🇯🇵 Japan election landslide clears path for Takaichi to deliver tax cuts
Analysts have cautioned that concerns over worsening finances could cause unintended yen falls, that could in turn push up food prices via higher import costs.
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Analysts have cautioned that concerns over worsening finances could cause unintended yen falls, that could in turn push up food prices via higher import costs.
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🤝 India, Malaysia renew pledges to boost trade, collaboration
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Indian PM Modi witnessed the exchange of 11 co-operation agreements, including on semiconductors, disaster management and peacekeeping.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Indian PM Modi witnessed the exchange of 11 co-operation agreements, including on semiconductors, disaster management and peacekeeping.
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🚙 Electric cars reach milestone: Singapore's 10 best-selling car brands for 2025
Find out which models moved the numbers for the best-selling car brands in Singapore.
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Find out which models moved the numbers for the best-selling car brands in Singapore.
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🫢 Hazelle Teo initially mistook pianist fiance as 'gay and uninterested', he says he wanted to be 'professional'
Yes 933 radio DJ Hazelle Teo has started a podcast with her pianist fiance James Wong, and they talked about their first "misunderstanding" on the first episode of The Couple's Classroom uploaded on Feb 7.
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Yes 933 radio DJ Hazelle Teo has started a podcast with her pianist fiance James Wong, and they talked about their first "misunderstanding" on the first episode of The Couple's Classroom uploaded on Feb 7.
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☀️ Good morning! Here are some stories you might have missed yesterday:
🇰🇷 South Korean military helicopter crashes during training, killing 2 https://asia1.news/4kmwF0p
🤔 China overturns Canadian's death sentence after Carney visit, lawyer says https://asia1.news/4bCPIkW
🇰🇷 South Korean military helicopter crashes during training, killing 2 https://asia1.news/4kmwF0p
🤔 China overturns Canadian's death sentence after Carney visit, lawyer says https://asia1.news/4bCPIkW
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😱 Bus driver and 12 others taken to hospital after accident involving 2 buses at Sengkang bus stop
The accident involved two buses at a bus stop outside Sengkang Community Hub on Monday (Feb 9).
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The accident involved two buses at a bus stop outside Sengkang Community Hub on Monday (Feb 9).
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😢 84-year-old woman dies after being hit by power-assisted bicycle in Bedok
The victim was found unconscious with a skull fracture and massive bleeding from her head.
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The victim was found unconscious with a skull fracture and massive bleeding from her head.
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🚫💳 Restriction on foreign credit cards among measures considered to curb Ron95 purchase by foreign vehicles
Malaysia's Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Armizan Mohd Ali said that measures to enhance legislation must close the current loopholes, but not impose on station staff beyond what is reasonably their job scope.
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Malaysia's Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Armizan Mohd Ali said that measures to enhance legislation must close the current loopholes, but not impose on station staff beyond what is reasonably their job scope.
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😨 Policeman at Johor checkpoint draws gun on Singapore car refusing to stop in viral video
When two Malaysian policemen approach the Singapore-registered car, the driver was seen abruptly reversing before jerking forward and lightly bumping into the cam car.
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When two Malaysian policemen approach the Singapore-registered car, the driver was seen abruptly reversing before jerking forward and lightly bumping into the cam car.
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🫨 Man is 1st Singaporean sentenced to community service and fine under Malaysia's new anti-littering law
Mohamed Nuh Qurasaini Kayat was sentenced on Monday (Feb 9) by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. He pleaded guilty to throwing a cigarette butt on the ground near a 7-Eleven convenience store in Jalan Bukit Bintang on Jan 1 at around 1.45am.
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Mohamed Nuh Qurasaini Kayat was sentenced on Monday (Feb 9) by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. He pleaded guilty to throwing a cigarette butt on the ground near a 7-Eleven convenience store in Jalan Bukit Bintang on Jan 1 at around 1.45am.
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📈 Singapore's economy grows 6.9% year-on-year in Q4 2025, higher than advance estimate
Full-year growth for 2025 came in at 5.0 per cent, compared to a preliminary reading of 4.8 per cent and revised growth of 5.3 per cent in 2024.
