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singapore Singapore maintains top 5 spot in 2025 Global Innovation Index
Singapore has been ranked fifth in the 2025 Global Innovation Index (GII) among 139 economies, continuing its position for the third consecutive year, according to a press release by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) on Tuesday...
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singapore A home for industry partners and innovation: PM Wong officially opens SIT's campus in Punggol
The co-location of the new Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) within a business district means more opportunities for applied learning and industry collaboration, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Tuesday (Sept 16). He was speaking at the...
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singapore Over 18,400 vapes, 1,400 related components seized at Tuas Checkpoint, largest haul since Sept 1
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) intercepted over 18,400 vapes and more than 1,400 related components in a single smuggling attempt at Tuas Checkpoint on Monday (Sept 15), according to a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sept 16). ICA...
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Singapore ranks fifth in Global Innovation Index 2025 ranking
Singapore (VNA) – Singapore has been ranked fifth among 139 economies in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, marking the third consecutive year it has remained in the top five. It also secured 2nd place in the Southeast Asia, East Asia and...
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Support for local firms, workers to adopt new tech like AI part of govt refresh of economic strategy
SINGAPORE – The authorities will update the Employment Act to better protect different groups of workers as workplaces change and technology advances, while ensuring businesses can maintain flexibility. Amid an increasingly fragmented and complex...
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R.F. Kuang, Ken Liu and Fuchsia Dunlop headline Singapore Writers Festival in November
SINGAPORE – Get up close with best-selling fantasy author R.F. Kuang, renowned science-fiction and fantasy writer Ken Liu and acclaimed food writer Fuchsia Dunlop at the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF), which runs from Nov 7 to 16. The 28th...
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ASPI’s China Defence Universities Tracker: Rising China-Russia links, defence industry ties, dual-use tech research
ASPI has launched a major new expansion of its globally recognised China Defence Universities Tracker, a database that now includes more than 180 Chinese civilian and military research institutions. The tracker has become a go-to international...
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NZ-Singapore-UAE-Switzerland launch new investment and trade partnership
Today New Zealand, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, have announced the establishment of a new partnership to generate trade and investment opportunities and support economic growth, Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay...
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Singapore slips to fifth in the world in Global Innovation Index; second in Asia, behind South Korea
SINGAPORE: Singapore has been ranked fifth in the world in this year’s Global Innovation Index, dropping one place from last year. Within Asia, it was surpassed by South Korea and placed second in the region. The annual index, released by the...
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Vietnam, Singapore sign implementation agreement on carbon credit collaboration
Hanoi (VNA) – The Governments of Vietnam and Singapore on September 16 officially signed an implementation agreement under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on climate change. The agreement was signed online by Acting Minister of Agriculture and...
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Singapore's NUS Enterprise launches co-investment framework for deep-tech ventures, boosts investment
Singapore's NUS Enterprise launches co-investment framework for deep-tech ventures, boosts investment September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News | By Hithaishi C Bhaskar Revitalized "i3 building", the new nucleus of NUS innovation strengthens Singapore's...
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Unnatural History Museum of Singapore features cyborg cockroaches and bee drones
Mechanical and mythical Singaporean creatures take centre stage at the Unnatural History Museum of Singapore exhibition, which has been created as part of this year's Singapore Design Week. Installed at the National Design Centre, the exhibition...
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Keep Powering the Energy Transition With Storage Technologies
With the energy transition well underway, energy storage options, including zinc batteries, have been building capacity to meet demand. The International Zinc Association developed the Zinc Battery Initiative to serve as the voice of this safe and...
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UK set on resolving standoff with big pharma, science minister says
The UK is determined to resolve its standoff with the pharmaceutical industry and reverse a 10-year decline in NHS spending on medicines, the science minister has told MPs after a string of drugmakers cancelled projects worth nearly £2bn. Patrick...
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Singapore joins 13 countries to launch partnership committed to free trade and enhancing investment flows
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The members pledge to work together to develop ‘solutions-oriented initiatives’ to strengthen the rules-based trading system [SINGAPORE] Fourteen countries from across continents on Tuesday (Sep 16) announced an initiative committed to open, fair...
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AI Knowledge Management Solution 'Factagora' Enters US Market with AI Verification Technology
Factagora Officially Launches to Solve Generative AI Disinformation Problems Provides AI Safety Verification Platform Integrating Knowledge Search, Verification, Structuring, and Generation SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ --...
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Singapore, 13 other small-medium countries launch partnership to support open and fair trade
In a joint press release, the member countries said they would work together to "develop solutions-oriented initiatives to strengthen the rules-based trading system". The FIT Partnership, described by MTI as "agile and informal" and non-binding,...
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Malaysian man arrested in Singapore with 18,400 e-vaporisers
SINGAPORE: A Malaysian man was arrested at Tuas Checkpoint after authorities discovered more than 18,400 e-vaporisers and 1,400 related components hidden in his lorry. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority stated this seizure represents the...
From petri dish to dinner plate: Clean food tech is no longer sci-fi
Clean food tech has moved beyond sci-fi as climate concerns push modern meat alternatives from petri dish to dinner plate. With agrifood systems responsible for a third of global emissions, lab-based solutions are becoming a central focus of food...
Singapore’s RIE2030 to launch large-scale R&D programmes for key sectors, ‘strategic priorities’
[SINGAPORE] The Republic is launching two new types of “large-scale, cross-cutting” research and development (R&D) programmes, for key economic sectors and “strategic priorities”, respectively. These are under the National Research Foundation’s...
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