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SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Rents and volumes of non-landed private homes and Housing Board flats rose in the month

SINGAPORE – Private-sector economists see the Singapore economy contracting by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 from

LONDON • Three years ago, in secluded corners of a sprawling mall in Dubai, Sheikha Latifa, the daughter of the

NEW YORK • Former US president Bill Clinton said he had an affair with Ms Monica Lewinsky to help him

DETROIT • Calibrating his approach for a tough head-to-head primary match-up in a year when many Democratic voters want to

KAWNGHKA • Sacks of heroin and methamphetamine are laid out in endless rows in a remote Myanmar border zone during

Trump appoints new chief of staff WASHINGTON • US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had chosen staunch

A new party will be launched by the remaining Members of Parliament in Future Forward, Thailand’s second-biggest political party popular

Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Chiang Chi-chen won the party’s chairman election in a landslide victory yesterday, nearly two months after former

Handing out boxes of pizza to journalists camped outside his house in Kuala Lumpur’s leafy Damansara Heights suburb last Sunday,

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin may be reaching out across political parties as he attempts to assemble his new Cabinet,

It has been only two weeks since the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition lost its majority in Malaysia’s Parliament, but it

BEIJING (REUTERS) – Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace on record in February, highlighting the damage from

NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks suffered another downbeat session on Friday (Feb 28) to conclude the worst week

Local shares faced heavy selling yesterday and clocked up their worst weekly performance since August 2011 as the virus outbreak

Bank lending dipped by 0.2 per cent last month compared with the month before on a drop in loans to

SAN FRANCISCO • The United States Federal Reserve may need to move aggressively to cut borrowing costs to cushion the

Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust (SGReit) is rolling out rental rebates and marketing assistance for tenants at its two

Development charge (DC) rates for non-landed residential use have been cut again amid a weaker economic outlook and muted Government

Wing Tai Retail – the local firm that manages retail brands such as Dorothy Perkins and Uniqlo – is axing

Fears that the coronavirus outbreak could turn into a worldwide pandemic sparked panicked selling across the region yesterday. The local

GIC yesterday announced the retirement of Dr Chia Tai Tee as chief risk officer (CRO), and said his deputy Jin

The Metropolitan police commissioner, Cressida Dick, has attacked critics of facial recognition technology for using arguments she has claimed are

Prime Time: Heng Chee How’s response to Budget 2020 manpower initiatives 12.53 mins Synopsis: In Career 360, Bernard Lim speaks to

SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – The Porcelain Hotel, a 138-key boutique hotel in Chinatown, is up for sale via expression