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Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is elected as the 9th president of Singapore with over 70% of the valid votes.
2023-09-1

Singapore suspends a plan to ease and simplify COVID-19-related rules, including home gatherings, which was expected to begin tomorrow due to an increase in new COVID-19 cases.
2022-02-24

Singapore reports its first confirmed death related to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated 92-year-old woman.
2022-01-22

The Indonesian government reports the disappearance of the submarine KRI 6 during a torpedo live fire exercise, requesting search and rescue assistance from Singapore and Australia.
2021-04-21

New Zealand's parliament votes to ban the sale of homes to non-resident foreign nationals amid a housing affordability crisis. Australians and Singaporeans are exempt due to free-trade deals.
2018-08-15

Singapore researchers report, in the nanomaterials journal "Small", the creation of a new antimicrobial material capable of neutralizing "E. coli" bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as "Staphylococcus aureus" and "Pseudomonas aeruginosa".
2016-06-6

The Singapore-registered cargo ship Höegh Osaka runs aground on Bramble Bank off the coast of the Isle of Wight, in the entrance to Southampton Water.
2015-01-3

2013 Southeast Asian haze: Haze from Indonesian forest fires in Sumatra increase air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia to hazardous levels.
2013-06-20

Tony Tan Keng Yam becomes the President-elect of Singapore after winning the presidential election.
2011-08-28

Singapore's Presidential Elections Committee approves four presidential candidates for the presidential election on August 27: Tony Tan Keng Yam, Tan Cheng Bock, Tan Kin Lian and Tan Jee Say.
2011-08-17