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  • Kwek Leng Beng, chairman of City Developments Ltd., gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Releasing fourth-quarter results, Beng said he was confident that when global issues stabilize, Singapore’s residential market will start to shine again. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Singapore’s CDL loses biggest developer spot after feud

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • Sherman Kwek, chief executive officer of City Developments Ltd., speaks during a news conference in Singapore, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. Releasing fourth-quarter results Thursday, City Developments Ltd.’s Executive Chairman Kwek Leng Beng said he was confident that when global issues stabilize, Singapores residential market will start to shine again. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Singapore billionaire’s son denies board coup, blames aide

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • SINGAPORE – MAY 25: General view of the main entrance of Kranji Racecourse on May 25, 2019 in Singapore. It is operated by the Singapore Turf Club. (Photo by Lo Chun Kit /Getty Images)Finance

    Singapore ends 181 years of horse racing to make way for homes

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • Wang Qiming, a former employee of Citibank Singapore Ltd., leaves the State Courts in Singapore, on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Singapore charged two former bank relationship managers in the city’s biggest money-laundering case. Photographer: Suhaimi Abdullah/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Singapore demands luxury sellers do more after laundering fiasco

    By Low De Wei, Joyce Koh, and others
  • Wee Cho YawSuccess

    Wee Cho Yaw, billionaire was one of the last of Singapore’s 20th century banking giants, dies at 95

    By Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Low De Wei, and others
  • Sharon, MA – June 8: A basket of strawberries at Ward’s Berry Farm on the first day of strawberry season. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Health

    Strawberry recall linked to U.S. Hepatitis A outbreak spotlights risk of contaminated food spreading potentially deadly diseases

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 04: Sir Richard Branson celebrates Virgin Hotels New York grand opening on April 04, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)

    Richard Branson slams Singapore for planning to execute man for smuggling 1 kilo of cannabis

    By Low De Wei, Nurin Sofia, and others
  • KNUTSFORD, UNITED KINGDOM APRIL 21: In this photo illustration tweets by Stephen King and Elon Musk is seen on a mobile cellphone on April 21, 2023 in Knutsford, United Kingdom. The social media company started removing large numbers of the blue verification check marks, or “blue ticks,” that had historically indicated a verified account. The company said in a statement that they are “removing legacy verified checkmarks” and, to remain verified on Twitter, users can sign up for the paid Twitter Blue subscription. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)Tech

    Twitter blue checks for dead celebrities adds to confusion over Elon Musk’s changes

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • China’s Ambassador to France Lu Shaye, poses during a photo session in Paris, on September 10, 2019. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)

    ‘Wolf warrior’ Chinese diplomat says ex-Soviet states are not sovereign, sparking fury in Europe

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • A Dubai license plate seen during the MCM Car ShowFinance

    This rare car license plate just cost someone $15 million

    By Low De Wei, Lisa Fleisher, and others
  • Guy SavoySuccess

    Michelin strips 2 more of the world’s top chefs of their stars, this time in France

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • Businessman reading documents while sitting on chair in hotel roomSuccess

    You’re right: those who get paid the most aren’t the smartest, new study finds

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • TORREJON DE ARDOZ, SPAIN – MAY 04: The armorer inspects the Sidewinder missile of a fully armed Spain’s Air Force F-18 in the hangar between NATO patrols in Torrejon Air Base on May 04, 2022 in Torrejon De Ardoz, Spain. Patrolling NATO airspace is part of the mission of this NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC TJ) that plans, directs, coordinates, supervises, analyzes and reports on air defense operations of the assets assigned to it in peace, crisis and conflict based on NATO air component directives. It is the only NATO unit in Spain. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)Politics

    Meet the Sidewinder—the $400,000 missile of choice for shooting down suspected Chinese spy balloons and mystery UFOs

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • WASHINGTON DC, USA – MARCH 9: Elon Musk, Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX, speaks during the Satellite 2020 Conference in Washington, DC, United States on March 9, 2020. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Tech

    Everything must go: Twitter auctions surplus chairs and a bird statue after cutting thousands of jobs

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg
  • Japan passport, Travel concept. Copy spacePolitics

    Japan tops the U.S. and the rest of the world for the best passport for travelers in 2023

    By Low De Wei and Bloomberg