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The Biden administration is weighing whether to accelerate global access to Covid-19 vaccines by supporting a waiver of intellectual-property protections. The move is backed by India, which had a ... ( read original story ...)

All travellers from India should be isolated for 21 days instead of 14 to help strengthen Singapore's defences against a new double mutant strain of SARS-CoV-2 that appears to be more infectious ... ( read original story ...)

Why book a limousine for your special day when you can hop into a taxi driven with love? A Singaporean bride was touched by her taxi driver uncle’s unexpected gift that easily saved the newlywed ... ( read original story ...)

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore is joining with six leading companies from the shipping industry to establish a maritime decarbonization center. The center, which will have an initial ... ( read original story ...)

At least 50 cases of a new "double mutant" Indian COVID variant and 137 of the South African strain have been detected in Singapore, according to the world's largest database of COVID genome sequences ... ( read original story ...)

Vacuum cleaner billionaire Sir James Dyson has relocated to the UK, two years after his controversial move to Singapore. The main residence of Sir James, who is ranked as the country’s richest person ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The personal assistant to the director-general of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was charged on Wednesday (Apr 21) under the Official ... ( read original story ...)

"Not inoculating children may lead to new mutations of the virus," notes Professor David Matchar from Duke-NUS Medical School. The post Singapore Will Not Be Able To Achieve Herd Immunity Unless Kids ... ( read original story ...)

To hold back rising sea levels and prevent flooding episodes in low-lying Singapore, the country will need to incorporate a mix of hard engineering solutions and soft armouring, tapping natural ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is reviewing border controls for travelers who recovered from Covid-19, on concerns of reinfection as new virus variants emerge and global cases tick up. ( read original story ...)

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) announced two initiatives on Wednesday to reduce the shipping industry's greenhouse gas emissions, including a S$120 million ($90 million) fund for a ... ( read original story ...)

Royal Dutch Shell said on Wednesday it was conducting a feasibility study with partners to trial the use of hydrogen fuel cells for ships in Singapore, the first such move for the oil major. ( read original story ...)

A public servant and her husband were charged on Wednesday (21 April) over the leak of a government statement on the implementation of home-based learning before its official release. ( read original story ...)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it the South African B.1.351 COVID-19 variant has been detected in Singapore based on unofficial sources but this has not been officially verified. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is reviewing its border measures for recovered travelers following the emergence of new variants of concern as coronavirus cases tick up around the world. ( read original story ...)

Singapore authorities on Tuesday (20 April) announced the tightening of border measures for travellers from India as well as relaxing those for those arriving from Hong Kong and with recent travel ... ( read original story ...)