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SINGAPORE - Covid-19 has cast a spotlight on vulnerable groups, and deepened several fault lines - between haves and have-nots, locals and foreigners, and over race.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Singapore will introduce new laws to deal with racial and workplace discrimination, and in a widely expected landmark move, will allow Muslim nurses to wear the Islamic headscarf to work, Prime ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has fully inoculated 80 percent of its 5.7 million people against COVID-19, according to officials, becoming the world’s most vaccinated country and setting the stage for further easing of ... ( read original story ...)

To nudge Singaporeans, over time, to behave better and treat everyone equally regardless of race, a new Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act will be introduced to the law books soon, Prime Minister Lee ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore must stay open to preserve its status as a global business hub, its prime minister said on Sunday, even as the country continues to tighten its foreign worker policies and addresses ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore must preserve its business hub status, attract more foreign investments, and continue to develop local companies and entrepreneurs in order to sustain growth in the long run, said ... ( read original story ...)

Don’t like wearing masks? Neither does Benjamin Glynn. But his refusal to wear one, on account of his failure to accept Singapore’s right to make them legally mandatory, saw him treated like a ... ( read original story ...)

The Asian island state has fully vaccinated 80% of its population. Elsewhere, Japan is struggling to keep its inoculation campaign on track over tainted Moderna vaccines. All the latest with DW. ( read original story ...)

Singapore has "crossed another milestone" with 80 per cent of its population now fully vaccinated against COVD-19, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Sunday (29 August). ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE - The nation's Covid-19 vaccination rate has reached a new milestone, with 80 per cent of the population having received two doses of the vaccine as at Sunday (Aug 29).Revealing this in a ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Eighty per cent of Singapore’s population have received their full COVID-19 vaccination regimen of two doses, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Sunday (Aug 29).  C ... ( read original story ...)

Singapore has outpaced most advanced economies to fully vaccinate 80% of its population against Covid-19, paving the way for the small but wealthy city-state to forge ahead with reopening in an ... ( read original story ...)

Secondary school and pre-university students arriving here on scholarships have diverse expectations, from the non-academic to the doors they think Singapore will open. The outcome is not always what ... ( read original story ...)

SINGAPORE: Singapore reported 113 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections as of noon on Saturday (Aug 28), including a new cluster linked to staff at Jurong East Bus Interchange and another at a ... ( read original story ...)

There were 113 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases as at Saturday noon (Aug 28), with 25 of these cases linked to the Bugis Junction cluster. ( read original story ...)

The first batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be available at some hospitals and clinics in Singapore from next Monday. The IHH Healthcare Singapore, a private healthcare provider, said in a ... ( read original story ...)