AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoLegal Accountability: Singapore’s Court of Three Judges struck Workers’ Party chief Pritam Singh off the rolls for dishonesty in giving false evidence to a parliamentary committee, ending his lawyer status (but not his MP role). Regional Politics & Justice: Nepal’s ex-PM Sher Bahadur Deuba returned home to a rousing welcome after months abroad for treatment, amid ongoing legal and political challenges. Aviation & Global Connectivity: Incheon Airport overtook Heathrow and Changi to become the world’s busiest international hub in the first half of 2026, underlining how shifting geopolitics and capacity expansions are reshuffling travel rankings. Tech & Governance: Microsoft is retreating from China—shutting at least 15 offices/joint ventures—while AI and export controls complicate its cloud and AI scaling. Singapore-Linked Business: ST Telemedia Global Data Centres secured up to US$1.37b in green financing for a Johor data centre campus, with Singapore-linked Temasek backing in the background. Public Safety & Society: A Singaporean historian renewed calls for broader international cooperation to document Japan’s wartime biological warfare activities in Southeast Asia.
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