UK wage growth slowed to the lowest rate in almost two years in the three months to June, though the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, according to official data released on Tuesday.

Singapore’s economy in 2024 is now forecast to expand at the upper end of its earlier estimated range, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Singapore’s external demand outlook is expected to be resilient for the rest of 2024. However, downside risks in the global economy remain.

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will co-chair a new World Bank Group council that aims to address a looming jobs crisis in the Global South. Together with former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, Mr Tharman will co-chair the High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs for a two-year period ending in July 2026.

Britain has been engulfed in a surge of violent protests over the past week, after a deadly stabbing at a dance class led to the spread of online misinformation, sparking off riots across the country. We look at how the situation has come about and the possible ways forward.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has cancelled a planned holiday to focus on his government's response to a series of racist riots that targeted Muslims and migrants. King Charles on Friday made an appeal for mutual respect and understanding and welcomed the way that community groups had countered "the aggression and criminality from a few."

As the UK appears to be tightening screws on high net-worth individuals, there's a burst of interest in how other jurisdictions still have the red carpet out for HNW people. Portugal still has its form of “golden visa,” as do Malta and Spain. Dubai is also in the mix, and further afield, Singapore (although both places are getting very expensive in terms of residential housing costs). 

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