Indonesia has agreed to accept assistance from neighbouring countries to tackle the forest fires that have sent haze across the region. Indonesian Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir said on Oct. 15 that President Prabowo Subianto had approved the assistance, while the National Disaster Management...
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A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight that was bound for Singapore ended up getting diverted back to San Francisco due to an unruly passenger just a few hours after takeoff on Oct. 14. Passenger injured himself An SIA spokesperson told Mothership in an Oct. 16 media reply that the un...
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A 24-year-old BYD Seal driver accused of causing a six-vehicle crash that killed a five-year-old girl in Kuala Lumpur has pleaded not guilty to three traffic offences. Raeven Goh Wey Haur, a bank employee, entered his plea at the Kuala Lumpur Magistrates’ Court on Oct. 15, report...
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Singapore has endured nearly two weeks of unhealthy air quality in at least part of the country, with Friday marking six weeks since it recorded its first unhealthy 24-hour PSI reading of the year....
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The Centre for Integrative Human Cell Research and Translation was launched on Oct 16.
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The drug, 2,4-Dinitrophenol, or DNP, has been banned in the US for almost 90 years and is listed as a poison in Singapore.
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The state coroner found that the youth had probably taken dinitrophenol, which can only be obtained illicitly in Singapore.
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While visiting her sister in Hong Kong in June 2025, a 36-year-old tourist from Singapore was attacked with acid, perpetrated by a then-17-year-old teenager. The attack left her with second-degree burns on both legs. Although he fled the scene, the teenager, Anson Kew, later turn...
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Prolonged dry weather linked to El Nino is affecting crop yields and hampering efforts to contain fires contributing to the regional haze, industry players say....
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Photos and videos have circulated online showing the state of rainwater collected in pails in Singapore following a downpour on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, as hazy conditions persisted. The rainwater collected in receptacles appeared greyish and blackish. A number of photos and vide...
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The initiative will provide six months of workforce consultancy support from BCG.
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The body of a 76-year-old Singaporean woman was found decomposed in a shophouse in Johor, Malaysia, on Oct. 13, Shin Min Daily News reported. The shophouse is located in Gelang Patah. The owner of a nearby shop, Chen (transliteration), 26, told Shin Min that the upper floors of t...
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SINGAPORE: As the air quality in Singapore has continued to worsen due to the haze stemming from forest and peatland fires in Indonesia, a local Reddit user on Oct 15 expressed concern over the risks children are exposed to, given that schools have remained open. On Oct 10, Educa...
