Parliament adjourned for the day after 31 MPs spoke in the first round of Singapore’s Budget 2026 debate. Proceedings will resume at 10.30am on Feb 25, with more interventions expected on fiscal policy, the national artificial intelligence (AI) push and…

SINGAPORE — Early investigations have found that Singapore’s recent bus arrival timing problems were caused by a software defect on buses, triggered by a server failure in January, Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow said. The fault led to inaccurate or…

Traffic accidents on Tanah Merah Coast Road resulted in injuries or deaths at an average of about 20 cases a year from 2020 to 2025, Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Sim Ann said in Parliament on Feb 12.…

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said many Singaporeans remain anxious about jobs despite a strong 2025 and a tight labour market. He cited rapid technological change and global uncertainty. In a video released on Feb 11, he promised…

SINGAPORE — Parliament passed a raft of amendments to transport laws on Feb. 4, introducing new rules to curb the misuse of mobility scooters, strengthen pedestrian protection and pave the way for the next-generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system. The…

The New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia, expired on Thursday, February 5, ending decades of formal, verifiable limits on how many strategic nuclear warheads the two countries can deploy. United…

Election campaigns now play out on phones as much as on doorsteps. Rumours travel faster than rebuttals. Consequently, election security has moved from a technical niche to a top political priority across democracies. The risk is not only hacking. Trust…

Great-power rivalry is becoming the defining condition of foreign policy. It is not only about military posture. It now shapes trade, technology, finance, and even standards for data and supply chains. For small states, the pressure is sharper. They depend…