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Bakery owner says ‘landlords hold overwhelming negotiating power’, appeals to government for help

SINGAPORE: A series of social media posts from the...

‘Do you check your helper’s luggage on her last day of employment?’ — Maid’s employer seeks advice

SINGAPORE: An employer took to social media to seek...

Singapore richer, healthier than most English-speaking countries?

SINGAPORE: Singapore is getting so accustomed to superlatives that...

Singaporeans more open to talking about death, but few take concrete steps to prepare

SINGAPORE: A recent survey by the Singapore Management University...

Business

Can Sheng Siong’s share price keep climbing after hitting an all-time high?

SINGAPORE: The share price of Singapore’s supermarket chain Sheng...

Singaporean man wants to quit without next job lined up, but others tell him he has options

SINGAPORE: A 29-year-old man in Singapore recently took to...

EV car owner ignites social media frenzy as he changes BYD logo

HONG KONG: Lighting up Hong Kong’s social media feeds,...

$41K Chinese cybertruck clone blows Tesla away, says US YouTuber — with a steering wheel that slides across the dashboard

SHANGHAI: At the Shanghai Auto Show, an ultramodern truck...

Singapore Politics

WP MP-elect Fadli Fawzi pays tribute to Faisal Manap, holds first MPS at Kaki Bukit

SINGAPORE: Fadli Fawzi, who is part of The Workers’...

Harpreet Singh: WP team in Punggol is just getting started

SINGAPORE: Harpreet Singh Nehal, who had been part of...

Singaporeans weigh in with wish list for next Cabinet, the next Minister for Defence has big shoes to fill

SINGAPORE: We are all guessing on the upcoming Cabinet...

Ng Chee Meng asks PM Wong to exclude him from government role in new leadership lineup

SINGAPORE: Jalan Kayu MP and National Trades Union Congress...

Malaysia

Goldman Sachs banker who received 10-year jail sentence over 1MDB scandal banned for life in Singapore

Anwar congratulates Tharman; hopes for relations between S’pore & M’sia to ‘continue to be intact in the spirit of family’

Severe jam along Causeway as Singaporeans take advantage of polling day holiday to travel to JB

Singaporean allegedly tried to use her body to reserve parking lot in JB, hurled vulgarities when asked to move

SG to JB cross-border bus service booked via Grab has travellers with standing room only; passenger says ‘have to squeeze like public bus’

Historic first birth: Gibbon baby Axel named after Guns N’ Roses’ singer Axl ‘because gibbons are singers and rockstars of our forests’

Malaysian gov’t urged to not miss out music tourism “economic lottery” as Singapore stands to make millions, if not billions, from Coldplay, Taylor Swift, and other big concerts

SG$1 = MYR3.50 — Singapore dollar all-time high against Malaysian Ringgit: What’s happened?

ICA forecasts heavy congestion at Woodlands & Tuas checkpoints during Hari Raya weekend

Young Singaporean loses control of bike and falls off bridge to his death in Malaysia on the way back home