Sep 20: French submarine building deal with Australia abruptly ended after the latter decided to join a defence pact with the United Kingdom and the United States, the US government admits that a drone strike conducted in Kabul killed 10 innocent people, and Iran formally begins the process to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a Eurasia-adjacent alliance.
Aug 16: The UN released a climate report last Monday emphasising global warming may reach an irreversible state, North Korea did not answer routine calls with South Korea on inter-Korean hotlines last Tuesday, Taliban forces entered Afghanistan’s capital Kabul last Sunday
July 19: Protests erupt in Communist Cuba, Indonesia becomes new COVID-19 epicentre, New Zealand’s PM Ardern holds APEC meeting with world leaders
Feb 15: US Senate revives Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act, Italy swears in a new Prime Minister, Iran threatens to pursue nuclear weapons
Feb 8: Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO, Myanmar’s Military Topples Aung San Suu Kyi’s Government, Brazil’s Anti-corruption Efforts Dismantled
As part of our All in a Day’s Work series, we talk to Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) alumni Jacqueline Stansilas to find out more about her former career at the Singaporean-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce.
The IAS Gazette is a news site run by undergraduates from the Singapore Institute of Management’s International Affairs Society (IAS). Founded in 2018, it traces its roots to The Capital, a now defunct bimonthly magazine previously under the IAS.
