Dr Liu Thai Ker, Singapore's first master planner and "Father of Urban Planning", died on Jan 18.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to US President Donald Trump on Jan 18 after talking to the leaders of Denmark, the European Union and NATO, to say he believed “applying tariffs on allies for pursuing the collective security of NATO allies is wrong”.

The Trump administration on Jan 13 gave a formal green light to China-bound sales of Nvidia’s second most powerful AI chips, putting in place a rule that will likely kick-start shipments of the H200 despite deep concerns among China hawks in Washington.

The initiative includes career fairs, direct employer engagement and partnerships with organisations like CAAS and e2i for job matching and coaching.

WWF-Singapore launched a three-year Blue Carbon Support Programme to improve mangrove, peatland, and seagrass conservation across Asia.

The planet logged its third-hottest year on record in 2025, extending a run of unprecedented heat, with no relief expected in 2026, US researchers and European Union climate monitors said on Jan 14.

Singapore's port achieved record highs in 2025, handling 44.66 million containers, an 8.6% increase from 2024, and 3.22 billion gross tons of vessel arrivals.

A rare Himalayan vulture spotted on the East Coast Parkway (ECP) on Jan 11 was rescued by the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), the animal protection charity confirmed on Jan 12.

Chinese ambassador Wang Lutong has praised Indonesia on the birth of the first panda cub in the country at the Indonesia Safari Park (TSI) in west Java, highlighting the two nations’ close cooperation in natural-resource conservation.

With the passing of the Health Information Bill, patients' key health data will have to go into a national digital repository instead of only residing in paper records.