Kopi With YP: Your Minimalist Morning Brief, 29 Mar

Get up to speed and stay smart with the latest business, tech, and local news in under 2 minutes

Business

As the Brexit divorce papers were signed, the pound sank 1.3% and 1.18% against the US dollar and SGD respectively.

The Fed’s vice-president expressed concerns over the possibility of the re-emergence of protectionism in the global economy.

China’s Tencent bought 5% of Tesla, becoming the latter’s biggest shareholder.
 

World

Australia holds an emergency meeting with China after Canberra’s failure to ratify an extradition treaty.

Trump declared an end to a “war of coal”, signing an order to roll back Obama’s climate measure.

Last year, Asia suffered economic losses amounting to $1.6 billion from disasters alone.
 

Local

Our medical tourism has not been in the pink of health lately, with medical tourists now looking elsewhere for healthcare.

The Singpost Centre at Paya Lebar is expecting a new retail mall and services with new technology-enabled innovations.

SMRT said that the train signalling trial “went smoothly” and commuters can expect another trial this Thursday.
 

Tech

Consumers will get a new level of convenience with Amazon’s debut of AmazonFresh pickup, bundled as a free subscription for Amazon Prime.

Its biggest change in a decade. The new Facebook camera will soon feature Facebook Stories.