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Singapore faces its sharpest contraction since independence after the city-state warned that its economy could shrink by 7 per cent in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. After initially winning ... ( read original story ...)

Early one October morning in 1969, Singapore police officers found the body of a man dumped in a storm drain. He had been stabbed to death, police said, in what became one of the country's most ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s economy is facing its worst contraction since independence more than a half-century ago as the coronavirus outbreak and measures to contain it pummel the trade-reliant city state. ( read original story ...)

Singapore downgraded its 2020 gross domestic product forecast for the third time on Tuesday, the trade ministry said, as the bellwether economy braces for its deepest ever recession. The city-state ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore economy is expected to shrink by between 4.0% and 7.0% this year, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. ( read original story ...)

The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. topped more than 1.6 million as deaths rose to more than 97,000, a tally from Johns Hopkins University shows. President Donald Trump threatened to pull the ... ( read original story ...)

Dominic Cummings, one of Boris Johnson’s closest allies, refused to quit his job in the U.K. government, refuting claims he flouted lockdown rules that he had helped to draft. Germany agreed on a 9 ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's economy, a bellwether for global trade, could shrink by as much as 7.0 percent this year, as the coronavirus pandemic throttles demand, the government said Tuesday. The trade ministry ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore will move to the next phase of re-opening around the end of June and resume more activities if all goes well, the city-state’s Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong said in a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry on Monday confirmed 344 more coronavirus cases, taking its tally of infections to 31,960. ( read original story ...)

Survey work will soon begin on an ambitious plan to export power from a giant solar farm in Australia to Singapore via a 3,800 kilometer (2,360 mile) undersea cable. ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s currency looks set to remain under pressure as global headwinds outweigh the benefits of an easing in the nationwide lockdown. ( read original story ...)

To address concerns about battery life and the use of Bluetooth in its contact tracing app, the Singapore government now is developing wearable devices--tied to a lanyard--to help drive the adoption ... ( read original story ...)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to implement "new policies" to boost the country's nuclear deterrent, state media reported on Sunday, underlining his decision to turn his back on ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry said on Sunday it had confirmed 548 more coronavirus cases, taking its tally of infections to 31,616. ( read original story ...)

Covid-19 patients are no longer infectious after 11 days of getting sick even though some may still test positive, according to a new study by infectious disease experts in Singapore. ( read original story ...)