Singapore

June 3, 2024 3:08 PM

US, Indo-Pacific partners holding talks in Singapore on clean energy

The U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is holding a ministerial meeting this week in Singapore, including major firms joining a "Clean Economy" investor forum to boost infrastructure and climate investments across the region. It marks the first in-person IPEF ministerial session since the substantial conclusion of negotiations for the IPEF Clean Economy Agreement and the Fair Economy Agreement in November in San Francisco. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the countries plan to ...

May 21, 2024 5:45 PM

One dead, 30 reported injured as Singapore Airlines flight hit by turbulence

A Singapore Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Bangkok on Tuesday due to severe turbulence, officials said, with one passenger on board dead and local media reporting multiple injuries. Singapore Airlines did not say at what point the injuries and death took place. Thai media reports said there were 30 injuries, while Singapore Airlines did not specify how many people were injured. The Boeing 777-300ER plane with 211 passengers and 18 crew was headed to Singapore when it...

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - SEPTEMBER 17: Lawrence Wong, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore talks to grid kids on the grid prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on September 17, 2023 in Singapore, Singapore. (Photo by Dan Istitene - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)

May 15, 2024 10:29 AM

Singapore to inaugurate new PM as Lee makes way after 20 years in charge

Singapore will inaugurate Lawrence Wong on Wednesday as its new prime minister and fourth leader since independence six decades ago, completing a carefully calibrated power transfer designed to guarantee continuity in the wealthy city-state. Wong, 51, comes from among a crop of so-called "4G" leaders, a new generation of politicians hand-picked by the long-ruling People's Action Party (PAP) to take over the reins of the key Asian trade and financial centre. Wong will retain his current positio...

April 15, 2024 4:58 PM

Singapore PM Lee to hand power to successor Wong on May 15

Long-time Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday he would hand over power to his designated successor, Lawrence Wong, on May 15, ahead of an election that must be by held next year. Wong has been prime minister-in-waiting since April 2022 after the previous anointed successor stepped aside unexpectedly and derailed the carefully choreographed leadership transition typical in the affluent Asian financial centre. Wong, 51, was catapulted into the spotlight as co-head of the...