Manufacturing growth slipped to a more than two-year low last month after a brief uptick in March as the electronics
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Enjoy kampung spirit at Hari Raya Bazaar with wider walkways, better ventilation
The annual Hari Raya Bazaar in Geylang Serai is back this year, and promises a more pleasant experience, with wider
US adds more new jobs as jobless rate hits 49-year low
The United States had another giant month of job creation last month. There was strong hiring in the vast service
NTUC’s Medal of Honour awarded to Khaw Boon Wan
Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan has received the labour movement’s Medal of Honour for his contributions to Singapore’s workforce and
S’pore stocks flat ahead of key US data
Singapore shares were flat yesterday, following another weak US session overnight, as investors turned cautious ahead of US jobs data.
Management, workers are equals sharing a similar dream: Khaw
When veteran minister Khaw Boon Wan was approached about setting up a healthcare workers’ union while he was running National
Beyond Meat shares surge 163% in Nasdaq debut
NEW YORK • Beyond Meat Inc went where no US company had gone in more than a decade as its
Security officer turned wealth planner among Model Worker award recipients
Six years ago, Mr Wai Chee Man was working as a security officer at DBS Bank’s Plaza Singapura branch, where
Weddings, lower prices set to boost gold demand in India
MUMBAI • India’s gold demand is expected to rise in the June quarter from a year ago due to a
EZ-Link finds illegal transactions on Fevo cards but no data breach
Electronic payment system provider EZ-Link said yesterday that it detected suspicious overseas transactions made on EZ-Link Fevo Mastercard cards, but
Shanmugam spells out how law on fake news will work
A minister who acts against false or misleading information on the Internet under the proposed fake news law will have
President Halimah visits ST’s revamped newsroom
Digital technology has fundamentally changed the way people consume news today, said President Halimah Yacob yesterday after paying a visit
SembMarine’s Q1 profit down 67.8% on lower revenue
Lower overall business volume, which hit the absorption of overhead costs, dragged down Sembcorp Marine’s results for the first quarter
Exclusive interview: Shanmugam responds to key issues on fake news Bill
There is a body of jurisprudence and a lot of case law on how facts are defined and how to
StarHub’s profits slide 14.2% as mobile, pay-TV takings fall
Telco StarHub’s first-quarter earnings fell on the back of higher expenditure in its new cyber-security business and a decline in
Portugal PM threatens to resign if parliament passes teachers pay hike
LISBON: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa threatened to resign on Friday after his leftist allies abandoned the government in a
SECP directs freeze on Masood Azhar’s assets
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), the country’s financial regulatory agency, has directed all non-banking financial companies
Sri Lanka frees Reuters journalist on bail
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court on Friday released on bail a Reuters news agency journalist arrested on a charge of
Radio journalist murdered in southern Mexico: Official
MEXICO CITY: A journalist and professor who fronted a radio program in an indigenous community in southern Mexico was shot
Sri Lanka bombings: NTJ’s financial controller held
COLOMBO: The Lankan police on Friday arrested a man alleged to have been in-charge of the finances of the banned
US arrests Pakistani-American for ties to JeM after helping designate its leader Masood Azhar as “global terrorist”
WASHINGTON: US authorities on Thursday arrested a Pakistani-American on arrival in the US from Pakistan for ties to the proscribed
Indian-American pharma executive convicted of opioid racketeering
WASHINGTON: An Amritsar-born Indian-American pharma billionaire has been convicted of racketeering conspiracy that underscored a nationwide opioid crisis in which
US Air Force General Tod Wolters sworn in as Nato commander
BRUSSELS: US Air Force General Tod D Wolters has been sworn in as the top military officer of the 29-nation
FBI sent undercover investigator to meet Trump aide: Report
WASHINGTON: The FBI sent an undercover investigator to meet with an advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to try to
Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech
SAN FRANCISCO: After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones