Singapore

In a global ranking list that New York and London have kept their positions atop respectively, Hong Kong has been dethroned by Singapore as the prime financial center of Asia. Singapore now holds that title. The results of the twice-yearly Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI), which evaluates 119 cities all over the world and was published late on Thursday, showed …

Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art dealer who was previously known as “the king of the freeports,” has reportedly parted ways with his Singapore freeport to sell it to Jihan Wu, a Chinese crypto billionaire, for a price of $28.4 million. Since his detention in 2014, Bouvier has been a prominent figure in the news ever since the Russian businessman Dmitry …

On Monday (September 19), the e-commerce behemoth Shopee announced more layoffs, the most recent in a string of actions taken in response to expanding losses and weaker sales growth. This morning, the layoffs were communicated within the company during town hall meetings with the affected employees. In response to questions regarding the layoffs that were announced on Monday, a representative …

A data breach has occurred at Starbucks Singapore, and it has affected customers who are users of the company’s rewards membership program. Starbucks announced that it has found “some unauthorized access” to user details such as name, gender, date of birth, mobile number, email address, and residential address in an email that was sent to customers on Friday (16 September). …

According to Ms. Bianca Polak, the secretary at the Centre for a Responsible Future, more and more people have been experimenting with plant-based foods and decreasing the amount of meat they eat in recent years. “More people are becoming aware of veganism and the benefits of a plant-based diet and lifestyle,” she added. “These benefits include the positive effects on …

On Wednesday (September 14), the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) gave interim permission for the first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccination to be used in the country. The SARS-CoV-2 original strain and the Omicron BA.1 variant are the ones that are targeted by the two different components of the Spikevax Bivalent Original/Omicron COVID-19 injection that are manufactured by Moderna. According to a …

Due in no small part to the fact that the epidemic has made its presence known on the local eating scene, it has been a few months since Manila played host to major collaborations between prominent chefs from other areas of the world. However, much like the other restaurants that have opened or reopened in the past few months, they …

A man who was convicted of sexually abusing four of his children over the course of 14 years had his appeal against his sentence rejected by the Court of Appeal on Friday (9 September). In March, the guy, who is 45 years old and cannot be named due to gag orders protecting the identity of his daughters, was given a …

Apple introduced new iPhones on September 7 at pricing that are comparable to those of current models, despite inflation and supply chain issues. The company also introduced a premium digital watch with a price tag that is commensurate with its premium status. A new digital identity system that eliminates the need for a physical SIM card was introduced by the …

Emmanuel Stroobant witnessed one of his daughters being given chicken nuggets and ketchup as a snack when she was attending the preschool that the family attended. I inquired of the instructor, “’Where are the vegetables?’ Then she pointed to the ketchup and said, ‘There’s tomato in there,'” Stroobant recalled with a sardonic smile on his lips as he recalled the …