Commentary

To survive AI disruption, newsrooms must prioritize public trust, human judgment, and community connections over speed and scale, using technology to assist rather than replace journalists.

China's AI push is driven by historical resolve and fierce domestic competition rather than mere subsidies, says Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.

Facing high road injury rates, Singapore platform workers take risks due to customer pressures and earnings concerns, requiring action from platforms, policymakers, and patrons.

Clashes between China and the Philippines have intensified in the South China Sea as Beijing asserts control over disputed shoals, challenging Manila's efforts to maintain its outposts.

Crackdowns on Southeast Asian cyber scam compounds have displaced criminal networks to Sri Lanka, exposing the limits of regional enforcement and highlighting the need for deeper transnational cooperation.

Singapore imports most of its food and must proactively anticipate and detect global food safety risks through advanced surveillance and intelligence-sharing rather than panicking.

The new US-Greenland security deal normalizes sphere-of-influence politics, allowing Donald Trump to claim victory while eroding trust and collective defense among NATO allies.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump meet in Washington, focusing on extending a trade truce amid tensions over Taiwan and Iran.

The BRICS summit in New Delhi achieved a joint declaration despite deep divisions, but the watered-down consensus highlights the limits of finding common ground within the expanding bloc.

Applying Cold War nuclear metaphors to the AI race highlights the urgent need for US-China cooperation and regulation to prevent global catastrophe.

The upcoming Trump-Xi summit is unlikely to yield major agreements. Its main achievement is simply occurring, showing that US-China relations remain functional enough to prevent sudden conflict.

A Russian team misused Anthropic's Claude AI and scraped Ukrainian war footage to train autonomous kamikaze drones to select and destroy targets without human intervention.