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After all the years of underachievement, unrealistic dreams, heartbreaks and false dawns, the Lions celebrated their biggest accomplishment in Singapore history as they secured a maiden Asian Cup qualification with a comeback 2-1 away win over Hong Kong at the Kai Tak Stadium on Nov 18.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China at the end of January, Sky News reported on Thursday, in what would be the first visit to the country by a British leader in seven years.

Singapore and Malawi have inked an agreement to explore carbon trading in the future, paving the way for the Republic to eventually buy carbon credits from the south-eastern African nation.

Amid all the innovation brought about by artificial intelligence (AI), a key challenge for governments worldwide is addressing concerns about jobs and livelihoods and helping workers adjust, said Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Nov 23.

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong met leaders at the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit, reaffirming ties and discussing deeper partnerships.

Singapore sharply raised its 2025 economic growth forecast after a better-than-expected performance in the third quarter of the year, but expects the pace of expansion to ease in 2026 on US tariff effects.

For the UN’s top climate science body, 2025 is a key year. This is the year global greenhouse gas emissions must start to fall and then decline rapidly to limit the severity of climate change.

Sharing renewable energy will be key to South-east Asia’s ability to deal with deadly heat without driving up planet-warming carbon emissions, climate scientist Winston Chow told The Straits Times on Nov 11.

Britain’s Princess Anne met President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the Istana on Nov 12 and discussed issues relating to sustainability, biodiversity, education and skills development during their meeting.