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The growth in Singapore home prices accelerated to 3.8% in the third quarter to record levels, after rising 3.5% in the previous three months. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's first defence chief and Ambassador Brigadier-General (BG) Kirpa Ram Vij has died. He was 87. Kirpa Vij died on Saturday, leaving behind wife Nirmala, three children and their spouses, and ... ( read original story ...)

Sir Richard Branson has turned down an invitation from Singapore's government to take part in a live television debate about the country's approach towards drugs and the death penalty. He was invited ... ( read original story ...)

TotalEnergies ENEOS has completed a 0.7 MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) rooftop installation for a world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health, to power the needs of its site ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Branson said he was declining the invitation as he felt a debate on such a platform would lack nuance. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Kirpa Ram Vij has died. He was 87. Vij died on Saturday, leaving behind wife Nirmala, three children and their spouses, and five grandchildren. Born in Hazara district (now Pakistan) in 1937, Vij also ... ( read original story ...)

Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (24 to 30 October): Loh Kean Yew loses to Viktor Axelsen in rematch. A week after ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Bus operator Go-Ahead Singapore has been given an additional three-year extension on a deal to operate 31 public bus routes in the Loyang area. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

The 18th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meetings offer an opportunity to explore more areas of cooperation. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore-bound Scoot flight TR493 was diverted to Batam, Indonesia on Sunday (Oct 30) night due to bad weather.  The flight took off from Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia about an hour late at 8. ( read original story ...)

Three Tour de France champions finished in the top 3 places of the inaugural Tour de France Prudential Singapore Criterium race, with reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard winning the event. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has unveiled plans to build 8 Shenton Way, the country’s tallest building and its first "supertall" skyscraper. The term supertall is used to describe buildings that exceed 300 metres in ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 3,240 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally to 2,099,760. Of the new cases, 400 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 2,840 through ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The Republic’s second defence chief, Brigadier-General Kirpa Ram Vij, who played a key role in setting up Singapore’s military in its early years of independence, died on Saturday. Read ... ( read original story ...)

Football fans in Singapore will have to fork out at least $98 to enjoy complete coverage of the 2022 Fifa World Cup Finals. ( read original story ...)

Dinosaur fans got a glimpse of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton as it went on display in Singapore Friday before an auction next month, as experts slammed ... ( read original story ...)