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Singapore was lauded for its swift action to suppress infections but crisis has shone spotlight on how it treats marginalised migrants ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore was lauded for its swift action to suppress infections but crisis has shone spotlight on how it treats marginalised migrants ... ( read original story ...)

Spain reported its most new coronavirus cases and fatalities in nearly a week, while Singapore had more than 1,000 new infections for a fourth straight day. U.S. President Donald Trump said he ... ( read original story ...)

The gauge entered negative territory in February for the first time in a decade. Singapore's headline consumer price index was flat at 0% from a year earlier, the lowest level since January 2018, ... ( read original story ...)

Prashant Bhayani of BNP Paribas discusses how investors should approach Singapore banks, given the country's extension of "circuit breaker" measures and their exposure to plunging oil prices. ( read original story ...)

Pastor Samuel Gift Stephen spends his days trying to ensure migrant workers in Singapore, confined to cramped dormitories due to an outbreak of coronavirus, all remain well fed. He runs one of a ... ( read original story ...)

The number of Covid-19 cases in the city-state has spiked in the past month — from about 1,000 cumulative cases on April 1 to more than 10,000 today. ( read original story ...)

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in three straight sessions, sinking almost 65 points or 2.5 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index remains just above the 2,550-point ... ( read original story ...)

Chinese state energy company Sinopec is in early-stage talks with Hin Leong Trading Pte Ltd to buy a stake in an oil storage terminal that is partly owned by the Singapore trader, according to three ... ( read original story ...)

The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 2.5 million globally. The outbreak has also resulted in a death toll of at least a glaring 177,000 worldwide. Singapore, which was being appreciated for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry on Wednesday confirmed another 1,016 cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the total infections in the Southeast Asian island nation to 10,141. It also reported its ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore appeared to contain its outbreak until a cluster of new infections in poorly-kept migrant dorms forced the country to clamp down harder. ( read original story ...)

These have not been sunny days in Singapore. The Lion City has seen cases of Covid-19 surge to 10,141 as of Wednesday after it did an excellent job of containing the early outbreak of the disease. It ... ( read original story ...)

SGX RegCo's CEO Tan Boon Gin gave the guidance in a column on Wednesday, just as Singaporean companies begin issuing quarterly results that will reflect the impact so far of the coronavirus pandemic. ( read original story ...)

The coronavirus caused two deaths in California in early and mid-February, suggesting the pathogen was circulating in the U.S. weeks earlier than health officials thought. Singapore reported more than ... ( read original story ...)

As governments race to roll out contact-tracing apps to fight the pandemic, including an Apple-Google effort in the U.S., an early experiment in Singapore faces a big hurdle: getting people to sign up ... ( read original story ...)