35 years on, China-Singapore remain more forward-looking than ever

An aerial drone photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the Suzhou Industrial Park in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Li Bo)As China pivots toward high-quality development and Singapore advances its "Smart Nation" vision, collaboration...

singapore The Megan Khung report was painful to read, but offers hard lessons to prevent another tragedy

SINGAPORE - I found it painful to read what an independent review panel had found on Megan Khung, a four-year-old girl who died in February 2020 after suffering more than a year of abuse. The account of her injuries inflicted by her mother and the...

21shares Launches a Pendle ETP on SIX Swiss Exchange Indicating Growing Institutional Recognition for Pendle

[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, October 28th, 2025] Asset manager 21Shares has launched an exchange-traded product (ETP) called APEN based on Pendle — a development that signals deepening institutional recognition of Pendle’s role in...

Taiwan doesn’t need an AI island — it needs an AI Armada

The nation needs to reconceptualize how it approaches AI, not as a static fortress, but one that offers a mobile, living strategy: adaptive, global and resilient President William Lai (賴清德) has championed Taiwan as an “AI Island” — an artificial...

World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 26, 2025

INDONESIA 1. MINISTER AIMS TO MAKE DANGDUT INDONESIA'S NEXT SOFT POWER -- ANTARA Culture Minister Fadli Zon expressed his ambition to elevate dangdut music onto the global stage through a movement he calls “Dangdut Waves”, positioning the genre as...

Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: Oct 26, 2025

INDONESIA 1. MINISTER AIMS TO MAKE DANGDUT INDONESIA'S NEXT SOFT POWER -- ANTARA Culture Minister Fadli Zon expressed his ambition to elevate dangdut music onto the global stage through a movement he calls “Dangdut Waves”, positioning the genre as...

singapore Updated Covid-19 vaccines available at GPs and polyclinics from Oct 27: MOH, CDA

From Monday (Oct 27), the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) will roll out two updated Covid-19 vaccines at over 600 GP clinics, 10 polyclinics, and through mobile vaccination teams. In a statement on Friday (Oct 24),...

Singapore’s bioethics advisory committee urges caution on heritable gene editing

SINGAPORE – Recent advancements in gene-editing technologies have made it easier to modify a person’s DNA, offering hope for treating serious inherited conditions or diseases like cancer. But complex ethical issues are raised. Among these...

Singapore launches “Battlestar Galactica”-like warship with drones

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — When Singapore’s defense minister, Chan Chun Sing, spoke at the launch ceremony of a novel class of warship for his country’s navy this week, he likened the vessel to the fictitious spaceship Battlestar Galactica. “It...

Singapore factory output jumps 16.1% in September with big pharma boost

SINGAPORE - Singapore’s factory output made a surprisingly big rebound in September, reversing its drop in August, thanks to pharmaceuticals. Manufacturing output jumped 16.1 per cent year on year, exceeding the forecast of analysts polled by...

Singapore will decarbonise, but not at the expense of livelihoods, energy security: Tan See Leng

SINGAPORE - Singapore will press ahead with decarbonisation, but not at the expense of livelihoods and energy security. Decarbonisation must be balanced against Singapore’s ambitions and the affordability of energy for the Republic’s households...

Retail & Central Bank 'Dip-Buyers' Emerge As Gold Drops Below $4000

Gold is “an overcrowded trade that’s overextended by every technical metric,” Nicky Shiels, head of research at precious metals refiner MKS Pamp SA, wrote in early October, getting ever more overbought. The reckoning came last week and extended...

Singapore shares rise ahead of US-China meeting; STI up 0.1%

Across the broader market, gainers beat decliners 369 to 166, as 1.6 billion securities worth S$1.4 billion change hands [SINGAPORE] US President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping sparked hope that a cooling of...

Gene That Controls How Sensitive You Are to Alcohol Discovered

Summary: Researchers have discovered that a gene called CHRNA3 plays a key role in determining alcohol sensitivity, helping explain why some people tolerate alcohol better than others. When this gene was mutated, subjects were slower to avoid...

Singapore's September manufacturing output up 16.1 pct year-on-year

SINGAPORE, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's manufacturing output rose 16.1 percent year-on-year in September, according to data released Friday by the Economic Development Board. On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, overall output jumped...

Small Cap Watch: Alkane delivers record cash as explorers push...

With the ASX set for a modest rebound after Tuesday’s pullback, small caps are opening against a complex global backdrop — tech exuberance abroad, inflation focus at home, and renewed optimism around critical minerals. Across the junior end of the...

Singapore’s Proactive Approach to Emerging AI and Quantum Tech

Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo delivered the opening address at the High-Level Panel on Artificial Intelligence during Singapore International Cyber Week. She highlighted the transformative potential of agentic AI,...

Singapore: Strengthening Unity to Safeguard ASEAN’s Digital Future

ASEAN reaffirmed its unity and commitment to protecting the region’s digital future at the 10th ASEAN Ministerial Conference on Cybersecurity (AMCC) in Singapore, with Minister Teo stressing that regional solidarity remains crucial despite...

Singapore manufacturing output swings back into growth at 16.1%, beating estimates

[SINGAPORE] Factory output surged 16.1 per cent on year in September, in an about-turn from August’s revised 9 per cent drop and outstripping estimates, data from the Economic Development Board showed on Friday (Oct 24). Previously, August’s...

Indians gravitate toward different opportunities as the US hikes visa fees for skilled foreign workers

Shalika Sandeep is a working professional in India who studied in Singapore and the UK. She says that applying to work or study in the US is “not worth the effort.” “It’s not worth an unstable future,” she explained. “The climate in the US has...