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SINGAPORE: Singapore's factory activity expanded for the 24th consecutive month in Jun, but at a slower rate than the month before. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped from 50.4 to 50.3, accor ... ( read original story ...)

The execution of another Malaysian in late April sparked an international outcry because he was believed to be mentally disabled ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE — Singapore's president Halimah Yacob on Monday (4 July) evening announced that she had been infected with COVID-19. "Just tested positive for COVID-19 with mild flu-like symptoms," said ... ( read original story ...)

Anti-death penalty activists in Malaysia are urging Singapore’s government to halt the execution of a convicted Malaysian drug trafficker this week, the second in less than three months ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s economy is not at risk of recession or stagflation at this stage, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said, amid growing concerns about the impact of global monetary policy tightening to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's death penalty for drug trafficking is again sparking protests, as a second Malaysian is scheduled to be hanged. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Prison conditions in Singapore are acceptable, Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam told Parliament on Monday (Jul 4), adding that the prison regime is also made intentionally austere. ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore does not expect its economy to slip into a recession or stagflation next year, said Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin Tan in Parliament on Monday (Jul 4), although he ... ( read original story ...)

A new Automated Passenger In-Car Clearance System (APICS) is being trialled at Singapore's Woodlands Checkpoint on the Singapore-Malaysia border, a process that is expected to improve immigration ... ( read original story ...)

Twitch streamers Clarence Kang and Angie Mendoza said today that they were in Buona Vista when they were abruptly interrupted by a woman wearing a low-cost slasher costume – glasses over a sheet mask ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s Minister of Law K. Shanmugam appeared on the BBC’s HARDtalk programme and very robustly defended Singapore’s use of the ... ( read original story ...)

Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in Singapore in the past week (27 June to 3 July): Singapore national bowler Bernice Lim clinched her first individual title at an international ... ( read original story ...)

Southeast Asia welcomed its first cruise port call in over two years when Royal Caribbean’s (RCI) Spectrum of the Seas arrived at Malaysia’s Port Klang this morning. ( read original story ...)

Les Maisons is a low-rise development of just 14 units coming up on Nassim Road, a leafy street nestled between the bustling shopping district of Orchard Road on one end and the expansive quiet of the ... ( read original story ...)

At least three out of 10 new platforms that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic have bowed out. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

As part of their deployment to South East Asia, Indian Naval ships, Sahyadri and Kadmatt, under the command of Rear Admiral Sanjay Bhalla, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, visited Singapore for ... ( read original story ...)