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Fulham's Ben Davis has missed his mandatory national service in Singapore and could face time in prison, says the country's Ministry of Defence. The 18-year-old signed for the Premier League club on a ... ( read original story ...)

Fulham's Ben Davis has missed his mandatory national service in Singapore and could face time in prison, says the country's Ministry of Defence. The 18-year-old signed for the Premier League club on a ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore will tighten restrictions on foreign workers, strengthen cyber-security and boost health care support for its aging population, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said in his bud... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat delivered a budget that included more health-care and military spending ahead of a general election that could come as early as this year. Heng ... ( read original story ...)

(Reuters) - Singapore unveiled an expansionary budget for the next financial year on Monday, setting aside S$6.1 billion for the welfare of its elderly in a generous package before an election expecte... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s first soccer player signed to the English Premier League has missed his compulsory military service and now faces charges that carry up to three years in jail ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore wants to attract Indian millennial tourists. And it is hoping a three-day festival will showcase to young Indians all that Singapore has to offer - from art and entertainment to a bustling n... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s economy grew at a slower pace in the fourth quarter than previously estimated, a sign that U.S.-China trade tensions and weaker global demand are starting to bite. Gross dom... ( read original story ...)

Goh, who turned 24 on Monday, is widely regarded as the emotional leader of the men’s team, and he told Yahoo News Singapore that he learnt a lot about himself and his teammates amid their success in ... ( read original story ...)

Hawker Chan, a small restaurant in Singapore’s Chinatown district ... Tian Tian wasn’t open when news.com.au visited — but amusingly, its fierce rival Ah Tai Hainanese Chicken Rice was. Ah Tai was a s... ( read original story ...)

Three landmark agreements between Singapore and the European Union (EU) were given the go ahead after a vote in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday (Feb 13). Novartis in Asia seeks to leverage data, digit... ( read original story ...)

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament has approved a free trade deal with Singapore that the European Union hopes to use as a blueprint for further deals in southeast Asia. The legislature approved the d... ( read original story ...)

Believed by some to be named after the words “singha” meaning stopover, and “pura” meaning city, Singapore has evolved into so much more than a mere stopover on the way to somewhere more interesting. ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore police said on Wednesday a U.S. citizen accused of leaking the names of more than 14,000 HIV-positive people was "a pathological liar", in a case that has raised concerns over da... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Many pro-Brexit Brits are taken with the idea that the U.K. doesn’t need to belong to a large bloc any more than its tiny former colony Singapore does. The Southeast Asian city- ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore received a record 18.5 million visitors last year as more tourists arrived in the city-state from its top markets such as China and India, but growth in their ... ( read original story ...)