The US State Department told Congress on Aug 15 that Australia, the UK and the US now have comparable export control regimes, a significant step needed to facilitate technology sharing and allow the trilateral Aukus defence pact to move ahead.

Britain’s Royal Navy is looking at ways to step up its interactions with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) with a pair of British ships currently operating in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Standing proud in the heart of London throughout the 1800s, Lion Brewery Co shipped exquisite IPAs across the globe. Now brought back to life by friends, the company takes pride in brewing the finest sessionable beers to elevate every experience, in the relentless pursuit of the best of times.

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Revolut, the global fintech with more than 45 million customers worldwide, announced the launch of its business-to-business (B2B) offering, Revolut Business, in Singapore, its first market in Asia.

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.