Grants and funds

HDB lapses saw flats allocated, housing grants given to ineligible applicants: AGO report

HDB also potentially overpaid a contractor $9.7 million for patrol and enforcement work that was not done.

Britain joins EU’s $132 billion support loan for Ukraine

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (centre left), French President Emmanuel Macron (centre right) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (centre) pose for a family picture with heads of states and governments before a summit of the Coalition of the Willing to support Ukraine in Paris on July 13, 2026.

Over 200 in S’pore apply to new $50 million fund to support community initiatives

Founded by Ben Ang (right) and Ismail Didih Ibrahim (left), Fellowship of Men Singapore is a non-profit that supports men to grow in emotional strength, relational integrity, and accountability together.

Pope Leo decries leaders who ‘feed’ wars while millions go hungry

Pope Leo urged governments to increase their spending and not subject food aid to limits based on geopolitical concerns during his visit to the Rome headquarters of the World Food Programme on June 22.

Iran deal includes $384.6 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source says

Iranian people in a park with a view of Milad Tower, in Tehran, Iran. A proposed $384.6 billion private fund to spur investment in Iran has secured commitments for more than half its target amount.

Trump ballroom cost soars to $769m, half from taxpayers, report says

US President Donald Trump showing images of the concept at the site of ongoing construction of the planned White House ballroom on May 19 in Washington DC.

Forum: Caregiver support must reflect changing realities

Hungary’s PM says he will conclude political deal on EU funds with von der Leyen

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar walks as he opens former Prime Minister Viktor Orban's offices to the public in Budapest, Hungary, May 16, 2026. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

Trump’s Board of Peace official Gaza fund is empty, source says

US President Donald Trump and other leaders attending the inaugural Board of Peace meeting on Feb 19, 2026, at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC.

Over $90 billion needed over next decade to rebuild Gaza, study says

Palestinians sitting on a trailer in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 18, 2026. The Israeli military campaign has killed more than 72,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.

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