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Trump says US to start blockading the Strait of Hormuz immediately US President Donald Trump on Sunday (Apr 12) said the US Navy would immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and would also interdict every vess…

Latest STI CEO appointees younger than past cohorts, but renewal focuses on capabilities, not youth CEOs who took the helm at Straits Times Index (STI) companies in 2025 were younger than their predecessors, the firms’ a…

Higher electricity prices for Singapore businesses as retailers raise rates, tariff climbs amid Iran war Beyond costs, firms are increasingly facing procurement and risk management issues, observers say.

Global funds flow back into Asian AI stocks as war tensions ease Samsung Electronics blew past expectations with a jump of eight times its previous level in quarterly profit on Apr 7, reinforcing the AI-driven demand boo…

Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food staple Across South-east Asia, tens of millions of smallholders are struggling to find affordable crop nutrients as well as the diesel needed to run tractors, irr…

No US peace deal with Iran after Teheran did not accept terms: Vance Iran had chosen not to accept American terms, including to not build nuclear weapons.

#BTOpinion: Beijing’s calculated silence on the Iran war Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stopped short of explicitly naming the US or Israel as aggressors, a telling omission from a country that otherwise speaks with li…