At least $4.8m lost to scams involving conmen posing as Harvey Norman staff since January
Scammers would claim that victims had purchased a TV set or have a pending delivery confirmation.
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At least S$4.8 million lost to scams involving fake Harvey Norman staff since January
Victims would receive unsolicited calls from scammers pretending to be Harvey Norman staff, claiming the victims had bought a television set or had a pending delivery confirmation....
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Korean man in S'pore secretly filmed ex-girlfriend's nude video calls, discovered by new girlfriend
A South Korean man secretly recorded his ex-girlfriend while they engaged in nude video calls, only to later be discovered by his new girlfriend. According to Shin Min Daily News ( Shin Min ), the 44-year-old man was sentenced to three months in jail after pleading guilty to one ...
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With new AI tool, SGH can detect brain bleeding from CT scans in a few minutes
This would usually take 30 minutes to an hour.
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2 men, aged 27 & 33, arrested in S’pore for possessing & accessing child abuse material after crackdown in Italy
Two men, aged 27 and 33, were arrested in Singapore for possessing and gaining access to child abuse material. This comes after police in Italy arrested 17 people as part of investigations into an Italy-based international network that distributed child sexual abuse material. Sin...
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S'pore labour market growing, even though retrenchments up, job vacancies fall: MOM report
Singapore’s labour market continued to expand in the second quarter of 2026 as economic growth improved. Total employment increased by 11,400, marking the 19th consecutive quarter of growth. This is an increase from 9,400 in the first quarter of 2026, and 10,400 in the second qua...
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Japan worker, 19, dies after falling from tower, suicide note claims co-worker told him to 'just die'
About a week after a 19-year-old worker in Japan died after falling from a 40 metre-tall transmission tower, his family said that he had left behind a suicide note. The police of the local prefecture said that on Sep. 9, Kazuki Matsuoka had been on the tower to check for damage t...
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Singapore saves S$123.8M in fossil fuel import costs as solar power investments cushions global energy crisis
SINGAPORE: Singapore saved US$97 million (S$123.8 million) in fossil fuel import costs, with most of the savings coming from avoided gas imports, a Finland-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) report published in late August found, thanks to the city-state’s i...
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S$3 billion money laundering case in S'pore: Yayoi Kusama bag sells for S$87,000 in auction after 81 bids
A limited-edition Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama bag sold for S$87,000 after 81 bids at the first auction of seized handbags and accessories from the S$3 billion money laundering case in Singapore. The auction was held on the night of Sep. 20; the 30-minute competition for the piec...
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2 women, aged 39 & 54, arrested after more than 900 counterfeit goods seized from 2 shops in Orchard mall
Two women, aged 39 and 54, were arrested for their suspected involvement in the sale of counterfeit goods. From SPF From SPF On Sep. 16, officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) conducted simultaneous raids at two retail shops in a shopping mall along Scotts Road...
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China's Yu Zidi, 13, smashes record again with second Asian Games swim gold
Yu gave another glimpse of her enormous potential in Tokyo as she scorched to victory in the women's 200m individual medley in 2min 06.10sec, 0.72sec faster than the previous Asian Games record....
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Malaysian PM Anwar says he flagged concerns over Najib’s pardon to king
Speaking at an event on Sunday (Sep 20), Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also rejected suggestions that he had paved the way for former PM Najib Razak’s conditional pardon from jail to house arrest, saying every prisoner had the right to an appeal....
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Ex-President Halimah asks hard question about predators working with children in Singapore
SINGAPORE: In a recent social media post, former President Halimah Yacob commented on a recent story of a man who was discovered to have sexually abused 11 children over three decades. On Sep 17, this man, now 71 years old, was sentenced to 21 years in jail. Because he is over th...