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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) from Singapore's UAV Command have been deployed in the fight against terror in Afghanistan, Second Minister for Defence Mr Ong Ye Kung said on November 24. Speaking after visiting the UAC command base at at Murai Camp ... ( read original story ...)

According to Tiffany Crawford’s story last week, drug abuse has produced 1,100 corpses in B.C. this year to date, meaning 2017 is on pace to more than double the carnage of 2016 which, in turn, dramatically increased the death rate for 2015. Singapore ... ( read original story ...)

- SPH Buzz today launched a new hybrid store concept in partnership with Mastercard that includes attended and unattended retail counters. As part of the partnership, SPH Buzz has integrated Mastercard's mobile commerce platform - Vending powered by ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Nine in 10 global employees, or 91 per cent, feel that it is a personal responsibility to keep up with the best work practices through learning and development opportunities, according to the latest report by staffing firm Randstad. However ... ( read original story ...)

Forty years after Singapore embarked on a clean-up of the Singapore River, the Prime Minister said that keeping the river clean is a relentless effort and that people should help by refraining from littering. "The river clean-up is never done," said Mr Lee ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Singapore stocks opened weaker on Monday (Nov 27) with the Straits Times Index retreating 1.67 points to 3,440.48 as at 9.02am after fits of volatility in markets last week. Gainers outnumbered losers 73 to 42, after 31.1 million shares worth S ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore Government has launched in China the first overseas initiative under the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA), a network to promote entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on technology. Singapore has reported its first case of laughing gas ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited the United States from 23 to 26 October 2017 and had discussions with President Donald Trump, key economic and security members of his cabinet and important figures in Congress. He was the fourth Southeast ... ( read original story ...)

The tropical city is starting to get left out in the cold when it comes to marketing offshore dollar debt, in another sign of the increasing influence of China. At least 37 Chinese companies skipped roadshows in Singapore this year, out of the 136 that ... ( read original story ...)

Nov.26 -- Singapore is being left out in the cold in Asia's dollar bond market, even in a banner year for sales. More Chinese companies are choosing to skip roadshows in the city-state and are taking a bigger share of the buyer-base in the region. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE – An Indian-origin former woman warrant officer in the Singapore Army was on Monday jailed for four months and three weeks for abusing and beating her Indian maid. K Rajakumari, 57, who retired after 35 years of service, apologised to Sargunam ... ( read original story ...)

Southeast Asian content commissioning powerhouses congregated at the Singapore International Film Festival to discuss the kind of content they are looking for at a panel discussion titled ‘Producing Stories in Southeast Asia’. “Come to us with a ... ( read original story ...)

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Singapore’s central bank has launched a batch of initiatives — including helping banks create an industry-wide platform for compliance checks — as the city aims to become a global hub for financial technology. Ravi Menon, managing director of the ... ( read original story ...)

From the glittering office towers clustered by the waterfront, to the spotless malls crowded with perfectly coiffed shoppers, it’s hard not to feel transported into the future when you arrive in Singapore – a hi-tech, consumer-oriented kind of future ... ( read original story ...)

It was likely that some people in the government thought that it was shameful for Chinese Malaysians to run the national shipping line. When I sensed that this was their attitude, it was time for me to call it a day. Kuok Brothers eventually sold all their ... ( read original story ...)