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Although the Asian semiconductor industry has shown signs of a strong recovery for much of the past quarter, this could

Britain is looking at the digital economy as an area in which it can strengthen its relationship with Singapore as

SHANGHAI • Just as it looked like Beijing was starting to get a handle on its regional banking crisis, a

All 1,200 employees of insurer Prudential Singapore will be able to learn how to better use data in their daily

BEIJING • China’s central bank will issue loans totalling 300 billion yuan (S$59.7 billion) via its re-lending programme as part

The average age at which careers stagnate is seen to be 48, according to a recent survey done in Singapore.

Britain takes US concerns about its use of Huawei equipment seriously but is confident a trade deal with the United

Millions of voters, including a 111-year-old woman, turned up to cast their ballots yesterday in the Indian capital, Delhi, where

GENEVA/BUENOS AIRES • A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the highest temperature ever for the continent amid rising

WASHINGTON • Fireflies are under threat globally, with familiar hazards such as habitat loss and pesticides compounded by another peril

ROME • When scientist Peter Soroye first saw that the figures showing the estimated bumblebee populations in North America had

MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) • Iowa caucuses winner Pete Buttigieg and runner-up Bernie Sanders came under sharp and sustained criticism in

WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump wasted little time opening a campaign of retribution against those he blames for his impeachment,

A Filipina stranded in Japan is suing her Yokohama employer for her passport to be returned to her, in a

KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that the proposed peace deal between Israel and Palestine announced

WASHINGTON • The Pentagon’s US$705.4 billion (S$980 billion) budget proposal for the next fiscal year would boost funding for nuclear

BANGKOK • A Thai soldier gunned down at least 17 people in an attack which he shared about on Facebook,

The virus outbreak in China is a potent reminder that a diversified base of revenues and supplies is a good

The image of accountants has traditionally been that of people who crunch numbers and generate reports, with concerns that such

MUMBAI • Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government surprised investors by saying it will sell part of its stake in state-run

PARIS • The threat of a new trans-Atlantic trade war diminished after 137 countries agreed to continue negotiations aimed at

Singapore’s stock market could see more gloom in the first week of this month as the Wuhan coronavirus crisis escalates.

The World Health Organisation has declared the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak a global emergency. As the tragic loss of life and

TOKYO • A panel of experts advising Japan’s government on a disposal method for radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima

NEW YORK • A Belgian court has acquitted three doctors who had been charged with manslaughter by poisoning, in a