The Latest Breaking News from Singapore

Singapore police bust major ring smuggling Nvidia GPUs to China-based DeepSeek: Report

China-based Deepseek illegally obtains Nvidia GPUs from Singapore, claim new media reports.

Tom’s Hardware · Feb 28, 2025

Singapore charges three with fraud in cases reportedly linked to smuggling of Nvidia chips to China

Officials in Washington are reportedly scrutinizing chip shipments to Singapore following the recent success of Chinese startup DeepSeek.

Fortune · Feb 28, 2025

This café has been named the world’s best coffee shop for 2025

Cafes from Australia, Austria, US, Norway, and Singapore are in the top five

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

Father-son feud and an alleged ‘attempted coup’ rock one of Singapore’s largest property developers

Kwek Leng Beng, the chairman of City Developments Limited, is accusing his son Sherman Kwek, who is the CEO, of "serious lapses of corporate governance."

Fortune · Feb 26, 2025

DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank, is cutting 4,000 temp roles due to AI: 'For the first time, I’m struggling to create jobs'

DBS is the first of Singapore’s Big Three banks to suggest how AI might affect its headcount.

Fortune · Feb 25, 2025

Employees at Singapore’s biggest bank are set to lose their jobs to the AI revolution — and that worries me

As many as 4,000 temporary and contract DBS workers are set to lose their jobs as their terms expire and are not renewed.

TechRadar · Feb 25, 2025

Saudi Arabia snaps up Olam’s agribusiness division in a deal valued at $4 billion, more than the Singaporean firm’s entire market cap

Olam shares jumped by over 5% in Monday trading, following the announcement.

Fortune · Feb 24, 2025

American woman caught smuggling meth from Phuket to Singapore

A 65-year-old woman from the United States has been arrested in Phuket after more than four kilogrammes of methamphetamine were found in her luggage as she boarded a plane to Singapore.

Bangkok Post · Feb 24, 2025

Sea-level rise: a new method to estimate the probability of different outcomes – including a worst case

Here is a depressing fact: over the coming decades, sea-level rise will continue to threaten ecosystems, communities and cities. No matter how quickly we reduce our carbon emissions, our past emissions commit us to ongoing sea-level rise, given the long-drawn-out impact of climate warming on the oceans and ice sheets.…

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2025

Hong Kong And Singapore Lead Asia's Drive To Cash In On Crypto Boom

Hong Kong and Singapore are the front-runners in a push by Asian governments to become cryptocurrency hubs as they look to capitalise on the global resurgence of the sector thanks to the support of US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times · Feb 23, 2025