Energy crisis

Sea freight, postal service providers in S’pore charging more after Middle East conflict: SingStat

The price increases were particularly pronounced in the sea freight transport, freight forwarding, and postal and courier segments.

Thailand launches US$1.5 billion household solar push

A worker installing solar panels at a factory in Nakhon Pathom province in Thailand.

Training public officers at global firms part of new initiatives to grow S’pore nuclear talent

The government will launch another two programmes for the private sector and international energy leaders.

S’pore to tap diverse energy sources, explore new tech, to weather resource nationalism: Tan See Leng

Minister for Energy, Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Tan See Leng giving a speech at the Singapore International Energy Week 2026 on Oct 26.

News analysis

India is a ‘refining superpower’, says Rubio, as the world faces a potential energy crisis

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right) and Dr. Rajesh Gawande, the secretary of protocol of the government of Maharashtra, in Mumbai on Oct 21.

Cuba’s public transport plunges to all-time low amid US fuel blockade, minister says

Since the US imposed a de facto ban on fuel imports on Cuba’s communist-run government in late January, the Caribbean’s largest island has seen an unprecedented collapse in public transportation.

Singapore, Qatar to work towards upgrading ties to strategic partnership

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Amiri Diwan in Doha on Oct 19.

Wall Street tumbles as worries about AI trade and high oil prices weigh

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange before the closing bell in New York City on Oct 16.

How small modular reactors put nuclear energy back on the table for Singapore and ASEAN

Oil edges lower after rising on expanding Middle East conflict

Oil has risen more than 70% in 2026 as the US war on Iran roils energy markets.

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