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Full-year growth for 2025 came in at 5.0 per cent, compared to a preliminary reading of 4.8 per cent and revised growth of 5.3 per cent in 2024.
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📚 Over half of eligible Singaporeans aged 30 to 75 have used SkillsFuture credits; expiry of top-up spurred use
606,000 people enrolled in SkillsFuture Singapore-supported training in 2025, up from 555,000 people in 2024.
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606,000 people enrolled in SkillsFuture Singapore-supported training in 2025, up from 555,000 people in 2024.
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😮 ICA foils bid to import drones and replica guns into Singapore via shipping container
ICA officers stopped an attempt to smuggle 72 undeclared drones and over 10 replica guns into Singapore after spotting anomalies in a cargo container at PSA Tanjong Pagar Terminal on Jan 22.
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ICA officers stopped an attempt to smuggle 72 undeclared drones and over 10 replica guns into Singapore after spotting anomalies in a cargo container at PSA Tanjong Pagar Terminal on Jan 22.
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😰 Jailed: Taiwan man, 73, who pushed bedridden wife, 68, out 14th floor window after caring for her for years
A 73-year-old man in Taiwan was jailed for two years and six months after pushing his bedridden wife to her death from their 14th-floor flat, with the court citing years of caregiving strain and declining health as mitigating factors.
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A 73-year-old man in Taiwan was jailed for two years and six months after pushing his bedridden wife to her death from their 14th-floor flat, with the court citing years of caregiving strain and declining health as mitigating factors.
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😤 Man caught on video cutting community cat's fur with scissors in Everton Park
A man was caught on CCTV allegedly pinning down a community cat at Everton Park and cutting off patches of its fur with scissors, sparking outrage online and renewed calls from residents to bring the well-loved feline indoors for its safety.
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A man was caught on CCTV allegedly pinning down a community cat at Everton Park and cutting off patches of its fur with scissors, sparking outrage online and renewed calls from residents to bring the well-loved feline indoors for its safety.
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😮💨 'It's honest work': Former PPP candidate Samuel Lee spotted working as food delivery rider
Former People Power Party candidate Samuel Lee was spotted working as a food delivery rider, saying he took on the job as a straightforward and honest way to tide over a gap between roles, a move that has earned him praise online for making a living through honest work.
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Former People Power Party candidate Samuel Lee was spotted working as a food delivery rider, saying he took on the job as a straightforward and honest way to tide over a gap between roles, a move that has earned him praise online for making a living through honest work.
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MRT Circle Line tunnel strengthening works near 50% completion
The overall works progress for tunnel strengthening works at a stretch of tunnel along the MRT’s Circle Line is at nearly 50 per cent.
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The overall works progress for tunnel strengthening works at a stretch of tunnel along the MRT’s Circle Line is at nearly 50 per cent.
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In 2025, the youngest drug abuser arrested was just 12 years old. Meanwhile, half of the new drug abusers arrested were below 30 years old.
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'Youth drug problem remains a concern', says CNB; youngest abuser arrested in 2025 just 12
Of the 1,165 new drug abusers arrested in 2025, 583 were below 30 years of age.
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Of the 1,165 new drug abusers arrested in 2025, 583 were below 30 years of age.
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Man, 36, to be charged after refusing police checks on Coleman Street and fleeing against traffic, causing accident
The incident happened at about 1.50am along Coleman Street, with the car later found abandoned along Central Boulevard, where items believed to be controlled drugs were found.
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The incident happened at about 1.50am along Coleman Street, with the car later found abandoned along Central Boulevard, where items believed to be controlled drugs were found.
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'Truly like a fairy': Aunt remembers 6-year-old girl who died in Chinatown accident
The body of Sheyna Lashira was repatriated to Jakarta on Sunday morning, and the child was laid to rest at the Tanah Kusir Cemetery that day, said Indonesian police.
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The body of Sheyna Lashira was repatriated to Jakarta on Sunday morning, and the child was laid to rest at the Tanah Kusir Cemetery that day, said Indonesian police.
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