SINGAPORE: The Singapore dollar has hit record highs against several Asian currencies this month. This is despite currencies of energy-importing countries mostly declining amid the ongoing Middle East conflict. At its peak... Read more »

Published Mon, Apr 20, 2026 · 07:03 PM [SINGAPORE] Most bosses here are facing mounting cost pressures due to an energy shock triggered by the Iran war, with some businesses starting to... Read more »

WASHINGTON, April 20 : Developing country policymakers left this week’s IMF-World Bank meetings more frustrated than ever that successive external shocks are derailing their efforts to tackle high debt, reform their economies... Read more »

Rising production costs could feed through to consumer prices, squeezing household incomes and cooling domestic demand [SINGAPORE] Disruptions from the Middle East conflict have so far been concentrated in Singapore’s chemicals industries,... Read more »

BENGALURU – Mr Faridul Islam’s name is among the 9.1 million that have been deleted ahead of India’s West Bengal state’s local election from April 23 to 29. A fashion designer at... Read more »

SINGAPORE – One moment, a person is crossing the road or riding a motorcycle. The next, he or she wakes up in a hospital bed with missing limbs. For the person, this... Read more »

Singapore’s acts, policies and practices do not ‘burden or restrict’ commerce of the United States, it adds [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) has urged the US to exempt Singapore from two... Read more »

SINGAPORE – A video reminding shoppers to bin takeaway cups and dispose of food packaging will be screened across 16 CapitaLand malls from April 19, marking the launch of the Keep Singapore... Read more »

NEW YORK/LONDON, April 17 : Oil prices cratered, Wall Street indexes scaled record highs and U.S. Treasuries surged on Friday, after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was open for passage during... Read more »