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SINGAPORE: Singapore saw its largest number of visitor arrivals last month since implementing travel restrictions at the end of March to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 14,676 visitors arrived in Singapore in November, according to data from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) on Thursday ...

Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it set year-end as deadline for all game publishers to obtain a licence.

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Chinese regulators are reviewing equity investments held by Ant Group Co Ltd in dozens of companies, three people with knowledge of the matter said, intensifying a crackdown on billionaire Jack Ma's financial technology empire.

Asian shares are set to end a tumultuous 2020 by hovering near record highs on Thursday while riskier currencies cruised near 2-1/2-year peaks, buoyed by hopes that COVID-19 vaccine rollouts will help the world beat the pandemic.

SINGAPORE: Local telco Singtel on Thursday (Dec 31) announced a reorganisation of its structure to "capture new digital growth". The company said in a news release that key to this is the creation of a new portfolio under its Group Enterprise division, dedicated to driving 5G Enterprise business ...

U.S. stocks are closing 2020 on a strong note, and many investors are betting the party will continue after a tumultuous year that marked both the end of the longest bull market and the shortest-lived bear market ever.

Brexit becomes a reality as Britain leaves Europe's customs union and single market, ending nearly half a century of often turbulent ties with its closest neighbours.

SINGAPORE: The free trade agreement between Singapore and the United Kingdom will take effect provisionally on Friday (Jan 1), providing "certainty and clarity in trading arrangements" between both countries, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Thursday. The EU-Singapore free trade ...

The unprecedented cyber attack on U.S. government agencies reported this month may have started earlier than last spring as previously believed, a U.S. senator involved in cybersecurity said on Wednesday.