A Singapore businessman lost SGD4.9 million (US$3.8 million) to scammers who used AI-generated deepfakes of Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, and BlackRock executives during a fraudulent Zoom conference to convince him to transfer funds.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is set to visit the Russian city of Kazan next week in a trip that would mark the first high-level talks between leaders from both sides since the city state imposed sanctions on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, sources have confirmed. Wong will attend the Asean-Russia Commemorative Summit from June 17 to June 19 to mark the 35th anniversary of dialogue relations between Moscow and Asean, according to sources who spoke to This Week in Asia on condition...