40+ min ago   (464+ words) SINGAPORE: A year and a half after its failed attempt to acquire NTUC Income, Allianz has agreed to acquire HSBC Life Singapore for S$2.7 billion (US$2.1 billion), in a move that will significantly strengthen the insurer’s position in Singapore’s life…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (407+ words) SINGAPORE / USA: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have formalised their anti-scam partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on July 24, 2026, cementing a collaboration that has already produced concrete results…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (361+ words) SINGAPORE: Pet owners should be responsible for their pets, but this has not been the case when residents of an HDB flat located in Toa Payoh complained that a male resident has been keeping cats in his three-room unit and…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (559+ words) SINGAPORE: After spending the past decade working 12-hour days, five days a week, while aggressively saving most of his income, a 34-year-old Singaporean says he is finally on track to achieve FIRE (short for Financial Independence, Retire Early) next year....

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (643+ words) SINGAPORE: More patients in Singapore will soon be able to recover at home or in nursing homes while still receiving hospital-level treatment, under expanded healthcare programmes designed to reduce unnecessary hospital stays and improve patient recovery. The Ministry of Health’s…...

11+ hour, 12+ min ago   (597+ words) MALAYSIA: When the elections ended in 2022 and Anwar Ibrahim was given the chance to form a new government, half of the country was in shock. The reactions on social networks were divided between exaltations for Anwar supporters and anger and…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (869+ words) SINGAPORE: For the past few years, there’s been no shortage of people claiming that Gen Z, also called Zoomers, is doomed to struggle more than the previous generations, and looking around, it’s easy to see why. The job market has…...

12+ hour, 25+ min ago   (514+ words) SINGAPORE: A popular content creator from Somalia appeared to be utterly charmed by Singapore and could not stop praising the city-state in recent videos. On TikTok on July 11, Ilyas Selmi (@ilyaselmi_), who posts about his culture as well as his various…...

14+ hour, 38+ min ago   (733+ words) SINGAPORE: A Singaporean woman has admitted that she has started questioning her relationship after seeing countless social media posts of her friends being driven around by their boyfriends. Posting on Reddit’s ‘Ask Singapore’ forum, the woman, who is in her…...

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