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Japan enters recession as households and companies spend less

GDP falls for a second quarter against market expectations

S'pore tech in world's first commercial manned space station

Home-grown company's equipment will keep those in space in constant contact with earth

Century-old time capsule found at Methodist church in Telok Ayer

Contents will be on show at heritage gallery to mark building's centenary come 2025

New private home sales rebound, but still weakest showing in Jan since 2009

Developers' sales, excluding ECs, rise to 281 but are down 28.5% from January 2023

Israel raids main Gaza hospital as worries over Rafah grow

Israel says militants in facility and kept hostages there, but Hamas calls it lies

Confiscated motorbikes pile up as Vietnam gets tough on drink driving

Motorcycles, the preferred mode of transport in Vietnam, are piling up in impound lots in Ho Chi Minh City as it becomes more cost-effective for some owners to abandon them than to pay the fines to get them back.

Blinken visits Europe as doubts grow over US leadership

Trip to attend Munich security meeting comes as Ukraine aid stalls in the House

Modi opens Hindu temple in Muslim UAE

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a grand Hindu temple in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Feb 14, capping off a two-day visit to the Muslim nation that is home to around 3.5 million Indians.

Russia's advances on space-based nuclear weapon draw US concerns

There is limited time to stop deployment of satellite-killing weapon, say officials

Is Prabowo a seat warmer, or will he stamp his mark on presidency?

Analysts question if Indonesia’s next leader will remain loyal to President Widodo

Strategic campaigning laid foundation for Prabowo's expected rise

He has the experience to govern Indonesia effectively, represent nation globally: Experts

Students get taste of food disruption as part of Total Defence Day

First islandwide exercise includes simulated disruptions of food, water and power supply

S'pore's key exports set to rebound this year after 13.1% fall in 2023

EnterpriseSG lifts 2024 forecast on projected recovery in electronics demand

Islandwide Total Defence drills to include power cuts, drone attacks

For the first time, an islandwide Total Defence Exercise, Exercise SG Ready, was launched on Feb 15 to commemorate 40 years of Total Defence Day.

S’pore keeps 2024 srowth forecast at I%-3% as risks remain

Economy slows to 1.1% expansion in 2023; key exports tipped to grow 4%-6% this year

Singer Katy Perry to leave American Idol after seven seasons as a judge

UNITED STATES Katy Perry set off some fireworks when she made a surprise announcement that she was quitting American Idol as a judge after seven seasons.

BIG LOSSES, HUGE GAINS

Water polo women score important lessons in humbling world c’ships debut

DE BRUYNE SIMPLY EXTRAORDINARY'

Pep lauds midfield maestro in perfect’ win as City move closer to Champions League q-finals

Copying Djokovic’s return pays off for Osaka

DOHA Naomi Osaka said she had taken a leaf out of Novak Djokovic’s tactical playbook and tweaked her return game at the Qatar Open after the former women’s world No.1 earned back-to-back wins for the first time in almost two years.

Enhanced Games out to disrupt Olympics

SYDNEY Aron D’Souza believes he is about to join the ranks of the great entrepreneurial disruptors through his Enhanced Games which targets the hypocritical, corrupt and dysfunctional” Olympic Games.

COACH RIVERS SLAMS BUCKS’ PERSONALITY

Milwaukee have one of those nights you hate’ in comprehensive defeat by Miami

CITY GOLD FRIEND IS IN SPARKLING FORM

Trainer Kok has found a winnable sort of race for his two-time winner by Super One

GOLDEN MONKEY'S FAMILY AFFAIR

With Schofield unavailable for Committee’s Prize job, cousin Lloyd will warm the saddle

Every corporation needs a Marie Kondo

The antidote for bureaucratic creep is an annual spring cleaning to prune long-winded reports, time-sucking meetings, and value-destroying managers.

Analysts expect Budget 2024 to focus on long-term priorities

Key challenge is to keep Singapore’s economy globally competitive

DBS China can now underwrite non-financial corporate bonds

DBS China has received a licence to underwrite debt financing instruments for non-financial enterprises, including foreign issuers, in China’s interbank bond market.

Traders push back bets on Fed rate cut on hot inflation data

SYDNEY Traders pushed back bets on the first Federal Reserve interest rate cut from March to July after data on Feb 13 showed inflation in the United States was stronger than expected in January.

S'pore is third-best country for families to build wealth

Global ranking identifies places with access to the world’s best schools, other amenities

NTU lab developing soft circuits for smart gloves, less intrusive surgery

Telekinesis the ability to shift objects with the mind which has been featured in films such as Star Wars and Carrie may find a semblance of reality through robotics and ultra-precise motion trackers in gloves to operate machinery.

Chef of Breakthrough Missions nows bitter taste of rejection

Top chef who was jailed years ago will call the shots at new cafe which hires ex-convicts