Validate Asia was built on a simple observation: most companies that want to grow in Asia have better strategies than they have outcomes. The gap isn't ambition or intelligence. It's the absence of someone who's done it before, who has real relationships in market, and who can make things move.

Each year, millions of tonnes of discarded cooking oil and grease are gathered from eateries and food manufacturers across China, trucked to collection depots, and sold to treatment plants and refineries as an increasingly prized commodity.

Bilateral trade deals between the European Union and individual South-east Asian countries could help pave the way for an eventual ASEAN-EU free trade agreement (FTA), Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Sept 22.

The real measure of artificial intelligence innovation is not how powerful its models become, but whether the technology improves people’s lives, said Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo on Sept 22.

Air 7 Asia is dedicated to excellence within the private aviation sector. Based at their corporate hangarage facility in Singapore, they offer a comprehensive suite of services, including aircraft management, maintenance, charter and time-critical air ambulance solutions.

OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks people should have more faith in his company and others like it to do the right thing when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) development amid rising public concerns about all the risks.

Sherman Seng followed in his cabby father’s footsteps and found a job in the public transport sector, but he hardly touches the steering wheel when plying the streets. Seng, 24, is a safety operator of autonomous vehicles (AV) for Zig Driverless, which is a unit under transport giant ComfortDelGro (CDG).

The air quality in the northern and southern parts of Singapore dipped back into the moderate range on Sept 15, from unhealthy levels, with their latest 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) readings at under 101.

Employers in Singapore are taking a more selective approach to recruitment for the final quarter of 2026, with nearly half planning to maintain current staffing levels rather than pursuing broad workforce expansions.

Iran’s top security chief Mohsen Rezaei on Sept 6 said his country would establish a “prohibited zone” near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media reported. Any ship entering this new zone will be placed on the sanctions list” of Iran, Rezaei told the state TV.