FILE: A Southwest Airlines passenger plane prepares to take off from Denver International Airport. Robert Alexander/Getty Images In this week’s air travel news, both Delta and Southwest unveiled changes to their loyalty programs that make it easier to achieve top tier status; United says it will revamp its passenger boarding next week; United also gives … Read more
No part of this story can be reproduced without permission from 8days.sg. Last Thursday (Sep 28), Korean actress Im Yoon-ah aka Yoona was in Singapore for a whirlwind 24 hours to attend Estée Lauder’s Beauty Sleep Lounge pop-up event at Paragon. 8days.sg got the chance to meet the 33-year-old but we’re only running the story now as her team, … Read more
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has established a CyberSG R&D Programme Office at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). This was announced by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity Innovation Day held on 29 September 2023. The CyberSG R&D Programme … Read more
The Singapore Exchange launched its first structured certificate, linked to Chinese tech giant Alibaba on Aug. 30, becoming the first exchange in Asia to do so. Structured certificates are financial instruments issued by a third party, that are based on underlying assets — their returns depend on the performance of the asset, which can be … Read more
Home > Business Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News Sep 18 2023 06:14 AM Members of the Singapore Civil Defense Force demonstrate how smart glasses powered by AI, augmented reality and 5G can aid firefighters on Sept. 13, 2023. Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News SINGAPORE – Firefighting gets leveled up with the latest tech as the Singapore Civil … Read more
September 14, 2023 at 12:15 AM EDT Agriculture is one of the oldest human activities, and adapting it for climate change will require nothing short of a radical shift. Vertical farming — growing plants in controlled indoor environments with higher yields, fewer inputs and less waste — has big promise, but is struggling to reach … Read more
Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president. (File) Singapore: Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, according to official results, in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. The Elections Department declared the 66-year-old economist as the winner over two … Read more
Singapore is ready for a non-Chinese prime minister at any time, presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said ahead of the September 1 election, calling it a marker of the society’s progress in the country dominated by Chinese-origin population. Presidential candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam gives a speech at the nomination centre after submitting his nomination papers in … Read more
As the world eagerly anticipates the much-awaited Singapore Grand Prix, an electrifying Formula 1 event that has garnered attention from racing enthusiasts globally, the city-state is experiencing an astonishing surge in flight bookings. According to recent reports, flight bookings to Singapore have witnessed a remarkable 63 per cent year-on-year increase, pointing to the growing excitement … Read more
Singapore’s financial regulator on Tuesday said it had finalized rules for a type of digital currency called stablecoin. Reserves that back stabelcoins must be held in low-risk and highly-liquid assets. They must equal or exceed the value of the stablecoin in circulation at all times, the rules say. The stablecoin market is valued at around … Read more