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A housing complex for senior citizens has beaten off flashier competition to be named "World Building of the Year" at the World Architecture Festival (WAF), which concluded in Amsterdam on Friday. Con... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Film Commission continued the ongoing celebration of its 20th anniversary by screening a specially commissioned documentary “Singapore Cinema: Between Takes.” Directed by Koh Chong Wu, t... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Singapore’s Zahra Khanum takes to the stage for the Miss Universe contest, she will be wearing a dress portraying a historic handshake between U.S. President Donald Trump an... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Singapore is launching a six-month trial of an on-demand public bus service, using technology to reduce congestion and costs in what could be a model for gridloc... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s Maritime Port Authority (MPA) said on Friday that is banning with immediate effect the discharge of water from ships that is used in the scrubbing of engine exhausts, ... ( read original story ...)

Allianz SE is making its first foray into Singapore’s property market with the purchase of a stake in an office tower in the city’s central business district. Allianz Real Estate, the real estate inve... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek kicked off a trial launch in parts of Singapore on Thursday and plans to roll out an array of services through its app in early 2019 ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore, which is increasingly using technology to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, faces a shortage of skilled data analysts who can help banks track down illicit cas... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s Go-Jek will roll out a beta version of its ride-hailing app in Singapore today, moving into direct competition with arch-rival Grab on its home turf. Go-Jek’s beta app will ... ( read original story ...)

Indonesia’s Go-Jek said it will roll out a beta version of its ride-hailing app in Singapore today, moving into direct competition with arch-rival Grab on its home turf. Go-Jek’s beta app will be avai... ( read original story ...)

Barely a day after a Bangkok-bound Scoot flight from Changi Airport was delayed by 7 hours, passengers on another flight by the airline were hit by another delay on Monday (Nov 26), this time by 29 ho... ( read original story ...)

South Africa’s Department of Energy proposed changes to the structure of the nation’s basic fuel price as it seeks to reduce the cost of gasoline and diesel. The proposals include making Singapore the ... ( read original story ...)

Indonesia’s Go-Jek plans to roll out a preliminary version of its ride-hailing app in Singapore Thursday, bringing fresh competition to the hometown of arch-rival Grab, according to people familiar wi... ( read original story ...)

Indonesia’s Go-Jek plans to roll out a preliminary version of its ride-hailing app in Singapore Thursday, bringing fresh competition to the hometown of arch-rival Grab, according to people familiar wi... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Modern city-state Singapore is a predictable place: it’s hot and humid every day, unabashedly pro-business, immaculately clean -no chewing gum anywhere - and the government is us... ( read original story ...)

Singaporean regulators investigating Noble Group Ltd. have focused their questions so far on the company’s use of mark-to-market accounting, according to people familiar with the matter. The strugglin... ( read original story ...)