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SINGAPORE – In the first case of its kind, a part-time security officer was fined $1,000 on Thursday (Feb 4) for destroying an election poster. Lim Song Huat, 48, had […]
SINGAPORE – A student has died after falling during a high-element activity at Safra Yishun on Wednesday (Feb 3). The boy, who is believed to be a 15-year-old student from […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who physically abused two maids in separate incidents was sentenced on Thursday (Feb 4) to five weeks’ jail. Elizabeth Poh Chiew Lian was ordered to pay […]
SINGAPORE – Ethan was still serving his year-long jail sentence for drug consumption when his stepfather spoke his last words to him. The man who had cancer, sternly warned the […]
SINGAPORE – A total of 3,740 Build-To-Order (BTO) flats, including Singapore’s first assisted living public housing project for seniors, were launched for sale by the Housing Board on Thursday (Feb […]
SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – GameStop and other social media darlings rebounded in calmer trading on Wednesday (Feb 3) from their sharp sell-off in the prior session as investors turned their focus […]
RIO DE JANEIRO (REUTERS) – A consortia led by Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard offered Brazil’s Petrobras the lowest price to build a floating platform for Buzios, Latin America’s second-largest oil field, […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – American Airlines said on Wednesday (Feb 3) that some 13,000 employees are at risk of furlough when a US aid package for airline workers expires on […]
PARIS (BLOOMBERG) – Forecasts for a significant recovery in air travel this year could be wide of the mark as new coronavirus strains extend travel restrictions, according to the airline […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Bill Gates set out to heal the world. His Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought sports teams. Ted Turner raced yachts. And Donald Trump went into politics. Amazon […]
SINGAPORE – Amid the uncertainties of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, 140,000 Central Provident Fund (CPF) members made account top-ups under the Retirement Sum Topping-Up Scheme. They put in a […]
SINGAPORE – A 34-year-old woman has become the fifth person from her family to be sent to jail over offences involving a mildly intellectually disabled friend who was treated as […]
SINGAPORE – There will be additional coronavirus testing measures for foreign domestic workers and confinement nannies landing in Singapore from Friday (Feb 5), said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on […]
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Alibaba Group Holding offered investors few clues into how the regulatory crackdown on Jack Ma’s tech empire will impact its future growth after reporting a stronger-than-expected […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday (Feb 2) reported that its quarterly profit rocketed some 50 per cent to US$15.2 billion (S$20.2 billion) at the end of […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – Singapore’s battered property firms are hitting a snag in their recovery after rising coronavirus infections led to an extension of remote work in the city-state. Shares of […]
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – A fragile recovery in Asian aviation is being snuffed out by a resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the region, pushing back forecasts for when air travel will […]
Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, Feb 3. Bill limiting police use of TraceTogether data to serious crimes passed by Parliament The Bill was put […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Amazon Web Services (AWS) chief Andy Jassy will replace billionaire founder Jeff Bezos as Amazon.com’s next chief executive officer. Here’s what we know about the incoming CEO: […]
