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The country has ranked top in an index of food security for two years running and is now deepening its focus as the Covid-19 crisis exposes the fragility of global food supply chains. It’s an ... ( read original story ...)

On Friday, the number of coronavirus cases in the city-state topped 30,000. The number of dormitory cases vastly dwarfs the number of its other cases, whether local or imported. Reuters counted at ... ( read original story ...)

A Singaporean quiz participant has prevailed in a battle with a radio station that denied him a cash prize over his pronunciation of Spandau Ballet singer Tony Hadley's name, after winning the ... ( read original story ...)

On 21 April, he finally thought he had all 14 answers - only to be told he scored 13. But on 6 May, another caller said the exact same answers - and was awarded the $10,000. When Mr Shalehan ... ( read original story ...)

Coronavirus cases in Singapore topped 30,000 on Friday as the city-state continues to report hundreds of new infections in cramped migrant worker dormitories each day. ( read original story ...)

PRNewswire/ -- ipaymy, the Singapore based payment optimisation platform for small businesses, has announced the launch ... ( read original story ...)

A yellow robot dog called Spot which found fame online for dancing to hit song "Uptown Funk" has been deployed to patrol a Singapore park and ensure people observe social distancing. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's health ministry said on Thursday it confirmed another 448 coronavirus cases, taking the city-state's tally of infections to 29,812. Most of the newly reported cases are from migrant-worker ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death at a hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown. ( read original story ...)

Scientists in Singapore are developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, with hopes that early-stage clinical trials could come as soon as next month, according to a professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. ( read original story ...)

Singapore is just a whisker away from joining the global negative-rate club. The nation’s overnight borrowing rate was less than two basis points above zero on Tuesday, down from the year’s high of 1. ( read original story ...)

The sentencing of a man in Singapore to death via Zoom video for his role in a 2011 drug deal has outraged human rights activists who call issuing capital punishment verdicts during the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-state’s coronavirus lockdown, in a move slammed by a human rights group as callous and ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has sentenced a drug suspect to death on the popular video chat app Zoom because of the city-state's coronavirus lockdown, a move slammed by a human rights group as callous and inhumane ... ( read original story ...)

A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state's first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely. Punithan Genasan, a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Trade & Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said there are many “downside risks” to the economy despite recent data showing a surprise improvement in exports. ( read original story ...)