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ASEAN
Energy

South-east Asian energy ministers meeting in Manila this week face the prospect of a prolonged Middle East war that has exposed the region’s vulnerabilities to imported energy.

Singapore News
Technology

Adoption of artificial intelligence among all enterprises in Singapore has risen, with over one in five businesses here using the technology in 2025, while the country’s digital economy grew to over $144 billion and accounted for a larger share of the nation’s gross domestic product.

Singapore will join an international agreement to observe and respect the permanent neutrality of the Panama Canal, one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

Singapore News

The air quality across most of Singapore remained in the unhealthy range early on Oct 6, with the north (107), east (112), west (117) and central (130) regions all above the 101 threshold at 6am on the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI).

Education
Member News

Dover Court International School (DCIS) is pleased to welcome Richard Vaughan as Principal, following his appointment at the start of the 2026-27 academic year.

Technology

OpenAI will not release its new AI model GPT-6.1 Astra due to safety concerns, the ChatGPT-maker confirmed on Tuesday.

Technology

Anthropic is making a massive bet that AI will transform the global economy more profoundly than industrialisation, electricity and the internet, according to its IPO prospectus seen by Reuters.

Singapore News

The 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reading in the central region here reached a new peak this haze season early on Sept 29, as air quality across Singapore all breached the unhealthy band for the first time in two weeks.

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