The heir to Britain’s throne is visiting Singapore for the third annual award ceremony of the Earthshot Prize, an initiative that his Royal Foundation charity launched in 2020. The prize money is awarded in a catalytic event and provides the winners with a boost to scale their environmental solutions globally. The winning innovations include an Indian maker of solar-powered dryers, a soil carbon marketplace and groups that deter illegal fishing and restore Andean forests. The finalists were announced at an awards ceremony at Mediacorp Theatre on Tuesday. The Prince — who wore a sharp dark green velour suit and dickie bow for the occasion — was joined by host Hannah Waddingham and singer Sterling K. Brown for the festivities, which also included performances by Bastille and OneRepublic.

The Singapore Literature Prize, a biennial literary prize offered by the Singapore Book Council in Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil, handed out 12 winners across the island’s four languages on Thursday (August 25). In the English category, author and translator Jeremy Tiang won for his work with Chinese author Zhang Yueran’s Cocoon (2022), which was judged for its “total lack of seriousness and compromise, and its over-the-top audacity and absurdity.” The self-published Cockman 2022 by Kenfoo, about a chicken from another dimension stranded in human form in Singapore, won the inaugural English comic or graphic novel award.

Despite the sluggish global economy, the nation’s youth remain optimistic about their career prospects, with more than half of them planning to work in the tech sector, according to a new survey by the Ministry of Manpower. The survey, titled the Youth Trends Report, is based on a representative sample of more than 1,500 youths between 15 and 29 from various ethnic backgrounds across the country. It shows that millennials are more positive than their older counterparts about the job market and economic prospects.

For the first time, the country’s national research agency, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), has launched an online competition to develop AI models that can distinguish between benign memes and harmful ones. The contest, which closes on September 30, is part of A*STAR’s efforts to foster safer interactions on social media and in the digital world.

The winner will receive a grant worth $500,000 from A*STAR to fund up to two research internships at its partner universities in the US, the UK and Australia over the next five years. The winner will be selected by A*STAR, the universities and their partners based on the merit of their submissions. The other finalists will receive up to $100,000 each for their work. Read more here.