January 30, 2026

Singapore’s Employment Grew in 2025 Despite Slow Down in 4Q

Singapore’s labour market continued to expand in 2025 albeit a slowdown in the 4Q last year. “Total employment growth was stronger than in 2024, and unemployment and retrenchments remained low and stable,” according to the labor market advance released on Thursday (Jan. 29) by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM). For the full year of 2025,

Russian, Ukrainian Officials to Meet Without US

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Jan. 29) appealed to the Russian President not to attack Kyiv as Russia announced a bilateral talk with Ukraine. “I personally asked President Putin not to fire into Kyiv and the various towns for a week and he agreed to do that,” Trump said during a president’s cabinet meeting

Iran Foreign Minister Travels to Turkey for Talks as U.S. Tension Rises

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to Turkey for talks on Friday (Jan. 30) as tensions with the U.S. rises. Iran has been reaching out to other Middle Eastern countries over the threat of possible U.S. military strikes as an aircraft carrier strike group, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln, and warships arrived in

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