😰 Boy, 5, dies in Malaysia after choking on rambutan seed

Kemaman police superintendent Mohd Razi Rosli said the incident took place at 1.30pm at a house in Felda Neram 1, reported The Star. The boy was reportedly eating with his six-year-old sister at the time.

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[JUST IN] The Workers' Party (WP) has declined Prime Minister Lawrence Wong's invitation to nominate another MP as the Leader of the Opposition. The party was responding to PM Wong's letter on Jan 15.

In its response, the WP said that the "only tenable candidate" for the LO position would be the leader of the largest opposition party in Parliament.

Pritam Singh is currently the WP's secretary-general.

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🇸🇬 Workers' Party says it will not nominate new Leader of the Opposition

In a letter to Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, WP said that it is unable to nominate a new LO and that "only tenable candidate" for the role should be the leader of the largest opposition party in Parliament.

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🚌 Go-Ahead driver, 70, assisting with investigations after bus strays into Loyang estate, damaging multiple vehicles

According to CCTV footage from a resident shared on Instagram, a bus can be seen entering a landed estate and colliding with several parked cars before driving away.

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🔥 80 evacuated after fire breaks out at Boat Quay eatery

"The fire involved cooking equipment on the ground floor," said the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), adding that the blaze was extinguished using a water jet.

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2 injured in traffic accident on BKE near Woodlands Checkpoint

One person was taken to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital while the other was taken to Woodlands Hospital, said SCDF.

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🚘 COE prices 2026: COE prices climb again with Cat A up 7.34% to close at $109,501

LTA has attributed the increase in COE prices to seasonal demand arising from the Singapore Motor Show and the upcoming Chinese New Year.

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🩺 Expanded health initiative to cover kindergarten and P4-P5 pupils

Health Plan, an initiative helping children and adolescents lead a healthy lifestyle from young will be expanded to include kindergarteners and Primary 4 and 5 students.

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😧 3-month suspension, fine for TCM practitioner who forgot to remove needle from patient's buttock

The board's investigation found that the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, Zhao Ying, had violated multiple regulations in the TCM's terms of reference — professional guidelines that practitioners are expected to abide by.

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🕺 Explained: Does dancing really work when a free-roaming dog charges at you?

A viral video, first posted in 2024, showing a man in Malaysia breaking out in a series of impromptu dance moves as a dog charges at him has recently resurfaced on social media amid laughter and debate.

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Government accepts WP's decision, office of Leader of the Opposition to remain vacant: PMO

While agreeing with WP that the main opposition party in Parliament is "indeed the natural choice to serve", it said that Singapore is currently in an "exceptional situation" due to Pritam Singh's criminal conviction.

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🤕 2 injured in traffic accident on BKE near Woodlands Checkpoint

Two people were taken to hospital after a traffic accident at exit 10B of the Bukit Timah Expressway towards Woodlands Checkpoint, which temporarily blocked two lanes and caused delays.

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🤩 Sweet victory: Singapore scoops first prize at Gelato World Cup 2026

Singapore’s gelato team won first place at the Gelato World Cup 2026 in Italy, beating 11 other countries with a technically flawless and creatively strong “Circus”-themed presentation.

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🇰🇷 Former South Korean PM Han jailed for 23 years in martial law case

A South Korean court sentenced former prime minister Han Duck-soo to 23 years in jail for his role in facilitating the 2024 martial law declaration, marking the first conviction of a senior cabinet figure linked to the case.

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Rookie K-pop group 1Verse still navigating cultural differences, with North Korea defector member struggling with language

The quintet debuted in July 2025 with Hyuk and Seok, both 25-year-old North Korean defectors, Japanese member Aito, 20, and American members Nathan, 25, and Kenny, 23, who are of Lao-Thai and Chinese descent respectively.

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🧐 Mark Ruffalo's Hulk will not appear in Avengers: Doomsday

Mark Ruffalo confirmed that the Hulk will not appear in Avengers: Doomsday, though he remains open to returning to the role if future Marvel projects find new directions for the character.

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🚓 Heavy police presence during funeral of alleged former Hong Kong triad leader

These were not scenes from a Hong Kong TVB drama or movie, but the funeral of Heung Wa-yim, who was allegedly once the "dragon head" of Sun Yee On, one of Hong Kong's major triads.

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☀️ Good morning! Here are some stories you might have missed yesterday:

😔 Rescue workers clearing Karachi inferno ruins, 57 missing feared dead https://asia1.news/4btyNRV

🇧🇩 How an Islamist party is gaining ground in Bangladesh, worrying moderates https://asia1.news/49RVhJO

😮 Timothy Busfield edited out of You Deserve Each Other due to child sex abuse charges https://asia1.news/4jU4So7

😰 Trays, dirty dishes piled on tables and chairs at Chong Boon hawker centre spark netizens' concerns

Several diners also complained that the stacks of bowls and plates with leftover food have attracted crows and pigeons, creating a mess and an unsanitary environment.

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😔 Female motorcyclist, 33, dies after colliding with lorry on PIE

The accident involved a lorry and a motorcycle on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) towards Changi Airport.

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🦌 Rare sambar deer dies after road accident in Bukit Panjang

NParks group director of wildlife management How Choon Beng said it was alerted to the injured deer at about 10am on Tuesday (Jan 20), and an NParks team arrived at Chestnut Nature Park shortly afterwards. The male adult deer had died by the time the team arrived at the nature trail.

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