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Singaporeans were able to get a haircut at the barber or pop in to their favorite bakery Tuesday as the government loosened restrictions, three weeks before a partial lockdown ... ( read original story ...)

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry on Monday confirmed 486 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally of infections to 23,787. The health ministry said the number of cases, the lowest in a week, were partly ... ( read original story ...)

Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he's still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his ... ( read original story ...)

The value of some of the leveraged short positions in Singapore Airlines Ltd. got wiped out on Wednesday after the carrier’s share price surged due to an adjustment for a rights issue of stock and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry said on Monday it confirmed 486 new coronavirus cases, taking its tally of infections to 23,822. ( read original story ...)

Kristen Choong had accepted her family's decades-old noodle stall in Singapore would likely fold when she retires. ( read original story ...)

Weeks after two of his roommates were diagnosed with COVID-19, Mohamad Arif Hassan says he's still waiting to be tested for the coronavirus. Quarantined in his ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has moved higher in three straight sessions, collecting almost 30 points or 1.2 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index remains just above the 2,590-point plateau and ... ( read original story ...)

With its contact tracing app shoring up just 1.4 million downloads, Singapore now is making a new digital check-in system compulsory -- from May 12 -- at selected locations including workplaces, ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore registered 876 new coronavirus infections, its health ministry said on Sunday, taking the city-state's total to 23,336 cases. ( read original story ...)

The Boston Dynamics robot doesn't enforce social distancing, but Singapore has strict lockdown measures that could result in fines or even jail time. ( read original story ...)

In a startling turn for a robot that has long haunted your dreams, Boston Dynamics' Spot has been tasked to encourage healthy behavior. According to the Straits Times, the robot "dog" has been ... ( read original story ...)

A dog-like robot named Spot has been deployed in Singapore's Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park to instruct people to socially distance. A video published by Singapore's Straits Times shows the robot in a pilot ... ( read original story ...)

Visitors to parks, gardens, and nature reserves may now run into a four-legged robot that has been tasked to broadcast reminders about the need to observe safe distancing. ( read original story ...)

Far from barking its orders, a robot dog enlisted by Singapore authorities to help curb coronavirus infections in the city-state politely asks joggers and cyclists to stay apart. ( read original story ...)