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The one-day tournament at United World College East (UWC East) brought together players from our soccer schools in Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Singapore, as well as guest teams from local school and football academies for a day of good ... ( read original story ...)

The last match of our Asia tour kicks off at 13:35 CEST. Find out who Luciano Spalletti and Antonio Conte have named in their starting XIs SINGAPORE - After beating Bayern Munich 2-0 in their International Champions Cup Singapore opener on Thursday, the ... ( read original story ...)

The government is hoping to boost investment and trade ties with neighboring Singapore following a bilateral meeting on Friday. Indonesia and Singapore frequently held bilateral meetings at all levels of government, Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin ... ( read original story ...)

Picture this: You’re taking a midnight stroll, but you’re not praying your phone’s battery doesn’t die. How is this possible, you ask? While the new technology is still in its beginning test phases, the people of Singapore are feeling pretty ... ( read original story ...)

Tomorrow, July 29, Dover Street Market will open the doors to its new Singapore location. This in turn accounts for the fourth DSM space, following London, Ginza (Tokyo) and New York, in addition to one franchise operation in China. “As with all human ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Coffee Festival (SCF) is back again this year, bigger AND better at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre! If you missed it last year, make sure you get tickets early this time round. Brought to you by DBS and hosted by The Straits Times, prepare for ... ( read original story ...)

Can DBS Group (SGX: D05) outshine Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (SGX: O39) and United Overseas Bank (SGX: U11)? The two Singapore banks have set a high bar for DBS Group. Both banks reported strong lending figures for the second quarter. Last time ... ( read original story ...)

A quiet buzz has been building up on Apple App Store and Google Play store in Singapore. Amazon has just flipped the switch on its Amazon Prime Now app and made it available in Singapore. Amazon Prime Now, is a fast delivery service that promises ultra ... ( read original story ...)

McDonald’s have have been hitting the news recently, and not in a good way ... This time, one of their Indonesian regional menu items has been causing a bit of a stir in Singapore. The fast food chain launched the Nasi Lemak burger as part of their ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: More than 400 Tesco products will be made available across almost 60 NTUC FairPrice stores islandwide and online, the supermarket chain announced on Wednesday (Jul 26). Among the "wide range of quality international food products" are Fair ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) returning to work after a career break will receive wage support under a new scheme launched by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) on Thursday (Jul 27). Named the Returner Work ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc launched its two-hour delivery service in Singapore on Thursday, marking the e-commerce giant's push into populous Southeast Asia and its first head-on battle with its Chinese rival, Alibaba Group Holding. While Amazon ... ( read original story ...)

New China hubs may be most powerful threat to old world order For decades, Singapore and Hong Kong have reigned supreme: as key transit points connecting travelers in Asia to and from the rest of the world. But now, a $1 trillion global airport spree is ... ( read original story ...)

It’s 3 p.m. on a sultry Friday outside Raffles Hospital in Singapore’s busy Bugis district, a stone’s throw from the Arab quarter. Workmen in hard hats move swiftly about, striving to complete a long-awaited 20-story extension to this flagship of ... ( read original story ...)

Singaporeans got a jolt in June when a quietly raging dispute between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his two siblings exploded on social media. Such unprecedented public venting, by the late Lee Kuan Yew’s heirs no less, exposed a rare vulnerability ... ( read original story ...)

In recent years, it has become more expensive to buy a car in Singapore. With COE prices hovering at around $50,000 and the Additional Registration Fee (ARF) increasing, one can expect to pay much more for cars today. For example, a Mazda 3 costs about $ ... ( read original story ...)