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GRAB Inc and a unit of the Toyota Motor Corporation on Wednesday announced a collaboration targeted at Grab drivers, rather than towards users of the ride-sharing platform. A pre-school with capacity for 2,100 children officially opened in Singapore on ... ( read original story ...)

Having recognised early the benefits of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) push, Singapore has actively supported it and is well-positioned to make gains from it, Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam said in a lecture yesterday. Singapore’s edge ... ( read original story ...)

KUALA LUMPUR: The chef de mission for Team Singapore's 2017 SEA Games campaign Milan Kwee hailed the country's overall display on Wednesday (Aug 30), calling it a "performance Singaporeans can be proud of". "It has been a brilliant display by Team ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean boat captain who was detained in Indonesia for 16 months arrived home safely on Tuesday (Aug 29) after being deported, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a media statement. Shoo Chiau Huat was ferrying Singaporean and ... ( read original story ...)

A 40m-tall heritage tree that toppled and killed a woman at the Singapore Botanic Gardens in February did not have a cavity in its trunk that was a result of decay, said a senior National Parks Board official, countering an assessment earlier by an ... ( read original story ...)

QANTAS is ditching Dubai and returning to Singapore for its flights to London in a dramatic turnaround. The airline announced this morning it is applying to extend its partnership with Emirates for another five years in a move that will see flying kangaroo ... ( read original story ...)

These are external links and will open in a new window Anyone who lives in Singapore has walked a short distance, only to find themselves sweating through their shirt. Three local companies think electric scooter-sharing services could be an answer. ( read original story ...)

Start your day with what's moving markets in Asia. Sign up here to receive our newsletter. After years of declines, Singapore’s home sales are on a roll, even as purchases by foreign buyers have remained muted. Stringent stamp duties levied by the ... ( read original story ...)

This tiny island on the equator peeled away from Malaysia a half-century ago, an experiment in governance that willed itself into a global financial capital. Now Singapore is trying another experiment, one that could transform cities around the world. ( read original story ...)

McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week. The Japan-based 7th Fleet said Monday local time that Navy and Marine Corps divers had found the remains. They had been searching in flooded compartments of the destroyer after the damaged ship ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE -- The U.S. Navy says divers have recovered the remains of all 10 sailors who went missing after the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore last week. The Japan-based 7th Fleet said Monday that Navy and Marine Corps divers ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE sovereign wealth fund GIC is investing US$1.4 billion in a landmark joint venture with India’s leading real estate developer DLF Ltd, in one of the largest private equity transactions in India in the real estate space. In a bid to create a ... ( read original story ...)

The second is the news that my own company, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), is exiting its stakes in two entities of media group Mediacorp, which in turn is turning its print tabloid Today into a digital-only news product. It's clearly a quid pro quo ... ( read original story ...)

Two years ago, Mr Manoj Vasudevan was the first representative from the Toastmasters Club of Singapore to reach the finals of the world's largest public speaking competition. He was third that year. On Saturday (Aug 26), Mr Vasudevan bagged gold in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Athletes representing Team Singapore in the swimming and table tennis competitions at the SEA Games received a warm welcome from fans at Changi Airport on Sunday (Aug 27). Among them were star swimmers Joseph Schooling and the three Quah ... ( read original story ...)

If you have received an e-mail telling you that Singapore Airlines is giving away free tickets for its 70th anniversary, be on your guard. Scammers have been phishing for users' personal data this way since Thursday (Aug 24), an SIA spokesman told The ... ( read original story ...)