Darrelle Ng

Extreme weather is exacerbating disease risks and threatening healthcare infrastructure, warned WHO officials at the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.

Humanitarian needs driven by climate disasters and global conflicts are continuing to outstrip available resources, putting growing pressure on an aid system already grappling with a funding squeeze, says IFRC Asia Pacific director Alexander Matheou.

The personalised vaccine has succeeded in a final-stage melanoma trial. Here’s how it works, when it could become available and why researchers hope the approach can be used against other cancers.

Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat says Singapore will keep “building more, building faster” to meet higher BTO demand, while more resale supply could help stabilise prices.

The Asian Development Bank raised its 2026 growth projection for the region to 5 per cent, up 0.1 percentage points from its July forecast.

More than half of the 30 companies showcased at the NextGen Tech 30 event are applying AI to physical industries, marking a shift from the software-focused firms in previous cohorts.

Global supply chains have proved more resilient than expected to disruptions from the Middle East conflict, the World Trade Organization’s chief economist Robert Staiger tells CNA’s Olivia Marzuki in an interview.

Xpeng is also ramping up production of its humanoid robot, Iron, with plans to put it to work in stores before offering it to external customers, vice-chairman and president Brian Gu tells CNA’s Julie Yoo in an interview.

In a wide-ranging interview with CNA’s Saksith Saiyasombut at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty also discussed opportunities for greater trade and investment with Asia and the growing debt burden on developing countries.

As global competition for investments, businesses and talent intensifies, Singapore must actively tell its own story rather than rely solely on its reputation for stability and reliability, says Permanent Secretary for Energy, Trade and Industry Beh Swan Gin.