Singapore and the US Agree to Strengthen Cooperation in Infrastructure Finance
On 17 October 2019, Singapore and the United States of America signed a Framework to Strengthen Infrastructure Finance and Market Building Cooperation. The agreement builds on broader initiatives between Singapore and the US, and aims to facilitate technical exchanges...
Singapore Establishes World’s Largest Genetic Databank of Multi-Ethnic Asians
Scientists and clinicians from several research institutions in Singapore have established a new genetic databank containing the completed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data of close to 5,000 Singaporeans. The study, published in Cell on 17 October 2019, is the...
Singapore Unveils National AI Strategy
In November 2019, Singapore launched a National AI Strategy consolidating all current existing initiatives related to AI, such as those with AI Singapore (AISG), a national AI program launched by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in 2017 with funding of SGD 150...