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United Overseas Bank Ltd reported a 40% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as Singapore's third-largest-listed lender bulked up loan loss provisions in pandemic-hit markets and its net interest ... ( read original story ...)

There were nine new coronavirus cases confirmed yesterday, taking Singapore's total to 58,029.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore pupils aged over seven must use the city state's contact-tracing app or wearable device from December. Both use Bluetooth signals to log any contact with other users' devices. Pupils do not ... ( read original story ...)

One of Asia’s worst-performing stock markets got some respite on Tuesday ahead of the U.S. presidential poll as investors gear up for a Biden win. ( read original story ...)

President Halimah Yacob has formally assented to the third Supplementary Supply and Budget Adjustments Bill that provides for an extra S$8 billion in Covid-19 support, said Speaker Tan Chuan-Jin when ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has not received any reports of "long COVID" in Singapore thus far, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said in a ... ( read original story ...)

Amendments have been added to the country's Personal Data Protection Act to allow businesses to use consumer data without prior consent for some purposes such as business improvement and research, and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore wants to improve standards in its commodities trading industry after scandals rocked banks' confidence in lending to the sector, its trade minister said on Monday. ( read original story ...)

The average annual first-time issuance volume more than doubled during the scheme period of 2017 to 2019.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore stocks took a beating this week amid the twin uncertainties of the U.S. election and the worsening pandemic in the West, overtaking Thailand to become Asia’s worst equity market this year. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's pilot initiative to carry out rapid coronavirus testing to allow fans into a One Championship MMA show could show the way for other countries to host sports events during the pandemic, ... ( read original story ...)

With a torch in one hand and an electromagnetic meter in the other, paranormal investigator Charles Goh scours some shrub land in suburban Singapore, looking for hidden graves that could give clues to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore will lift border restrictions on visitors from mainland China from Nov. 6, a further reminder that the nation where the coronavirus outbreak first began is firmly on the road to recovery as ... ( read original story ...)

Faced with issues related to fingerprint verification such as ageing, scarring, and dryness, Singapore will begin tapping both iris and facial biometrics as the main identifiers at all immigration ... ( read original story ...)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her decision to once again severely limit movement in Germany, saying the country is in a “dramatic situation.” U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing ... ( read original story ...)

A company in Singapore has developed a breathalyser test for the new coronavirus which it says will enable people to know whether they are infected in under a minute. Breathonix, a startup firm from ... ( read original story ...)