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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s first soccer player signed to the English Premier League has missed his compulsory military service and now faces charges that carry up to three years in jail ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore wants to attract Indian millennial tourists. And it is hoping a three-day festival will showcase to young Indians all that Singapore has to offer - from art and entertainment to a bustling n... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than previously estimated, a sign that U.S.-China trade tensions and weaker global demand are starting to bite. Gross dom... ( read original story ...)

Goh, who turned 24 on Monday, is widely regarded as the emotional leader of the men’s team, and he told Yahoo News Singapore that he learnt a lot about himself and his teammates amid their success in ... ( read original story ...)

Hawker Chan, a small restaurant in Singapore’s Chinatown district ... Tian Tian wasn’t open when news.com.au visited — but amusingly, its fierce rival Ah Tai Hainanese Chicken Rice was. Ah Tai was a s... ( read original story ...)

Three landmark agreements between Singapore and the European Union (EU) were given the go ahead after a vote in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday (Feb 13). Novartis in Asia seeks to leverage data, digit... ( read original story ...)

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament has approved a free trade deal with Singapore that the European Union hopes to use as a blueprint for further deals in southeast Asia. The legislature approved the d... ( read original story ...)

Believed by some to be named after the words “singha” meaning stopover, and “pura” meaning city, Singapore has evolved into so much more than a mere stopover on the way to somewhere more interesting. ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore police said on Wednesday a U.S. citizen accused of leaking the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive people was "a pathological liar", in a case that has raised concerns over da... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Many pro-Brexit Brits are taken with the idea that the U.K. doesn’t need to belong to a large bloc any more than its tiny former colony Singapore does. The Southeast Asian city- ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore received a record 18.5 million visitors last year as more tourists arrived in the city-state from its top markets such as China and India, but growth in their ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - International visitor arrivals to Singapore increased 6.2 percent in 2018 to touch a record of 18.5 million, helped by a higher number of travelers from China, its largest market ... ( read original story ...)

Transport operator SBS Transit posted a 70 per cent surge in earnings to $80.1 million as new government bus contracts bolstered its bottomline. Singapore on Tuesday vowed to go after an American man ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen who leaked the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive individuals in Singapore may be in possession of more "files" from the database, the city-state's hea... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Zilingo Pte, a Singapore-based online fashion marketplace, raised $226 million to fund an expansion into the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia. Investors in the series D financing in... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Southeast Asian fashion startup Zilingo said it has raised $226 million in its latest funding round from existing backers such as venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, with ... ( read original story ...)