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This is one of the world's largest floating solar farmsLocation: SingaporeIt’s made up of 122,000 solar panelsmaking it as big as 45 football fieldsIt produces enough electricity to power the island's ... ( read original story ...)

A Genting Cruise Lines ship on a "cruise to nowhere" has returned to Singapore after a confirmed case of COVID-19 in a ... ( read original story ...)

Meanwhile, Indonesia surpassed India’s daily Covid-19 case numbers, identifying it as a new Asian virus epicentre. ( read original story ...)

The passenger tested negative while boarding but was later confirmed to have the virus, highlighting the ongoing perils of operating a cruise in the midst of the pandemic. ( read original story ...)

A Singapore cruise liner returned to its port after a passenger was suspected to have COVID-19.That’s according to Singapore’ tourism board on Wednesday, which added the 40-year-old passenger tested ... ( read original story ...)

Spanning 45 hectares over Tengeh Reservoir, the solar farm comprises 122,000 panels and is part of the country's efforts to quadruple solar energy deployment by 2025. ( read original story ...)

In recent years, however, China has been subjecting Singapore to greater pressure. It is pushing the island to make a choice between the two great powers and is working hard to influence Singaporeans ... ( read original story ...)

The electricity generated from the 122,000 solar panels on the 45-hectare (111.2 acres) site should make Singapore one of the few countries in the world to have a water treatment ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore's tourism board said on Wednesday a cruise ship operated by Genting Cruise Lines on a so-called cruise to nowhere had returned to the city-state after a 40-year-old passenger was suspected ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s economy lost momentum in the second quarter as weeks of tightened mobility restrictions weighed on this year’s expansion. ( read original story ...)

Sydney extended its lockdown for a further two weeks as Australia’s most-populous city battles an outbreak of the delta Covid-19 strain that’s already kept it isolated from the rest of the nation for ... ( read original story ...)

But compared with the previous quarter, the Singapore economy contracted by 2%, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry. ( read original story ...)

Singapore's economy grew 14.3% in the second quarter, its fastest pace in just over a decade, preliminary official data showed on Wednesday, jumping from last year's coronavirus-induced plunge when ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore’s Temasek, one of the world’s largest investors, reported its strongest returns in more than a decade and expressed confidence in its Chinese assets despite a regulatory crackdown on its ... ( read original story ...)

A video warning people about artificially ripened durians has been circulating on social media and stoking fears about the safety of durians from Malaysia that are sold locally.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: A spent refrigerator inches up a long conveyor belt, into the mouth of a towering machine that starts up with a huge groan.  In a ... ( read original story ...)