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SINGAPORE: Yeo Jia Min clinched bronze for Singapore in the women's singles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Sunday (Aug 7 local time) after overcoming a spirited battle from Scotland's Kirsty ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Jessica Tan and Terry Hee upset Malaysia’s top seeded pairing of Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing on Sunday (Aug 7) to book their place in the mixed doubles badminton final at Commonwealth ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore's Feng Tianwei beat compatriot Zeng Jian to take home the gold medal on Sunday (Aug 7) in the table tennis women's singles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. World number 16 ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - Two-year-old Emmanuel Wu attended the National Day Parade preview at the Marina Bay floating platform on July 23, along with his seven-year-old sister Emma Joy. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)

Vivian Balakrishnan complimented India's digital identification and payment systems, adding that it presents a "clear opportunity" for his nation. ( read original story ...)

Rents in Singapore's private residential market rose by double-digits in the first half of this year, a rate not seen since 2007 Rising domestic demand and supply chain issues as a result of Covid-19 ... ( read original story ...)

Do locals get the right of way? One Malaysian driver crossing the Tuas Second Link over to Johor apparently thinks so.A video showed the man cutting in front of another car after exiting the land ... ( read original story ...)

China’s leading e-commerce group Alibaba Group Holding is building Singapore’s tallest skyscraper by redeveloping the AXA Tower in the city’s financial hub, two years after buying half of the $1.68 ... ( read original story ...)

Mr Alex Alrivers still feels nervous every time he enters an airport to travel overseas. Despite having attained his Singapore citizenship and receiving ... ( read original story ...)

Settling down in Singapore for the long-term was not on the cards for 34-year-old Jessica Santos, a graphic designer who uprooted her life in the ... ( read original story ...)

As part of TODAY's National Day Special this year exploring the sense of belonging, senior journalist Justin Ong speaks to a formerly stateless man to find out what his life is like now, after ... ( read original story ...)

Settling down in Singapore for the long-term was not on the cards for 34-year-old Jessica Santos, a graphic designer who uprooted her life in the Philippines and came to the city-state on an ... ( read original story ...)

One of our most beloved mascots, Singa was launched in 1982 as the face of the National Courtesy Campaign with the slogan, “Courtesy is part of our tradition, it’s so nice to be courteous”. In 1997, ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Both Singapore teams in the table tennis women's doubles reached the semi-finals of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after overcoming their opponents on Saturday (Aug 6). Feng Tianwei and Zeng ... ( read original story ...)

Four local writers pen stories responding to the nation at middle age, between recovery from Covid-19 and the resurgence of the virus. Where do we go from here? Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Most of what you know about the Singapore Sling is wrong. And also maybe right. It’s hard to say. Some cocktails have a history so contested, so laden with switchbacks and apocrypha, the general ... ( read original story ...)