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SINGAPORE shares opened higher on Monday, despite Wall Street putting in a mixed performance on Friday.Read more on 'Business Times' ... ( read original story ...)

The move to enforce the fines follows more than a decade of campaigns being launched one after another to coax and cajole people to return their ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 22 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases as of noon on Sunday (May 23), including 21 in the community and one who ... ( read original story ...)

At the heart of their worries is the Covid-19 variant known as B.1.617, which was first identified in India late last year. Unlike the mutations first found in South Africa, Brazil and Britain that ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore will close two shopping malls on the western part of the island for two weeks starting Sunday after 10 recent Covid-19 infections were linked to the properties. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 29 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Saturday (22 May), taking the country's total case count to 61,799. ( read original story ...)

President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. could produce up to 1 billion vaccine doses by as early as the end of the year. Singapore reported its first school-based transmission, while the number ... ( read original story ...)

A COVID-19 outbreak at Singapore's airport may have initially spread through a worker who helped an infected family arriving in the country, authorities said on Friday, as they further ramped up their ... ( read original story ...)

Strict measures had kept the city-state virtually virus-free for months, but a new flare-up linked to a highly contagious variant offers lessons for pandemic policy. ( read original story ...)

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed 40 new COVID-19 cases in Singapore on Friday (21 May), taking the country's total case count to 61,770. ( read original story ...)

Singapore-listed Mapletree Industrial Trust has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 29 data centers across the U.S. for $1.3 billion from Tampa, Florida-based Sila Realty Trust. ( read original story ...)

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to secure a public finances windfall in the autumn as the UK’s strong economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis rapidly improves the outlook for government borrowing, ... ( read original story ...)

Thirty-seven students from 25 schools and preschools have tested positive this month as the virus skips a largely vaccinated elderly population. ( read original story ...)

On Tuesday, the chief minister of the Indian state of Delhi claimed without evidence that a new Covid-19 variant in Singapore was extremely dangerous to children. ( read original story ...)

Nine Britons have been banned from working in Singapore after breaking coronavirus rules by partying on a yacht in swimwear and Santa hats, reports said Thursday. ( read original story ...)

Singapore bank DBS, Standard Chartered, Singapore Exchange, and state investor Temasek Holdings said on Thursday they are teaming up to develop a global exchange and marketplace for high-quality ... ( read original story ...)