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Project Freedom Backfires, Iran Strikes the UAE, ADB Cuts Asia Growth Forecast
Season 2 Episode 219
Headline news for May 5, 2026: Project Freedom triggers a sharp escalation as the U.S. sinks six Iranian boats and Iran fires missiles at a UAE port …
2 months, 1 week ago
Trump Launches Project Freedom and Singapore Signs an Essential Supplies Deal
Season 2 Episode 218
Headline news for May 4, 2026: President Trump launches Project Freedom to escort stranded ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, even as a tanker is str…
2 months, 1 week ago
Oil Back Up, Powell Exits and Trump Says the Iran Blockade Could Last Months
Season 2 Episode 217
Headline news for April 30, 2026: Oil closes at its highest level since 2022 as President Trump says the Iran blockade could last months with no nucl…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Economy Is Changing. Will We Still Have Work?
Season 3 Episode 1
Minister for Manpower, Tan See Leng and Minister of State for Digital Development and Information, Jasmin Lau join Claressa Monteiro on Lens on Singa…
2 months, 1 week ago
UAE Quits OPEC After Sixty Years as Iran War Fractures the Gulf's Energy Order
Season 2 Episode 216
Headline news for April 29, 2026: The UAE quits OPEC after nearly sixty years, effective Friday, as the Iran war fractures the Gulf's energy order an…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump Unhappy with Iran's Proposal as King Charles Arrives in Washington
Season 2 Episode 215
Headline news for April 28, 2026: Electric vehicles cross the fifty per cent threshold in Singapore for the first time, as Trump rejects Iran's lates…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Iran’s New Peace Proposal, an Assassination Attempt and Ham Wins the Singapore Open
Season 2 Episode 214
Headline news for April 27, 2026: Iran submits a new peace proposal through Pakistani mediators as the Strait of Hormuz stays shut and oil climbs. In…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
HDB Prices Fall, Iran Storms a Cargo Ship and Israel-Lebanon Buys Time
Season 2 Episode 213
Headline news for April 24, 2026: Israel and Lebanon extend their ceasefire by three weeks after an Oval Office meeting, but Iran tightens its grip o…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ceasefire Deadline Shifts, Japan Rewrites Its Defence and Apple's a New CEO
Season 2 Episode 212
Headline news for April 21, 2026: The Iran ceasefire deadline has been pushed to Wednesday evening Washington time, Thursday morning in Singapore, as…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hormuz Shuts Again, Oil Surges as Truce Teeters Before Tuesday Deadline
Season 2 Episode 211
Headline news for April 20, 2026: The Iran ceasefire teeters on collapse as the US seizes an Iranian cargo ship, Tehran fires on commercial vessels a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago