Three seniors became unsuspecting victims of a crow attack after the bird's nest apparently fell from a tree at Crawford Lane. Residents in the area noticed that the nest had fallen on the ground outside Block 462 Crawford Lane in Lavender on Sep. 4, according to Shin Min Daily News. A resident...
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Some academics from the National University of Singapore (NUS) who were acknowledged in a working paper alleging that civil servants had engaged in "informed trading" of homes near unannounced MRT stations clarified that they were not involved in the paper’s research, and comment...
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Singapore's Ministry of Education (MOE) is building on ongoing efforts to adjust and manage teachers' workload, so they can spend more time on teaching and interacting with students. As part of these efforts, MOE is looking into the possibility of allowing teachers to focus on tw...
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Tower Transit Singapore is thanking three passengers on board a bus and a commuter at a bus stop after they helped a bus captain who became unresponsive while driving in Hougang. Their actions were commended in a Sep. 15 Facebook post , which stated that the incident took place t...
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Singapore is rewarding Singaporeans for reading. The gamification strategy was reported by CNN and The Guardian on Sep. 15, 2026. The objective is to get people to read for at least 15 minutes a day and to log their daily progress over time to cultivate the habit. ReadSG Challeng...
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"I invited him because I want to tell him that we can be friends and trade. We can accept Myanmar, but they must accept (its refugees) back," Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said....
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The driver was freed by SCDF with hydraulic rescue equipment.
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Ever since July, something has been brewing in Malaysia regarding the management and operations of Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH), Malaysia’s Haj pilgrims fund board. In 2018, the Malaysian taxpayer was required to rescue TH after it was discovered to have been misreporting its assets ...
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He allegedly threw a rock twice at the complex's main entrance glass door.
business
Anthropic, the company behind AI tool Claude, will open a Singapore office in October, according to a press release. It already has offices in Tokyo, Bengaluru, Seoul and Sydney, making this its fifth in the region. "From working with customers across Southeast Asia, I’ve seen th...
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From Sep. 16, Singapore Citizens, aged 18 and above, will receive a six-month complimentary subscription to a premium AI tool after attending an eligible AI course. They can find a list of over 200 curated courses and sign up for them on the MySkillsFuture website. The course mus...
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Growing up, I had naturally curly, voluminous hair. However, back then in school, my hair would catch eraser chunks thrown by my classmates. During one Chinese New Year, a relative grabbed decorative toy firecrackers from around the house and joked that an explosion must have giv...
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Ed Sheeran's Loop tour has faced significant backlash after opening act Macklemore was dropped following speeches he made on stage supporting Palestine. Macklemore, 43, an American rapper, announced that Sheeran, 35, had removed him from the tour in an Instagram post on Sep. 14. ...
