2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (683+ words) SINGAPORE — With hundreds of gym-goers left in the lurch following the abrupt closure of True Fitness and True Yoga, rival operators across Singapore are wrestling to capture a slice of the pie. Over the weekend, competing fitness brands have announced…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1244+ words) BEIJING — At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China last month, robots jumped, boxed and danced. Some fleet-footed bots ran faster than Usain Bolt over 100 metres. Spectators cheered the machines' improving capabilities and their meme-worthy stumbles. Two days after the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (387+ words) Chen Xiuhuan had been a True Fitness member since 2017, patronising the gym almost three times a week over the years. The local actress, who turns 61 next month, said she found out about the business' closure only when she attempted to…...

3+ day, 35+ min ago   (444+ words) True Fitness, True Yoga to close all Singapore outlets: 'Increasingly fierce market competition' True Fitness and True Yoga are closing all its Singapore outlets after being placed under provisional liquidation. Their parent company, Kontafarma China Holdings, declared in a bourse…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (353+ words) Foreign investors returned to net buying of Asian stocks in August, ending a nine-month selling streak as AI-linked tech stocks attracted buyers following a sharp July selloff and a strong earnings season. Foreign investors bought a net US$4.72 billion (S…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (539+ words) SYDNEY — Global bond yields spiked to new highs and sharemarkets slumped on Friday (Sept 11) as soaring oil prices inflamed inflation risks, sending investors scrambling to price in more policy tightening from central banks across the globe. Oil prices jumped six…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (205+ words) Fuel prices in Malaysia rose for the third time in four weeks on Thursday (Sept 10) amid renewed US-Iran hostilities. Announcing the adjusted petrol and diesel prices for the period of Sept 10 to 16, the finance ministry said retail prices for unsubsidised…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (501+ words) The adjustment to political salaries enables Singapore to continue attracting capable people into politics, which, in turn, provides the quality of Government Singapore deserves, said Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Taking to social media on Thursday (Sept 10) after MPs debated…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (769+ words) HOUSTON — Brent crude futures breached US$100 (S$126) a barrel on Wednesday (Sept 9) to settle at their highest close since late May after Iran and the US struck tankers in the biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the war began,…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (708+ words) "There is never going to be a politically convenient time to adjust political salaries," said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong in Parliament on Thursday (Sept 10) as he wrapped up the debate on a revised political salary framework and the Government's response…...