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Car crashes into home-based dining business in Katong, believed to have self-skidded
A car crashed into a landed home and knocked down a portion of its outer perimeter wall in Katong on Oct. 18. The home was also the premises of Liu Fu Si Fang Cai , a home-based dining business. In response to Mothership's queries, the police said that they were alerted to the in...
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'Even a small country can make a very big difference': Ukraine ambassador thanks S'pore in farewell video
Ukraine's ambassador to Singapore, Kateryna Zelenko, has expressed her gratitude to Singapore for standing by Ukraine during some of its most difficult years, as she prepares to leave her post. In a farewell video shared on Facebook by the Embassy of Ukraine in Singapore, Zelenko...
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Indonesia says it's 'still capable' of handling forest fires on its own, but welcomes S'pore & M'sia's assistance
Indonesia has yet to take up neighbouring countries' offers of assistance to tackle the forest fires that have spread thick haze across the region because it believes it is still capable of managing the situation. That is why it has not declared the forest and land fires a nation...
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S'pore & Qatar will work towards upgrading relations to Strategic Partnership, cooperate in energy, defence & trade
Singapore and Qatar plan to upgrade their bilateral ties to a Strategic Partnership, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in an Oct. 19 statement. It added that both countries agreed to work towards elevating relations in a meeting on the same day with both countries' minis...
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Singapore, Sweden to boost cooperation in clean energy transition, public policy
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy signed agreements with two Swedish institutions.
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Teen assisting in investigations after attempt to smuggle controlled weapons, ammunition into S’pore
Six packets and a bottle of BB pellets, 40 packets of 72 caps and five units of replica guns were found.
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Indonesian firm APP says green label restrictions are not a suspension, no timeline for them to be lifted
The Singapore Environment Council issued the restriction on Sunday after three of APP's wood-fibre suppliers were linked to fires in Indonesia that caused haze in Singapore....
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Man, 42, charged after allegedly using electronic device at Mustafa to obtain shoppers' bank card details
A 42-year-old man has been charged for allegedly using an electronic device to illegally obtain customers’ bank card information at a retail establishment along Syed Alwi Road. Liu Xi, a Chinese national, was detained by security guards after he was seen moving suspiciously. Used...
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Kindergarten operator in China jailed for life after more than 200 children get lead poisoning
A kindergarten operator in China has been sentenced to life imprisonment for violating national food safety regulations. Li Huifang instructed kitchen staff to add inedible paint to food to enhance its colour and entice children to eat it, Lianhe Zaobao reported. In July 2025, 23...
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MOM issues new guidelines for employers to adjust outdoor work based on hourly PM2.5 readings
The additional guidance complements existing guidelines based on the 24-hour PSI forecast, said the manpower ministry.