📸✈️🇮🇸 Icelandair invites applications for 'really bad photographer', offers $63k and 10-day trip

Ever been told off for taking a bad picture of friends or family members? You might just be the candidate Icelandair is looking for.

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🛬🛫 11 countries in a year: Meet the young Singaporean who's solo backpacking after quitting her job

For many, the length of an overseas trip is limited by how much annual leave they have. There's no such limit for Jennifer Hong, however.

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She even asked me to finish quicker because Minho was moving to the next stations.

🏋‍♂️🏃 Hyrox Singapore contestant laments girlfriend filmed Shinee's Minho more than him, netizens don't sympathise

Instagram user Jaiden participated in AIA Hyrox Singapore - which ran last week from April 3 to 5 - and his videos have gained lots of attention because of one popular celebrity.

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🐺🇰🇷 Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern

A wolf that escaped from its enclosure in a South Korean zoo has spent three days on the loose, captivating the public, spawning a cryptocurrency meme coin and even prompting a message of concern from the country's president.

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🍫 You can pluck a bon bon off Singapore's largest chocolate installation and eat it

If you're a fan of chocolate, here's some good news.

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Rally on Middle East conflict at Hong Lim Park: Authorities remind attendees, organisers to comply with public speaking conditions

Police warned that any coordinated display of Israeli- or Palestinian-related symbols and paraphernalia will not be allowed.

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🐟 'I'm an ordinary person. I can't be more ordinary': Ex-actor Huang Yiliang now a fishmonger, hawker

By 7am, six days a week, former actor Huang Yiliang is at MacPherson Market and Food Centre, scaling and cleaning fish at his wet market stall.

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Lim Tean fined $30,000 in disciplinary case over handling of client's money

The disciplinary case involved his handling of a $30,000 cheque that was meant for his client.

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US and Iran prepare for high-level talks as Israel and Hezbollah trade more fire

US vice president JD Vance said he believed the negotiations with Iran will be "positive." But he added, "If they're going to try and play us, then they're going to find that the negotiating team is not that receptive."

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Artemis II's record-breaking journey around the moon ends with dramatic splashdown

Artemis II's astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday (April 10) to close out humanity's first lunar voyage in more than a half-century.

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Asean financial leaders voice concern about Middle East tensions and trade threats

They said risks they must monitor included policy uncertainty from tariffs, capital flow volatility, climate-related shocks, and debt.

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No reported injuries in container vessel fire at PSA Pasir Panjang Terminal: MPA

In an updated statement on Saturday (April 11), the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the fire involving containers onboard London-registered container vessel Ever Lenient has been extinguished.

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Cambodia's king undergoing treatment for prostate cancer

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni said on Friday (April 10) he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment in China.

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China warns online travel platforms against automated train ticket programmes

Chinese authorities summoned seven online platforms selling train tickets including Trip.com, Meituan, Tongcheng and Alibaba's Fliggy, warning the firms against disruptive, automated ticketing programmes.

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Indonesia's Prabowo calls for criminal charges against firms resisting forest crackdown

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto launched a task force in 2025 to crack down on illegal activities in the country's forests.

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Taiwan spotted Chinese warplanes as Xi met opposition leader in Beijing

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday (April 11) that it spotted 16 Chinese warplanes operating near the island the previous day, around the same time China's president was meeting the Taiwanese opposition leader.

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US intelligence indicates China preparing weapons shipment to Iran, CNN reports

Beijing is preparing to transfer shoulder-fired anti-air missile systems known as MANPADs, CNN said, citing sources it did not name.

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DPM Gan to meet US cabinet members during April 12-17 visit

DPM Gan Kim Yong will meet state leaders and private sector representatives in Texas before heading to Washington to meet with cabinet secretaries and members of Congress. He will also attend a IMF plenary meeting.

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Experts explain why Singapore needs to align with rules and principles over Strait of Hormuz

They say countries will need to be clear about their national interests and principles to anchor around an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment.

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Women criticised for riding PMAs with children in Jurong East, blasting music

Personal mobility aid (PMA) users are not allowed to carry passengers. Come June, they will also be required to have a valid certificate of medical need.

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