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By end-2023, unlisted Worldwide Hotels will add about 2,000 rooms at home, bringing its total there to 8,671, making it one of the city-state’s largest hotel groups along with French hospitality group Accor and Far East Organization, controlled by billionaire brothers Robert and Philip Ng (No. 2).

Police in Singapore investigating a major money laundering operation have seized S$125 million ($91.79 million) from the bank accounts of one of ten foreign suspects accused in the case.

A Turkish national arrested in Singapore’s S$1.8 billion ($1.3 billion) money laundering case had financed the purchase of 11 luxury condominium units in upscale neighborhoods of the city-state, ...

Singapore’s wealth boom may be set for a pause. A ballooning $1.3 billion money laundering scandal and the ongoing economic troubles in China may be unrelated developments but they point to a slowing ...

SINGAPORE — At least 27 victims have fallen prey to a recent scam involving mooncake sales on social media platforms, resulting in losses totalling around $325,000 since August, said the police on ...

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has publicly confirmed that its upgraded Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D/D+ fighter aircraft are now armed with the Python 5 air-to-air missile. This confirmation ...

Singapore is planning to expand a pilot project that boosts the ocean's capacity to absorb carbon dioxide emissions, using one of several emerging technologies that supporters hope can play a decisive role in the global battle against climate change.

Singapore has been pushing hard to fit robots into its society and workforce in recent years. It's started putting robots in policing roles, cleaning jobs, retail work, and hotel services. Here are five industries the country is hoping to fill with robots,

Who are eligible for the enhanced Baby Bonus Scheme? What about the Child Development Account (CDA)? Here's what you need to know.

Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), said on Tuesday that it had issued a lifetime ban against Ng Chong Hwa, the former managing director of Goldman Sachs (Singapore) embroiled in the 1MDB scandal.

When Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam ended his presidential race with a landslide victory of 70.4 per cent, political analysts expressed their surprise, calling the win "unthinkable" and "remarkable". What do the results say about how the Singaporean voter thinks?

A Singapore rapper who has accused authorities of racism was handed a six-week jail term on Tuesday over his social media posts including a video criticising an actor in brownface and comments ...

Sales of food and beverage services rose 6.5 per cent in July on a year-on-year basis, lower than the 7.2 per cent growth in June and the 15.3 per cent rise in April. Food caterers saw their takings ...

PMI edged up to 49.9. Despite three consecutive months of marginal improvement in Singapore’s headline Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), analysts still believe it is too early to call for a manufacturing recovery or a bottom to the electronics sector’s current downcycle cycle.

Singapore, a multi-ethnic and diverse nation, witnessed a historic presidential election when Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a multi-generational Singaporean of Tamil ancestry, secured a landslide victory this week.

AlphaTauri driver Daniel Ricciardo could miss the next two Formula One races as he continues to recover from a broken hand.