The Straits Times is the English flagship daily of SPH Media, one of the leading media companies in Asia. Launched on July 15, 1845, its comprehensive coverage of news from home and around the world makes The Straits Times the most-read newspaper in Singapore. Quality news, in-depth analyses, impactful commentaries and breaking stories are packaged to give readers riveting accounts of events in Singapore, the region, and beyond. The most read newspaper in Singapore, both in terms of print and digital, it reaches 1.33 million people every day. The Straits Times' key strength is in its world class coverage of news outside Singapore. With 20 bureaus in major cities around the world, The Straits Times correspondents bring world news to readers on a Singapore platter, helping readers to appreciate world events from a Singaporean perspective.