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A yen for Japan: Singapore investors pump money into hospitality as tourism booms

This is despite the Bank of Japan’s first monetary policy rate hike in 17 years on March 19, followed by data a week later showing land prices recording their largest surge in…

  • Published: April 9, 20241:57 pm
  • Author Walter Sim
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How extreme heat affects the body and what you can do about it

Among the ways one could beat the heat is by heeding advisories, drinking lots of water, observing outdoor work precautions, and adapting to heat.

  • Published: April 9, 20249:38 am
  • Author Shabana Begum
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Taiwan quake: Rescue dogs given missing Singapore couple’s clothes to pick up their scent

The two Singaporeans are among six people still unaccounted for since the April 3 earthquake, which killed 13 people and injured more than 1,140.

  • Published: April 9, 20249:35 am
  • Author Lok Jian Wen
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Indonesia’s growing population falls out of love with marriage

A total of 1.58 million couples said “I do” in 2023 – 128,000 fewer than in 2022, a number has been steadily falling since 2018.

  • Published: April 9, 20249:28 am
  • Author Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
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Data scientists see largest pay growth in tech: Report

Data scientists, who edged out software engineers with the biggest wage growth, include AI engineers and machine-learning specialists.

  • Published: April 9, 20249:25 am
  • Author Krist Boo
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Embattled Myanmar junta evacuates personnel via Thailand

The losses in Myanmar’s Kayin state are the latest in a string of defeats since October 2023 that forced the military regime to cede control in key border areas.

  • Published: April 9, 20248:40 am
  • Author Tan Hui Yee
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Taiwan’s sniffer dogs win hearts in search for quake victims

One of the rescue dogs lost his job for being too friendly and has emerged as the unlikely most valuable player of the Taiwan rescue teams searching for survivors.

  • Published: April 9, 20248:35 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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Taiwan quake: Aftershocks briefly rattle buildings as rescuers search for 6 still missing

An Australian-Singaporean couple and a mother and her two young children are among those still unaccounted for after the April 3 quake.

  • Published: April 9, 20248:33 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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Dubai royal’s delayed venture casts cloud over Hong Kong’s push to lure the super-rich

A Dubai royal's high-profile plan to open a S$674 million (US$500 million) family office in Hong Kong was suddenly delayed. The incident has cast a shadow over Hong Kong’s…

  • Published: April 8, 20241:59 pm
  • Author Magdalene Fung
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The dogs helping Taiwan’s search and rescue efforts after earthquake

Rescue team members found two more bodies after the quake struck the sparsely populated, largely rural eastern county of Hualien on April 3, stranding hundreds in the Taroko…

  • Published: April 8, 202412:28 pm
  • Author The Straits Times

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