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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...

‘This is daylight robbery’: Toast Box patrons upset with difference in menu pictures and actual items

SINGAPORE: Some Toast Box patrons have raised concerns over...

TikToker draws mixed reactions after questioning Singapore’s ‘cleanest city in the world’ tag

SINGAPORE: A TikToker has drawn mixed reactions online after...

Business

StarHub reports 18.4% drop in net profit to S$31.8M in Q1 2025 amid lower mobile, entertainment, and cybersecurity revenue

SINGAPORE: Singapore-based telco company StarHub reported a net profit...

Don’t borrow cash to the limit: 32 y/o woman faces HK$60K/month housing loans after real estate gamble backfires

HONG KONG: A 32-year-old woman investor from Hong Kong...

Sunway Property and Majestic Gen break ground on RM4 billion Johor project near CIQ and RTS link

MALAYSIA: Sunway Property and Majestic Gen officially broke ground...

SeaMoney becomes Monee in rebrand, CEO calls it ‘simple and cute’

SINGAPORE: Sea Limited, owner of popular e-commerce platform Shopee,...

Singapore Politics

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...

Australian think tank piece says GE2025 results mean Singaporeans have become ‘incredibly savvy voters’

SINGAPORE: The Lowy Institute, a think tank based in...

PM Wong confirms Pritam Singh to remain as leader of the opposition

SINGAPORE: In a Facebook post on May 5, Prime...

Sports

Letsile Tebogo and Noah Lyles are friendly rivals, despite ‘arrogant’ comments at the Paris Olympics

Lewis Hamilton has ‘absolute 100% faith’ in Ferrari despite tough start to the season

Top tennis athlete Coco Gauff starts her own management firm to ‘take greater ownership’ of her career

Emma Raducanu pulls out of Great Britain’s squad for the Billie Jean King Cup

British tennis player Fran Jones collapses mid-match, raising concerns at the Colsanitas Cup

F1 driver Max Verstappen bids farewell to Honda ‘for now’

Rising tennis star Alexandra Eala has ‘hands given by God’, sports expert says

Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father says he is just ‘overly protective’ as he denies claims of abuse

Jasmine Paolini bids goodbye to her coach after a ten-year partnership

Russian tennis player Kasatkina switched allegiance to Australia due to being gay