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Singapore's economy grew 14.3% in the second quarter, its fastest pace in just over a decade, preliminary official data showed on Wednesday, jumping from last year's coronavirus-induced plunge when ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s Temasek, one of the world’s largest investors, reported its strongest returns in more than a decade and expressed confidence in its Chinese assets despite a regulatory crackdown on its ... ( read original story ...)

A video warning people about artificially ripened durians has been circulating on social media and stoking fears about the safety of durians from Malaysia that are sold locally.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A spent refrigerator inches up a long conveyor belt, into the mouth of a towering machine that starts up with a huge groan.  In a ... ( read original story ...)

Ling Hao Architects gives a writer’s Singapore apartment a breezy refresh that shows off its original details. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng said Tuesday that Singapore must reinforce its position as a resilient offshore trading hub for the ferrous ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's state investment company Temasek said the net value of its portfolio grew to 381 billion Singapore dollars (around $283 billion) in the financial year ended March 31. The portfolio ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's Temasek Holdings reported a 25% rise in its portfolio value to a record S$381 billion ($282 billion) in the year ended March 2021, with gains powered by a global equities rally and the ... ( read original story ...)

A senior Australian government official has indicated that quarantine-free travel arrangements with Singapore could take place by the end of the year. ( read original story ...)

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said earlier this year that the city-state needs to “innovate and use technology” to overcome its resource scarcity problem. With one of the world’s largest ... ( read original story ...)

The city-state will set up new communications testbeds in 5G and beyond-5G, support technology development and training, and build up a talent pool. ( read original story ...)

Two photos have been shared in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show people infected with monkeypox in Singapore. The posts go on to claim there has been a new outbreak of monkeypox ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. regulators added a warning to Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine after a rare immune-system disorder was reported in about 100 of the more than 12 million people who received the inoculation. Data ... ( read original story ...)

A collision between two buses at Bukit Batok interchange on Sunday (July 11) afternoon injured 17 people, leaving one of the buses lying on its side after it plummeted 2m. Both were buses on route 945 ... ( read original story ...)

As part of Singapore’s efforts to build a more sustainable future, the public sector is aiming to cut the waste disposed of by each person by 30 per cent and reduce the sector’s overall energy and ... ( read original story ...)

Australia has a “firm commitment” to launch a quarantine-free travel bubble with Singapore, which is more likely to now occur by the end of the year due to Sydney’s coronavirus outbreak, Australia’s ... ( read original story ...)