Singapore is looking into which companies may be responsible for the forest and peatland fires in Indonesia that have caused the worsening haze, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Thursday

Canada and Singapore are among the countries that remain committed to strengthening trade ties with China, despite growing global fragmentation and a push by governments towards greater self-sufficiency, officials from both countries said on Wednesday at an economic forum in New Delhi

Every time Kristaen Albert returns home, he reaches for one of the dozen cans of oxygen on a table by the entrance of his house in Central Kalimantan

Malaysian property tycoon Lee Yeow Seng is making waves as one of the most aggressive buyers of commercial real estate in Singapore, and he is not done yet

When Daniela Cruz arrived in Singapore last week, hazy skies obscured the picture-perfect sights she had seen on social media, offering a different view of the city state from the one she had expected

Singapore again ranked as the worlds most polluted city on Monday, according to Swiss-based air quality monitor IQAir, as the fires on Borneo and Sumatra islands intensified by a turbocharged El Nino weather phenomenon keep emitting toxic haze

Ketika kemelut takhta Negeri Sembilan belum menemui penyelesaian, Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir dilaporkan dijemput menghadiri mesyuarat Majlis Raja-Raja yang bermula esok, perkembangan yang kembali memberi tumpuan kepada kedudukan baginda sebagai Yang di-Pertuan Besar negeri itu. Menurut laporan Straits Times Singapore, Sultan Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah, yang dijadual mempengerusikan mesyuarat berkenaan hingga 15 Oktober, telah menjemput..

Grace often hears other Singapore mothers debating how much private tuition their children need

The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is standing by its decision to screen South Korean political thriller The Assassin(s) as its opening film, despite calls from South Koreas conservative opposition People Power Party (PPP) to withdraw it over allegations of historical distortion

The Philippines is resigned to managing its long-standing dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea and avoiding dangerous escalations, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Thursday. At the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore, Marcos said: I dont know if we can find a resolution to the problem, but we are resigned to just being able to manage the problem, so that we do not have mistakes, we do not have misinterpretations

Singapores air pollution worsened to the highest in the world as haze from Indonesia wildfires blankets the region days before the city states annual Formula One weekend

A 47-year-old man will be charged on Thursday over a series of perfume thefts at Changi Airport, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday

Singapore occupies a peculiarly sensitive existential point as it seeks to retain strategic options amid a great power rivalry, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan has said, doubling down on the city states stance of refusing to take sides

Eight public service officers have been referred to Singapore police after a review of 191 officers property transactions, Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing has told parliament

When Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee moved into the unit next to his neighbourhood cafe in Singapore, Folk Yard owner Chew Yit Shan grew nervous

AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes has caused a stir online after taking aim at Singapore Airlines (SIA) in-flight meals, claiming the food served by the carrier lagged behind his own airlines offerings

The first apartment came up for auction and nobody moved. More than 60 people crowded into a room in Singapore to watch seven properties seized in one of the worlds biggest money-laundering cases go under the hammer

Just under a third of Singaporeans, or 31.4 per cent, believe that nuclear energy promises a clean power source with the greatest potential in the city state, representing the highest acceptance rate in Southeast Asia, a new study has found

Malaysias capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions

A hunger crisis could creep up on Southeast Asia if the region does not guard against export restrictions amid a fertiliser shortfall, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Secretary General John Denton has warned. On the sidelines of the Future of Trade Forum in Singapore on Wednesday, Denton urged the city state, as the next Asean chair, to prioritise the sleeper issue for the region

A man became angry after a four-year-old boy pointed his middle finger at him while he was picking up his son from preschool in Singapore

A Singapore-based education financing programme is testing whether income-linked funding can widen access to higher education without an unmanageable debt burden, a model analysts say could help ease repayment pressure faced by graduates across Southeast Asia

A 30-year-old man was charged on Tuesday over an AI-generated image of a crocodile at Pandan Reservoir in Singapore that prompted authorities to search for the reptile and suspend water activities there

City Developments (CDL), the Singapore property group controlled by one of the countrys wealthiest families, said it wants to invest S$5 billion (US$3.9 billion) in Singapore, China and Japan by 2029 as part of measures to regain investor confidence after a feud within the clan

Singapore and China should look to the next phase of cooperation through potential projects in artificial intelligence and the green economy, after decades of economic ties anchored by industrial parks, eco-cities and transport corridors

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is looking into a social media allegation that dog meat was being sold illegally in Singapore

Singapores major financial institutions have pledged to train more than 80,000 local employees in AI skills as the country moves to cushion white-collar workers from potential job disruption

Singapore police have launched an investigation after a video of a man allegedly filming female students using smart glasses went viral, sparking concerns about privacy and safety

While starting salaries for fresh graduates and entry-level workers in Singapore continue to creep upwards, the number of people in entry-level roles is shrinking, according to new data, indicating an increasingly tough job market for those at the start of their careers

The lawyer for an Indonesian businessman arrested in Singapore for allegedly using counterfeit S$10,000 (US$7,830) notes at a casino has said his client was a victim of fraud himself

More than 170,000 respiratory cases were recorded in regions affected by haze in Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Tuesday, as the country continues its battle to control fires that caused the toxic smog. Blazes in Borneo, Sumatra and Papua have blanketed parts of the vast archipelago of more than 280 million people with haze, as well as neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, sending air quality indices plummeting

Believing that a lorry driver in the same neighbourhood had punctured his tyres, a private-hire driver twice left urine and faeces outside his neighbours flat in Singapore

Singapores retrenchment rate in the second quarter of 2026 hit its highest level since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in late 2020, driven by business reorganisation and restructuring, the manpower ministry said on Monday

A fierce 30-minute bidding war for a rare Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama pumpkin bag seized in Singapores S$3 billion (US$2.35 billion) money laundering case sent its final price soaring on Sunday night

When Jordan Seow joined OpenAI in June 2025, he became the companys first locally hired forward-deployed engineer in Asia-Pacific, joining a Singapore office that then had fewer than 20 employees

Singapore Airlines was awarded the title of worlds best airline in the annual rankings by Skytrax, taking the top spot from Qatar Airways in a year that saw Middle Eastern carriers come under significant pressure from the ongoing war in Iran

Singapore Defence Minister Chan Chun Sings use of Mandarin and Chinese philosophy in his speech at a major security forum in Beijing has won him praise on Chinese social media, while shedding light on how cultural familiarity and language can be diplomatic tools for the city state

Waymo plans to launch its robotaxi service in Singapore in 2028, giving the US company its first foothold in Southeast Asia

A diagnosed paedophile who sexually abused 11 girls over 33 years, with the acts ranging from molestation to rape, was sentenced by a Singapore court on Thursday to 21 years jail

A Singapore family court rejected a 90-year-old mans claim for spousal maintenance from his 89-year-old wife, noting that both of them are in the twilight of their lives

The city also ranked third globally in the 40th edition of the twice-yearly report, released on Wednesday amid a remarkably tight race at the top of global finance. Hong Kong scored 756, just one point behind London and a point ahead of Singapore....

Singapores ministers are among the worlds highest paid, a system its leaders have defended as necessary to attract capable people into public service and reduce the temptation of corruption