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Terrible news on Singapore's economy could not come at a worse moment for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Word that growth in his trade-reliant city-state fell 3.3% in the second quarter from the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Travellers heading to the Land of the Long White Cloud will soon have more reasons to cheer, with 35,000 seats to be added to flights between Auckland and Singapore from end-March to ... ( read original story ...)

This news spells trouble, though, for Singapore Press Holdings (SGX: T39), or SPH, as its media division is struggling to manage the online onslaught. SPH is a leading media organisation, and its core ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore slashed its full-year economic growth forecast on Tuesday, as global conditions were seen worsening and final second quarter data showed the economy shrank 3.3% on the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore’s central bank is raising its guard against money launderers increasingly using onshore shell companies to mask their transactions, a senior official said. Valerie Tay, ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore said Monday it will impose a blanket ban on the domestic sale of elephant ivory and products from 2021 as the government tightens its campaign against illegal wildlife trade. The ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will ban the domestic trade in ivory from September 2021, the government said on Monday, shutting the door to an important end-market for poached elephant ivory ... ( read original story ...)

The erasure happened almost immediately after other mainstream news outlets published articles on the police investigation against the Nair siblings. To explain the removal of Subhas and Migrants Band ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore Says It’s Fighting ‘Fake News.’ Journalists See a Ruse. In May, Singapore passed the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA), which gives government ministers the ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's government stands ready to stimulate the economy, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday, after some of the worst economic data in years prompted warnings ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore must continue to reinvent itself and break new ground to “stay in front of the pack”, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in this year’s National Day message. Delivering the nine ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's economy is expected to have contracted almost 3% in the second quarter, a slight improvement from advance estimates but reaffirming the risk of a possible recession ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Singapore-based Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX) this week registered the first exchange of futures for physicals (EFP) for its 380-centistoke high-sulphur fuel oil (380-cst ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — A 25-year-old man was charged on Friday (8 August) with burning a Singapore flag along the 13th floor common corridor of an HDB block in Woodlands with a lighter. As a result of Elson Ong ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore government last week blocked access to a rap video ... stating that it was objectionable on the grounds of public interest and national harmony. Channel News Asia quoted local police ... ( read original story ...)

the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a news release. Officers were alerted on Sunday, at around 12.40pm, after the burnt flags were found at Block 774 Woodlands Crescent. Through ground enquiries ... ( read original story ...)