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This war between two European countries began in 2022 and disrupted global energy and grain supply chains.
What is the Russia-Ukraine War?
This major Singapore event returned in full scale in 2024, featuring fireworks, performances, and a mobile column.
What is the NDP?
This type of energy, such as wind and solar, is central to the transition away from fossil fuels
What is renewable energy?
This global day on March 8 promotes gender equality.
What is International Women's Day?
This form of public backlash involves shaming individuals for offensive behavior.
What is cancel culture?
This Middle Eastern region was the site of renewed violence between Israel and Hamas in late 2023.
What is the Gaza Strip?
This sprinter won multiple gold medals for Singapore in recent regional games.
Who is Shanti Pereira?
This climate goal involves balancing emissions with carbon removal.
What is net zero?
This lengthy abbreviation includes diverse sexual and gender identities.
What is LGBTQIA+?
This slang term refers to rapidly leaving a job without giving notice also applies in gaming.
What is rage-quitting?
This Southeast Asian country held a landmark election in 2023 that ended military-aligned rule.
What is Thailand?
This plan outlines Singapore’s strategy toward a more sustainable and greener future.
What is the SG Green Plan?
This term describes the practice of making misleading climate claims for marketing purposes.
What is greenwashing?
This phrase calls out social justice posts on social media as being more for social standing than genuine conviction.
What is virtue signalling?
This workplace trend refers to doing only what is required of one’s job and no more.
What is quiet quitting?
This international financial institution warned of a potential global recession in 2024.
What is the IMF?
This initiative aims to refresh Singapore’s social compact through citizen feedback.
What is Forward SG?
The 2025 COP30 will be held in this country, setting new targets for supporting developing countries.
What is Brazil?
In 2019, protests in Hong Kong challenged this controversial bill relating to suspected criminals.
What is the anti-extradition bill?
This trend discourages one's social media followers from buying trendy or overhyped products.
What is de-influencing?
This major international waterway faced severe shipping delays due to drought in 2023.
What is the Panama Canal?
This new HDB flat classification system was introduced in 2023.
What are Prime, Plus and Standard flats?
This controversial method proposes reflecting sunlight to cool the Earth.
What is solar geoengineering?
This Singapore-based non-profit initiative empowers youth to speak up on mental health.
What is Campus PSY?
This AI phenomenon occurs when a system confidently provides false information.
What is AI-hallucination?