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ASEAN Foundation expands AI-skills programme to train 1.7M students, teachers by 2028

The ASEAN Foundation has received endorsement of Southeast Asian education officials for an expanded program to equip more than 1.7 million students, teachers, and university staff with practical AI skills by the end of 2028.

Enterprise Singapore opens Boston office, signs Massachusetts trade partnership

Enterprise Singapore has opened an office in Boston, its fifth in the United States, to help Singapore companies expand on the U.S. East Coast, and has signed its first U.S. state-level partnership, with Massachusetts.

Belgium’s insurer Ageas completes $1.3B sale of Maybank insurance stake, exiting 25-year venture

Belgium's insurer Ageas has completed the sale of its 30.95 percent stake in Maybank Ageas Holdings, the Malaysian parent of insurer Etiqa, to its partner Maybank for about €1.1B billion ($1.3 billion), ending a 25-year joint venture.

VVMF wins TGA license for Sydney viral vector facility

Australia’s VVMF has secured a TGA manufacturing license for its Westmead facility to produce specified viral vectors under GMP standards.

Grab in talks to buy SoftBank-backed fintech firm Atome — report

Grab has been pursuing growth through both acquisitions and expansion of its existing businesses, according to the report. Earlier this year, Grab acquired US-based Stash Financial Inc at an enterprise value of US$425 million and bought Foodpanda’s Taiwan operations from Delivery Hero SE for $600 million.

Krungsri and Kyndryl executives at a partnership signing ceremony

Krungsri renews Kyndryl core banking agreement for five years

Thailand's Krungsri renewed a five-year agreement with Kyndryl covering core infrastructure, mainframe services, automation and AI-enabled operations.

Anthropic reports AI-orchestrated attacks and model theft

Anthropic says it disrupted AI-orchestrated cyber operations and unauthorized attempts by labs to extract capabilities from Claude.

Ant International initiates Agentic Mobile Protocol globally; aligns with Mastercard, Visa on ‘Know-Your-Agent’ standards

Ant International, Mastercard, and Visa will collaborate on common "Know-Your-Agent" standards to verify the AI agents that make payments, as the three payment groups push to let autonomous software transact across their networks.

Japan’s Mitsui taps Singapore’s Oncoshot for AI oncology-data platform across IHH hospital network

Japan's Mitsui & Co. will collaborate with Singapore's Oncoshot to use the firm's AI platform for analyzing cancer-clinical data, aiming to expand oncology research across the hospital network of Malaysia's IHH Healthcare.

Vietnam leases 4.5 hectares land to Singapore’s Sembcorp joint venture for $480M data center

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has leased 4.5 hectares in its Saigon Hi-Tech Park to Starmason, a joint venture of Singapore's Sembcorp Development and Vietnamese partner BB Holding, to build a $480 million hyperscale data center.