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Singapore consumers in for higher petrol, electricity prices as oil spikes past US$100

Oil prices shot up as high as US$119.50 a barrel on March 9, up 29 per cent.

Consumers and businesses in Singapore may soon see petrol prices rise again after a round of hikes last week.

Live: RSAF aircraft to be deployed for repatriation of S’poreans from Riyadh on March 10

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Singapore stocks, gold extend slide as Middle East crisis deepens

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Iran defies Trump, elevates Khamenei’s son Mojtaba as successor

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Iran has broken two of its cardinal principles in choice of new leader

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Malaysia Airlines MH370 search yields no results, agency says

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167 S’poreans and their dependants return home on MFA’s 2nd repatriation flight

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Singapore

Far from home: How Singaporeans journeyed back from the Middle East amid ongoing conflict

More than 300 Singaporeans returned via repatriation flights, but others had to find their own way back.

The first Singapore Airlines Flight 8001 ferried 152 Singaporeans and their dependants home on March 7. The second one brought back another 167 on March 8.

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DBS chief Tan Su Shan’s 2025 pay was $9.6 million in first year at the helm

Jail for man who threw bags of paint at lion dance competition from 6th floor of Ngee Ann City

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In 2026, Deng Xiaoping’s advice to lie low is making a temporary, tactical return

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Ahead of high stakes summit, China Foreign Minister Wang Yi strikes positive tone on ties with US

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Governments worldwide plan repatriations as many Middle East flights come to a halt

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Don’t overestimate your abilities, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi tells Tokyo in stern warning

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Malaysia’s Iran dilemma

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Two-thirds for what? Anwar’s supermajority means little for reforms

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US-Israeli attack on Iran: What happens next?

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The Week in Pictures: US and Israel attack Iran, killing its supreme leader Khamenei

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For kinship, not gifts: China’s rise redefines ties with relatives abroad

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