The interior ministry has sought to strip out equipment from China’s Huawei and ZTE for national security reasons.
Mary Ng’s remarks came after the US announced sweeping new levies on Chinese-made electric vehicles this week.
The moves should reduce immigration clearance time at Changi Airport, and may give Singapore an edge over Hong Kong, another regional air hub, where immigration isn’t as automated.
North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile toward waters off its east coast, hours after the outspoken sister of leader Kim Jong-un blasted as “fiction” accusations that her nation was exporting weapons to Russia.
Russia’s weeklong offensive in northeastern Ukraine is setting alarm bells ringing in Kyiv as President Volodymyr Zelensky and his generals rush to shore up their defences.
The State Department said American Christina Chapman helped three North Koreans in an ‘illicit telework employment’ scheme that earned US$6.8 million for Pyongyang.
The US and other countries, fearing mass casualties, have tried to convince Israel not to attack Rafah. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says it’s necessary to defeat the last of Hamas’s battalions.
The company is selling the rehydrated protein as a solo item, tapping into new trends to woo customers in a market that now offers a wide range of choices.
Two brothers were arrested on US charges that they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to exploit the Ethereum blockchain’s integrity and steal cryptocurrency, in what prosecutors called a first-of-its-kind caper.
Despite the pandemic being over, Covid-19 carries a 35 per cent higher risk of death in hospital patients, study finds.
CEO Goh Choon Phong announced a profit-sharing bonus of 7.94 months for employees, including pilots.
Extreme warm weather to hit economic indicators like food inflation, low level of productivity and unemployment, warn economists.
Qatar, which hosted the 2022 Fifa World Cup, wants to have 6 million international visitors annually by 2030 – and it plans on attracting them by hosting sports, arts, fashion and other events.
The government said citizens from China, Vietnam and India will need to take part in lottery-style bids for the programme from next year.
Anwar said his government’s focus on digital transformation and AI would be enough to push the country forward.
The departure ends months of speculation in Silicon Valley about the future of a top AI researcher and OpenAI co-founder since he largely disappeared from public view.
Malaysia’s fuel prices are among the cheapest in the world because of state support.
Foxconn reported a net profit of US$679 million in the first quarter, which missed analysts’ average estimate of US$897 million.
The deal, unveiled on Tuesday, marks one of the biggest takeovers in Taiwan outside the semiconductor industry.
US imports of used cooking oil more than tripled in 2023, with more than half coming from China, according to the US International Trade Commission.
Andrei Belousov, Russia’s new defence minister, has three great passions – art, the state and President Vladimir Putin.
The Shanghai-based company says its placement on a US list of firms accused of aiding China’s military has caused it to suffer reputational injury and lost business opportunities.
Rescuers raced to find any survivors after the signage fell at a petrol station in east of India’s financial capital on Monday, trapping dozens of people underneath.
Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s comments come amid a protracted US-China trade war that’s heightened as the Biden administration is set to quadruple tariffs on Chinese EVs.
The Tokyo-based company earned a better-than-expected net income in the March quarter, helped by investment gains.
‘In terms of geographical make-up, Shenzhen-Hong Kong is quite similar to Johor-Singapore’, the Malaysian state’s chief minister said.
China’s shock credit contraction is adding pressure on the government to spend more money – and on the central bank to help.
Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday claimed its troops had made deeper advances in the Kharkiv border region, ‘liberating’ a total of nine settlements over the weekend.
Every year, Israel marks Independence Day with a live-streamed torch-lighting ceremony at its Jerusalem national cemetery. This year, as Israel turns 76 in the middle of a ferocious war, things are different.
In just six decades of independence, Singapore has transformed itself into Asia’s wealthiest nation and a financial services giant. Incoming PM Lawrence Wong has his work cut out for him to maintain that standing.
