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SINGAPORE: While Singapore agrees with the intent of a new global treaty against violence and harassment in the workplace, it abstained from voting during a United Nations agency’s annual conference ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore (CNN) — The scent of fresh paint still hanging in the air, there's a feeling of electricity wafting through Singapore's historic Raffles Hotel right now. The revered property has officially ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's government has accused two YouTubers of making ... same kind of videos," he told Channel News Asia. "And let's say there are hundreds of thousands of such videos. How do you think the ... ( read original story ...)

YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have blocked a satirical rap video from being viewed in Singapore after the government requested its removal. The video was created by Preeti Nair - known as Preetipls on ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Facebook and other social media sites have restricted access to a satirical rap video in Singapore after the wealthy city-state’s government requested the removal of content it ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore banks delivered second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates, indicating they are well placed to weather mounting pressures from a global economic slowdown and falling ... ( read original story ...)

"Transitioning or surgeries does not give you perfect bodies," reads a message by one transgender man, written by hand over an image of his own half-naked body. Sham is one of six subjects featured in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Drug trafficking into Singapore, which has some of the world’s toughest drugs laws, has risen recently, the law minister said on Wednesday, and he defended capital punishment for serious ... ( read original story ...)

The Raffles Hotel, which first opened in 1887 and was declared a National Monument by the government a century later, reopened today after an extensive renovation that started two and a half years ago ... ( read original story ...)

In Singapore, in an intimate space full of vintage books and leather furnishings, millennials congregate after work. Some on dates, others with groups of friends, they are ready to flirt and mingle. ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Prolonged turmoil in Hong Kong could jeopardize regional financial stability, and that would outweigh any short-term gain for Singapore from flows of funds from investors worried ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Drug trafficking into Singapore, which has some of the world's toughest drugs laws, has risen recently, the law minister said on Wednesday, and he defended capital punishment for ... ( read original story ...)

Especially not in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive property ... Property agents and lawyers that Bloomberg News spoke with said they don’t have data on the number of trust accounts being ... ( read original story ...)

Especially not in Singapore, one of the world’s most expensive property ... Property agents and lawyers that Bloomberg News spoke with said they don’t have data on the number of trust accounts being ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)An ethnically Chinese actor who allegedly darkened his skin to portray characters of different races in an advertisement has sparked a "brownface" controversy in multi-ethnic Singapore. Part of a ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is ramping up its efforts to be a broker for infrastructure projects in the region, plugging China’s Belt and Road Initiative while pushing for a more “inclusive” approach in Southeast Asia. ... ( read original story ...)