Newspaper
The Straits Times
Why there is demand for Singapore luxury homes
Luxury properties in Singapore are experiencing a resurgence in 2025, contrasting sharply with the declining demand observed in many other global cities.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Sun Life: Shaping wealth legacies for generations with insurance
Sun Life strengthens its leadership in High Net Worth insurance as Singapore grows as Asia's wealth hub
5 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Excited fans pack arena on NBA's return to China
The Phoenix Suns beat the Brooklyn Nets 132-127 in overtime in a sold-out preseason game in Macau on Oct 10, as fans cheered the NBA's return to China after a six-year absence sparked by a pro-democracy tweet.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Multiple deaths after blast at military plant in US
Nineteen people were missing and an unspecified number were killed after a massive blast tore through a US military explosives plant on Oct 10, prompting emergency responders to scour the ravaged site for any survivors, officials said.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
New task force to focus on career development, effective use of Al for Malay/Muslim youth
A task force to help develop the youth in the Malay/ Muslim community, including identifying career development opportunities, was launched on Oct Il.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes
Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Oct 11 to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
What does it truly mean to be a mother?
The writer, a junior doctor, reflects on how her time in the obstetrics wards gave her a new perspective on motherhood and helped her appreciate her own mum.
6 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
800m 'a big change' but hurdler Bol is ready
Dutchwoman Femke Bol announced on Oct 10 that she is switching from the 400 metres hurdles to the 800m and will start competing in her new event in 2026.
2 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Singapore not immune to global religious, ethnic pressures: Shanmugam
It has kept ‘a very precious peace’ which must be preserved for future generations, he says
3 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Police probe S'pore firm recruiting job seekers for scam-linked Cambodian resort
The police are looking into a Singapore-based company that has advertised online for jobs based here, only to later tell interviewees they would be working full-time at a Cambodian resort instead.
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
BASEMENT AT TANGS AT TANG PLAZA
The recent revamp of the department store's basement marks its first major transformation in over a decade with the last one being in 2014.
1 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Aaron Aziz backlash shows Gaza activism is a litmus test for celebs
Singaporean latest celebrity in Malaysia to be embroiled in Palestine-related controversy
4 min |
October 12, 2025
The Straits Times
Bank of S'pore's new Al tool cuts time taken to draft wealth source reports
Bank of Singapore, OCBC Bank's private banking arm, has launched an agentic artificial intelligence (AI) tool to shorten the time it takes to generate source-of-wealth reports.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
TWISTED STEEL BIDS FOR THIRD IN A ROW
RACE 4 (6) TEXAN DREAM looks like a jump-and-run sort and when you consider that Luke Fernie won this race in 2024 with Capitola off the same preparation (Belmont Park 400m jump-out two weeks before Opening Day), then he becomes increasingly attractive.
5 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Weaving new magic through old buildings
Adaptive reuse has been a breath of fresh air for the architecture of Temasek Shophouse and Weave at RWS
8 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
US could fire air traffic controllers who fail to work during shutdown
Spike in absences is causing significant air disruptions, says Transportation Secretary
2 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Old-school charm meets fanciful tech in IM 5
New Chinese brand mixes warm personality ofa Jaguar with cool efficiency of a Tesla
3 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Singapore shares close lower in tandem with Wall Street retreat
STI dips 0.3%; ThaiBev tops index with Seatrium at bottom
1 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
HK-based actress Jacquelin Ch’ng weds senior police inspector in Bali
Hong Kong-based actress Jacquelin Ch’ng has confirmed on social media that she has remarried three years after her divorce.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Similar long-term mindset and pragmatism make S'pore, China good partners: Chee Hong Tat
Minister lists ways that the two countries' strong ties can be taken to a higher level
4 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Upgrading Asean-New Zealand ties a priority
Zealand believe that their partnership can model the standards they want to see affirmed in the world.
2 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Rethinking talent: Lessons beyond the grading curve
As exam season returns, the writer wonders if Singapore’s definition of talent is too narrow for the challenges ahead.
7 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
S'pore to add 500 acute psychiatric beds to hospitals by 2040
This is part of efforts to expand mental health care capacity: Koh Poh Koon
3 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Learn to work with archaeological artefacts at new heritage centre
Its goal is also to be a home for Singapore’s intangible cultural heritage practitioners
4 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Queensland to run coal power plants at least into 2040s in reversal of policy
Australia's Queensland state government said on Oct 10 it would run coal power plants at least into the 2040s, reversing a previous plan to pivot rapidly to renewables and in turn making national emissions reduction targets harder to achieve.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Japan-inspired 'creative lab' for interior designers
Zen matrimonial home in Northshore Drive doubles as their office and show flat
2 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
US judge tosses Drake lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us
An American federal judge in New York on Oct 9 threw out a defamation case filed by Canadian rapper Drake against his own label Universal Music Group over American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s viral diss track.
1 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
Gazans stream towards wrecked homes as Israeli forces start pulling back
Thousands of displaced Palestinians streamed back towards their abandoned homes on Oct 10, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect and Israeli troops began pulling back from parts of Gaza.
4 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
68% of youth are open to changing jobs, finds SUSS study
Financial gain, job stability top priorities, with work-life balance important as well
3 min |
October 11, 2025
The Straits Times
7 S'pore hotels awarded Michelin Keys at inaugural award ceremony
Raffles Hotel has come up tops among the seven Singapore properties named in the Michelin Guide's inaugural Global Michelin Keys Selection, announced on Oct 9 at a ceremony in Paris as well as online.
2 min |