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DBS, Southeast Asia's largest bank, is cutting 4,000 temp roles due to AI: 'For the first time, I’m struggling to create jobs'

DBS is the first of Singapore’s Big Three banks to suggest how AI might affect its headcount.

Fortune

Employees at Singapore’s biggest bank are set to lose their jobs to the AI revolution — and that worries me

As many as 4,000 temporary and contract DBS workers are set to lose their jobs as their terms expire and are not renewed.

TechRadar

Saudi Arabia snaps up Olam’s agribusiness division in a deal valued at $4 billion, more than the Singaporean firm’s entire market cap

Olam shares jumped by over 5% in Monday trading, following the announcement.

Fortune

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American woman caught smuggling meth from Phuket to Singapore

A 65-year-old woman from the United States has been arrested in Phuket after more than four kilogrammes of methamphetamine were found in her luggage as she boarded a plane to Singapore.

Bangkok Post

Sea-level rise: a new method to estimate the probability of different outcomes – including a worst case

Here is a depressing fact: over the coming decades, sea-level rise will continue to threaten ecosystems, communities and cities. No matter how quickly we reduce our carbon emissions, our past emissions commit us to ongoing sea-level rise, given the long-drawn-out impact of climate warming on the oceans and ice sheets.…

The Conversation

Hong Kong And Singapore Lead Asia's Drive To Cash In On Crypto Boom

Hong Kong and Singapore are the front-runners in a push by Asian governments to become cryptocurrency hubs as they look to capitalise on the global resurgence of the sector thanks to the support of US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

OpenAI Expands ‘Operator’ AI Agent to India, UK, and More

OpenAI has officially rolled out its AI agent called 'Operator' to several countries, including India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Singapore, South

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Malaysian man caught with 51 grams of heroin gets last-minute reprieve from execution

Pannir Selvam Pranthaman granted stay of execution day before he was set to be hanged

The Independent UK

Alleged Malaysian drugs trafficker gets last-minute stay of execution in Singapore

A Singapore court has granted a stay of execution to a Malaysian man just hours before he was set to be hanged for drug trafficking

The Independent UK

The cities ranked the best for solo travel in 2025: From Dubai to Singapore

As new research ranks the best cities to visit solo as a woman this year, we ask our travel writers if they agree

Evening Standard

Singapore’s UOB is betting on Southeast Asia for growth after posting record profit

The bank’s CEO, Wee Ee Cheong, said an enlarged customer base and enhanced platforms in the region position UOB well.

Fortune

Why are Singapore’s drug laws so strict?

Singapore’s government urged to call off execution of Malaysian man caught smuggling 51g of heroin

The Independent UK

Singapore set to execute Malaysian national caught with 51g of heroine amid frantic appeals by family

Pranthaman was convicted of importing 51.84g of diamorphine into Singapore in 2014

The Independent UK

DeepSeek GPU smuggling probe shows Nvidia's Singapore GPU sales are 28% of its revenue, but only 1% are delivered to the country: Report

Reports show that nearly 28% of Nvidia's revenue in 2024 came from Singapore despite the country only receiving around $600 million worth of GPUs at around the same time.

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Bangkok Post

Window crack delays THAI flight to Singapore

A Thai Airways International flight heading to Singapore turned back to Bangkok on Sunday after the pilot noticed a crack in a cockpit window shortly after takeoff.

International Business Times

Court Finds Singapore Opposition Leader Guilty Of Lying To Parliament

Singapore's opposition leader was convicted Monday of lying to parliament while helping a fellow party member to cover up a false witness account, in a case that could disqualify him from running in upcoming national elections.

The Independent UK

Simon Calder: How my Emirates business class experience compared to economy

Exclusive: The posh seats on Emirates flight EK404 disappointed our over-fussy travel correspondent, but there were plenty of benefits

Fortune

Smaller countries may ‘have to choose’ between the U.S. and China, warns author Robert Kaplan

“For decades, countries like Singapore and Australia and others were able to essentially get rich off China, and be protected by the U.S. Navy,” Kaplan explained. “They didn’t have to choose.”

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Coldplay’s latest music video—a ‘love letter to Singapore'—is a winning ‘investment’

“It’ll be interesting to know how much the Singapore Tourism Board paid for this endeavor," says Jose Raymond, managing director of PR firm SW Strategies.

Fortune

The data-center boom drives growing profits for Singaporean asset manager Keppel

Keppel’s connectivity segment, which handles its data-center business, was the only division that reported growth in profits last year.

The Independent UK

Singapore airport’s secrets revealed, whether you are in transit or stranded

Plane Talk: Changing planes at Changi, or stuck for an extra day? Lucky you

The Independent UK

Swapping firs for palm trees: The joy – and confusion – of spending Christmas in the Aussie heat

While most travellers fly via Singapore on their way Down Under, Jon Sopel discovered the delight of spending time in Istanbul on his way back from Australia after a sun-soaked Christmas

Latin Times

Stocks Drop, Dollar Rallies As Year Of The Snake Starts With Bite

Tokyo, Seoul and Jakarta each shed more than two percent while Sydney, Bangkok and Wellington were each off more than one percent. Singapore and India also fell, while Hong Kong gave up early deep losses to end only marginally down. Shanghai remained closed for a holiday.

The Independent UK

Calder’s Cancellation Challenge: airlines with the best and the worst cancel culture

The Man Who Pays His Way: Rapidly losing patience with airlines that ground flights and make passengers foot the bill

Evening Standard

The never ending saga of the Georgian billionaire and the Swiss banks

Bidzina Ivanishvili is pursuing litigation in Bermuda, Singapore and Switzerland

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