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A report by Julius Baer Group has ranked Singapore as the most expensive city in the world followed by Shanghai, Hong Kong. See the full list

Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 4.7% year-on-year in May, official data showed on Friday. The May core inflation rate - which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs - eased from the 5% seen in April and matched a Reuters poll of economists.

With the double whammy of an expected El Nino and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole, this year’s dry season could be more intense and prolonged compared to recent years, lasting until October.

Alvin Tan, Singapore's minister of state for culture, community and youth, as well as trade and industry, says "we're bullish about esports, we're bullish about the melding of virtual and physical worlds.

SINGAPORE, June 22 (Reuters) - Two crude cargoes loaded from China's Penglai oilfields arrived at Singapore and Malaysia in May and June, Refinitiv data showed, an unusual export from the world's largest crude importer. Aframax-sized tanker Elephant loaded ...

Ong Pang Thye will step down on Oct 1 and be succeeded by deputy managing partner and head of audit Lee Sze Yeng. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Filipino couple went viral after the bride’s sister shared a video of their lavish wedding, which was inspired by the hit 2018 movie “Crazy Rich Asians” held in Singapore. It shows snippets from the wedding of her sister JM Tiongco,

The small city-state has become the go-to destination for big acts—including Coldplay and Taylor Swift—frustrating fans across Southeast Asia.

Separately, two former Wirecard employees were sentenced to jail in the city state earlier this week.

For this year’s Pink Dot campaign, the first since the repeal of Section 377A, queer Singaporeans hope to expand the definition of family in the city-state.

Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank.

An unfortunate event happened yesterday involving a traffic police officer and a 58-year-old man. The Singapore Police Force said they were alerted to the incident at the junction of Hougang Avenue 3 and Kim Chuan Road at around 5:30pm.

Helping radicalised youth return to the fold will become more challenging as there is an increasing array of extremist thoughts that are easily

SINGAPORE shares opened lower on Thursday (Jun 22) after the US central bank affirmed that more interest rate increases are likely ahead as the inflation rate is still high.  Read more at The Business Times.

THERE is a high likelihood of severe smog occurring in Southeast Asia this year, a Singapore think tank reported, although the situation is unlikely to be as severe as in 2015, wh

Singapore Airlines has been named the best airline in the world for 2023 by airline-ranking company Skytrax. The title: The 2023 World Airline Awards was announced in a gala ceremony in the Air and Space Museum at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday.