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The shutdown of the 20-year-old airline next month will result in up to 500 job losses

Qantas closes Singapore-based Jetstar Asia

Australia's Qantas Airways will close its Singapore-based budget airline Jetstar Asia, the group said today, blaming rising supplier costs, high airport fees and strong regional competition.

Business • 11 Jun

Allianz withdraws offer for Singapore's Income Insurance

Allianz has withdrawn its offer to acquire at least 51% of Singapore's Income Insurance for about $1.63 billion, the German company said in a statement today.

Business • 16 Dec 24

Passengers of Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore greet family members upon arrival at Changi Airport in Singapore

Passengers arrive in Singapore while 20 still in hospital

More than 140 passengers and crew from a Singapore Airlines flight on which one person died during heavy turbulence have reached Singapore, with 20 still fighting for their lives in a Bangkok hospital.

World • 22 May 24

AstraZeneca has been expanding into markets like China, Indonesia and India over the past few years in an effort to widen its supply chain

AstraZeneca's $1.5bn cancer drug plant for Singapore

AstraZeneca plans to build a $1.5 billion manufacturing facility in Singapore to produce a promising category of cancer-killing drugs called antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said today.

Business • 20 May 24

Kerry-based Fexco is to open a new regional headquarters in Singapore

Fexco announces expansion into Singapore market

Co Kerry-based financial services and technology company Fexco Group is set to enter the Singaporean fintech market, with the opening of a new regional headquarters in Singapore.

Business • 15 Nov 23

The unexploded aerial bomb was discovered last week where a condominium was being built

Evacuations as Singapore blows up 100kg WWII-era bomb

Singapore army specialists have detonated a 100kg World War II-era bomb found at a construction site, causing a thunderous boom in the city-state after authorities had evacuated areas home to thousands of residents.

World • 26 Sep 23

The woman was convicted of trafficking 'not less than 30.72 grams' of heroin

Singapore executes first woman in nearly 20 years

Singapore executed a 45-year-old citizen for drug trafficking, the city-state's first execution of a woman in nearly 20 years, officials said.

World • 28 Jul 23

Demand for accommodation is high, school places are at a premium, and the general cost of living for everyone is high in Singapore

Singapore ranked costliest city for wealthy people

Singapore for the first time became the most expensive city for goods and services for wealthy people, overtaking Hong Kong, London and New York, according to a new report.

Business • 20 Jun 23

Leelavathy Suppiah, centre, sister of convicted drug trafficker Tangaraju Suppiah, with family members as she holds a petition letter to seek clemency in Singapore

Singapore urged to halt execution over kilo of cannabis

The United Nations Human Rights Office has pressed Singapore to "urgently reconsider" its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram of cannabis.

World • 25 Apr 23

Demonstrators call for 377A to be repealed at the annual Pink Dot event in Singapore in June

Singapore lifts gay sex ban, blocks marriage equality

Singapore's parliament has decriminalised sex between men, but amended the constitution to effectively block full marriage equality.

World • 29 Nov 22

Richard Branson turned down the invitation and said the 'brave thing' for officials to do would be to engage with local activists

Branson turns down Singapore death penalty debate

British tycoon Richard Branson has rejected an invitation to debate Singapore's interior minister on the death penalty but doubled down on criticism that grew over the execution of a Malaysian man.

World • 31 Oct 22

Ciaran Gallagher, Bord Bia Director South East Asia, and Minister Charlie McConalogue at Ryan's Grocery in Singapore

Irish beef and lamb hits shelves in Singapore

Irish beef and lamb will appear on supermarket shelves in Singapore for the first time as part of a Government-led trade mission there.

Business • 05 Sep 22

Supporters of LGBT rights at a rally in Singapore last January

Singapore to repeal legal ban on sex between men

Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said today.

World • 21 Aug 22

Protesters last month hold a picture of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam

Singapore executes man with intellectual disability

Singapore has executed a Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking, despite appeals for clemency on the grounds that he had an intellectual disability.

Asia • 27 Apr 22

Neal Maupay seen celebrating after scoring against Arsenal in June 2020

Singapore teen sentenced over threats to soccer player

A teenager in Singapore has been sentenced to nine months probation and 40 hours of community service for sending Instagram death threats to French footballer Neal Maupay after an English Premier League match.

World • 07 Jul 21

Gaiyathiri Murugayan pleaded guilty in February to 28 charges including culpable homicide

Singaporean woman jailed for torturing, killing maid

A Singaporean woman who starved, assaulted and ultimately killed her domestic worker has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, with the judge describing the case as "among the worst types of culpable homicide".

World • 22 Jun 21

The WEF's next annual meeting will take place in the first half of 2022, it said today

World Economic Forum cancels 2021 annual meeting

The World Economic Forum has cancelled its 2021 annual meeting scheduled for Singapore in three months time, the Swiss-based organisation said today.

Business • 17 May 21

The WEF summit has been moved from its usual home in Davos to Singapore over concerns about the spread of the Covid pandemic in Europe

US and China may meet at Singapore's 'Davos', WEF says

US President Joe Biden's new administration may hold meetings with Chinese counterparts at the World Economic Forum's summit in Singapore in May, the organisation's president said today.

Business • 29 Jan 21

The boy is detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act

Singapore detains teen for intending to attack mosques

Singapore has detained a 16-year-old for intending to attack two mosques, with authorities saying the plans were inspired by the killing of Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019.

World • 28 Jan 21

Singapore tops the Smart City Index, but Dublin slips down the rankings due to a lack of affordable housing and traffic congestion

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich top smart cities index

Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich are the world's smartest cities, according to an index published today amid a growing debate on the future of urban design for a post-Covid era.

Business • 17 Sep 20

The destruction was timed to coincide with World Elephant Day

Singapore destroying 9 tonnes of seized ivory

Authorities in Singapore are destroying nine tonnes of seized ivory, the largest such action globally in recent years, including contraband tusks that came from more than 300 African elephants.

News Lens • 12 Aug 20

Singapore's GDP dived by a record 41.2% in the second quarter of the year

Singapore's GDP plummets 41% in Q2 due to lockdown

Singapore's trade-reliant economy plunged into recession in the second quarter with a record contraction, signalling a rough first half globally and an equally challenging outlook as the coronavirus crisis exacts a heavy toll on business and demand.

Business • 14 Jul 20

Video-conferencing platforms have become commonplace since Covid-19 took hold

Singapore criticised for issuing death penalty via Zoom

Human rights groups have criticised Singapore for handing down a death sentence via video-conferencing platform Zoom.

World • 20 May 20

Breaches of Singapore's strict lockdown rules can result in hefty fines and even jail

'Robot dog' enforcing social distancing in Singapore

Authorities in Singapore have enlisted a robot dog to help curb coronavirus infections in the city-state by reminding people to social distance.

Singapore • 11 May 20

Singapore has used a policy of testing and tracing of Covid-19 patients to limit the spread of the virus

Tough measures at once key to curbing virus - study

Quarantining infected people, workplace distancing and school closures are most effective in combating the spread of the new coronavirus, a study has shown.

World • 24 Mar 20