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Bottles of Prosecco are lined up on a shelf of a wine shop in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ...

SINGAPORE – Mortgage loan refinancing and repricing activity by private home owners and Housing Board flat owners picked up significantly in 2024 after fixed mortgage loan rates fell below 3 per ...

SINGAPORE – Polytechnics have been buzzing with excitement, hosting their open houses to give prospective students a look at the options in their post-secondary educational journey. The Straits ...

An 18-year-old Singapore student who was radicalised by violent far-right extremism online and who idolised the gunman behind deadly attacks on two mosques in New Zealand has been detained under ...

From the first flight test of the TSR-2 XR219 bomber at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England, in September 1964, engineers of the British Aircraft Corporation shot (silent) footage from all angles ...

More than 80 percent of U.S. e-commerce imports used the de minimis loophole in fiscal 2022, and more than 1.3 billion de minimis shipments were processed in 2024, according to government figures.

US imports surged to a record high in December ... Shanghai dropped as it reopened after a week-long break, while Singapore, Wellington, Mumbai, Bangkok and Jakarta also retreated, though Sydney ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he will announce on Monday that the United States will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as ...

Canada intended to strike back, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing 25-per-cent tariffs on $155-billion worth of American imports. While the United States has delayed implementing its ...

Before the Mobile plans in Singapore used to be characterised by contract plans with handset subsidies. These plans package both the mobile data and the handset as part of the monthly fee, which pays ...