
Tankers Transit Hormuz as the Iran Deal Faces Republican Backlash
Headline news for June 19, 2026: Oil tankers transit the Strait of Hormuz as the US. blockade is lifted but five hundred vessels are waiting and full normalisation could take weeks. The US-Iran deal f...
19 Juni 4min

Trump Signs Iran MOU at Versailles, Fed Holds Under Warsh and the G7 Backs Deal
Headline news for June 18, 2026: President Trump signs the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding at the Palace of Versailles and the Strait of Hormuz reopens instantly, all sanctions are lifted and th...
18 Juni 4min

Singapore Exports Surge, Iran's Reconstruction Fund and Trump Tells Russia to Make Peace
Headline news for June 17, 2026: Singapore's exports surge thirty-eight-point-four per cent in May on AI-driven demand. Reuters reveals a three-hundred-billion-dollar private reconstruction fund is em...
17 Juni 4min

BOJ Set to Hit One Per Cent, US-Iran Deal Extends the Ceasefire and Singapore Home Sales Slump
Headline news for June 16, 2026: The Bank of Japan is set to raise rates to one per cent today — the highest in nearly thirty years. The U.S. and Iran have signed a preliminary agreement extending the...
16 Juni 3min

US-Iran Peace Deal Sends Oil to a March Low and Asian Markets Surging
Headline news for June 15, 2026: The U.S. and Iran announce a peace deal to end their war. President Trump says it is "complete," ordering the naval blockade lifted and the Strait of Hormuz reopened, ...
15 Juni 4min

Trump Signals an Iran Deal, SpaceX Prices History's Largest IPO and Asian Markets Rally
Headline news for June 12, 2026: President Trump says a "great settlement" with Iran could see the Strait of Hormuz reopen this weekend, though Tehran has not confirmed. SpaceX prices the largest IPO ...
12 Juni 4min

SpaceX Prices History's Largest IPO, Iran Closes the Strait and Asian Markets Fall
Headline news for June 11, 2026: SpaceX prices the largest IPO in stock market history today with trading on Nasdaq beginning Friday evening Singapore time under the ticker SPCX. Iran declares the Str...
11 Juni 3min

My job, my skills, my future
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, but what does that actually mean for jobs in Singapore? In this episode of Lens on Singapore, Claressa Monteiro speaks with Dean Tong, head of grou...
10 Juni 22min



















