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Singapore is planning a 500% increase in its virus-testing capacity as part of its fight against the COVID-19 disease, its health minister said on Monday, as the city-state reported 573 new ... ( read original story ...)

The World Amateur Team Championships for men and women, scheduled for October in Singapore after it was moved from Hong Kong because of social unrest, has been now been canceled amid the coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

From Italy to Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn’t whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths will hit, but when — and how badly. ( read original story ...)

Property developers in Singapore are getting some assistance to ride out disruptions caused by the coronavirus with the government extending the sale duration period for residential units as well as ... ( read original story ...)

The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index came in at 5.4 in April — markedly lower than the previous month's 49.3, according to the latest data release. ( read original story ...)

IBM will work with M1, Samsung, and Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority to showcase 5G use cases for the manufacturing sector, focusing on the use of artificial intelligence for image ... ( read original story ...)

Migrant workers living dormitories have accounted for around 87.6% of Singapore's total 19,410 confirmed cases as of Tuesday, according to the health ministry. ( read original story ...)

The VR technology is part of the Girl, Talk project which is aimed at helping women fight back against harassment in Singapore. "I would think that I would respond in a more confrontational way," Lee ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore needs sustainable measures in its "prolonged battle" against the coronavirus, so that the country can ease out of its "circuit breaker" period to resume normal activities safely, says ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's United Overseas Bank UOBH.SI reported a smaller-than-expected 19% drop in first-quarter net profit, but it increased impairment charges in ... ( read original story ...)

Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle reports on the PMI data for Hong Kong and Singapore. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia.” (Source: Bloomberg) ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 573 new coronavirus cases Monday, of which 560 were foreign workers living in dormitories, its health ministry said. Only eight cases were found in foreign workers living elsewhere. ( read original story ...)

Lai Chang Wen. chief executive officer of Singapore’s parcel delivery firm Ninja Van, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting demand for its services, and the company's growth strategy. ( read original story ...)

Three evenly spaced dots forming an ellipsis: "...". Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - E-commerce ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market on Monday snapped the four-day winning streak in which it had gained almost 100 points or 4 percent. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 2,565-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

Stay home may have been the message from many governments across the globe in recent weeks, but analysis of Google Maps data by Nomura suggest residents of some countries are taking it more seriously ... ( read original story ...)