Singaporean politician and current Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015
OpenAI's ChatGPT Work enables non-engineers to manage multistep projects with AI agents integrated into daily workflows. The rollout expands beyond coding teams to finance, law, and other professional roles, while workers report mixed experiences and concerns about AI-driven changes in accountability and productivity.
Singapore and Indonesia are expanding cross-border efforts to curb forest and peatland fires driving Southeast Asia’s worst haze in years. Governments are forming enforcement task forces while protests, health warnings, and school closures intensify across seven provinces.
Singapore and Indonesia are coordinating to tackle transboundary forest fires as regional tensions ease. Rainfall has offered some relief, while authorities expand haze shelters and prepare a joint task force to monitor fires and hold polluters accountable.