Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will be in South Korea from Oct 29 to Nov 1 for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders’ meeting in Gyeongju.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met his counterpart from Thailand, Mr Anutin Charnvirakul, on the sidelines of the 47th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 27.

Singapore must be ready to support all promising pathways, from established technologies to novel options, in its bid to transition its fossil fuel-based energy sector to one that is clean yet affordable, said Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tan See Leng on Oct 27.

The United States signed a flurry of deals on trade and critical minerals with four South-east Asian partners on Oct 26, looking to address trade imbalances and diversify supply chains amid tighter export curbs on rare earths by China.

The world’s largest trade pact has stressed its commitment to an open, fair and rules-based multilateral trading system, amid an increasingly unsettled geopolitical climate.

We are pleased to share that Andy Haldane CBE has been elected the new President of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), succeeding Baroness Martha Lane-Fox CBE as her three-year term concludes in accordance with the BCC Articles of Association.

An investor group including Singapore’s Temasek, BlackRock, Microsoft and Nvidia is buying one of the world’s biggest data centre operators with nearly 80 facilities in a deal worth US$40 billion (S$51.8 billion) to secure coveted computing capacity for artificial intelligence (AI).

Singapore can now impose a fixed levy on all departing flights after Parliament passed a Bill on Oct 14 to support the use of sustainable aviation fuel by airlines.

Singapore key exports staged a surprise rebound in September on the back of a surge in electronics shipments, but analysts said the outlook is clouded by renewed US-China trade tensions.

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