-19, take steps to cut duration of stay
Non-urgent elective operations that were deferred during the pandemic have resumed in the past year as the Covid-19 situation here improved, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make first official visit to China since pandemic
SINGAPORE: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be making a six-day official visit to China and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. The Prime Minister's Office said in a ...
After a plane crash, this investigation bureau in Singapore examines ‘black boxes’ for information
When Nepal's Yeti Airlines plane crash happened in February, Singapore's Transport Safety Investigation Bureau was roped in to help Nepalese authorities retrieve and process the data from the flight ...
Detained crypto mogul Do Kwon rejects false passport claim, his lawyer says
Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who’s wanted by the US over an alleged crypto fraud that erased at least $40 billion in market value, denies allegations he tried to leave Montenegro using a fake ...
Miami spent years partying on a crypto-fueled high. I went to check out the brutal comedown.
Miami was party central during the pandemic as tech bros and crypto kings flocked to Florida. Now it's like a scene from The Last of Us.
Rising rents push some expats to leave Singapore, chipping away at city’s attractiveness to global talents
SINGAPORE — Though he and his family “love living in Singapore” and have been doing so the last seven years, French expat Paul will be moving his whole family back to France come June as his landlord ...
Wedding crasher: Singapore boss surprises migrant worker at wedding in India
Getting married is a momentous occasion usually celebrated with loved ones. After all, what's a celebration without the people who matter most?For a migrant worker who has spent 17 years working in ...
Cooking schools in Singapore to hone your culinary skills
There are baking classes, a course on wagashi (Japanese sweets), and one for kids as well. The fact that it has outlets across Singapore is a huge plus. This Halal-certified establishment offers a ...
Singapore Tuas Checkpoint accident: Man suspected of drink-driving nabbed after hitting Certis officer
A 42-year-old man was arrested for dangerous driving causing grievous hurt and drink-driving, after an accident at Tuas Checkpoint in the early hours ...
Singapore: New pacts will give local firms wider range of credits to offset carbon tax bill
Companies looking to use carbon credits to offset part of their carbon tax bill could soon have a wider range of options to choose from, with the authorities inking new agreements with two ...