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Singapore lender United Overseas Bank (UOB) has agreed to buy Citigroup's consumer businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam for about S$4.915 billion ($3.65 billion), funding the ... ( read original story ...)

MOM also shared several initiatives to prevent overworking, such as the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council, which promotes the protection of workers to prevent fatigue. ( read original story ...)

Is land being cleared for oil palm plantations in Indonesia? Is that awful haze back? Are people who live in east holding non-stop barbecues? Is something big in Tampines on fire? What on earth is ... ( read original story ...)

The Singapore stock market has finished higher in six straight sessions, collecting almost 95 points or 2.9 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,255-point plateau ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore lender United Overseas Bank (UOB) has agreed to buy Citigroup’s consumer businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam for about S$4.915 billion ($3.65 billion). “The total cash ... ( read original story ...)

With more ambitious sustainability targets set for Singapore’s built environment, the use of data could be a game-changer for a sector looking for ways to quickly decarbonise. ( read original story ...)

Luckily for KrisFlyer members, Singapore Airlines has just announced an extension to PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite statuses for another year — the third time in a row since the pandemic began, in fact. ( read original story ...)

The vaccinated travel lanes ( VTLs) were introduced in early September, allowing vaccinated travelers to Singapore to avoid being subject to a stay-home notice if they instead underwent multiple COVID ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore is unique in being a city, a state and a nation all at once. Yet its continued success depends on drawing lessons from the likes of New York City, Chang’an and Jericho, said Minister for ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has held onto its spot atop the list of the world's best maritime cities, according to a recent report from classification society DNV and Menon Economics. The 2022 edition of the Leading ... ( read original story ...)

Photo by Lester Ledesma Colorful 1920s terraced homes line Joo Chiat Road in Katong, Singapore. Tourists often rave about Singapore’s ultramodern skyline of skyscrapers and supertrees. But we locals ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore reported 960 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally in the country to 289,085. Of the new cases, 481 were local cases and 479 were imported cases, according to ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's weekly COVID-19 infection growth rate on Thursday (13 January) dropped to 1.43 from 1.6 a day before, as the city-state records 960 new cases.This comes two days after Singapore recorded ... ( read original story ...)

COVID-19 infection growth rate on Thursday (13 January) dropped to 1.43 from 1.6 a day before, as the city-state records 960 new cases. This comes two days after Singapore recorded its first dip in ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 960 new COVID-19 cases as of noon on Thursday (Jan 13), including 479 imported infections.  There were no fatalities. The country's death toll from coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

As the fourth edition of S.E.A. Focus, the annual commercial platform dedicated to Southeast Asian contemporary art gets underway in Singapore, I sit down with Audrey Yeo, founder of Yeo Workshop, one ... ( read original story ...)