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Jorge Sampaoli maintained his 100 per cent record as Argentina manager after his side rallied to a dominant 6-0 friendly win over Singapore in Lionel Messi's absence at the National Stadium on Tuesday. Federico Fazio and Joaquin Correa put La Albiceleste ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Economists raised their forecasts for Singapore's growth this year, compared to three months ago, as they upgraded their views on manufacturing and bank lending, a central bank survey showed on Wednesday. The median forecast of 21 economists ... ( read original story ...)

We feel big brother omnipresent," Lee Wei Ling and Lee Hsien Yang said in a joint news release and an accompanying six-page statement issued at 2 am Singapore time on Wednesday. As a result, Lee Hsien Yang, and his wife Suet Fern, would be leaving Singapore. ( read original story ...)

A tussle that began over their father's will escalated Wednesday when two siblings accused their bother, the prime minister of Singapore, of using "the organs of state" against them and grooming his son to take up a political role in the tightly-controlled ... ( read original story ...)

Argentina will play their final match before the summer break against Singapore on Tuesday, the last friendly before FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifying resumes. La Albiceleste are coming off a big win over rivals Brazil in Australia in a friendly, and, in all ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore says it has detained a woman intending to travel to Syria to marry a fighter from the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group. Child care worker Syaikhah Izzah Zahrah Al Ansari, 22, was held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Police in Singapore have detained a preschool assistant who shared pro-Islamic State materials online and intended to travel to Syria, their first arrest of a female Singaporean alleged to be a sympathizer of the radical group, the Home ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)A preschool assistant detained for being radicalized is the first woman in Singaporean history to be taken in on radicalization charges, according to the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The woman was radicalized in 2013 and began posting and ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore said on Monday it has detained an assistant child-care worker suspected of trying to join Islamic State and to find a militant husband in Syria, and was holding her under a tough security law that allows for detention without trial. ( read original story ...)

BEIJING China and Singapore will do their best to expedite talks on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Singapore's foreign minister said, calling the potential pact a statement on the importance of free trade. The Beijing-backed RCEP ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is offering up its financial industry to bankroll China's ambition to develop a network of ports, railways, power plants and other projects across a broad swath of Europe and Asia. Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said ... ( read original story ...)

BEING able to have a beer at any time of the day without judgment is about as exciting as an airport gets. Except in Singapore. At Singapore’s Changi Airport they’re installing an nature-inspired theme park for holiday-makers, reports The Sun. ( read original story ...)

The authorities have made it clear that they will be keeping a close watch on social media websites and other platforms that facilitate donations to prevent misrepresentation of claims or monies being used. SINGAPORE businesses should make the most of ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG Asia's competitiveness in fintech is being undermined by the rivalry among the region's financial centers that has created regulatory complexity and uncertainty, a financial lobby group has warned. Governments across Asia - most notably Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE Singapore on Friday confirmed two cases of locally transmitted infections of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, bringing the total number of reported cases in the city-state this year to eight. The viral disease carried by mosquitoes has spread to ... ( read original story ...)

Big-money investors are still interested in Singapore's retail real estate, despite the hit from e-commerce. Rushabh Desai, head of Asia-Pacific for Allianz Real Estate, said he's still evaluating potential investments into Singapore. Singapore wealth fund ... ( read original story ...)