🤮🩸 'Disgusting': Bedok residents fume over blood-stained sanitary pads dumped at HDB block

Used sanitary pads couldn't have been blown away by the winds, right?

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Police sound alarm on fraudulent Telegram messages promoting GST Voucher scheme

If there's a link which asks for personal information - DON'T.

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⚽🏆 UK urges Fifa to investigate Argentina over Falklands banner at World Cup

The Fifa fines for political messaging are US$5,000 (S$6,445) to US$20,000.

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🌠 Faint new planet is revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding

"It was very much playing hide-and-seek for 11 years," said the European Southern Observatory's Markus Bonse.

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

😨 Czech citizen detained in China faces espionage investigation https://asia1.news/4bhAAIT

😮 Protesters rally in Kyiv as Zelenskiy moves to oust Ukraine's defence minister https://asia1.news/4psoC4S

🧐 UK urges Fifa to investigate Argentina over Falklands banner at World Cup https://asia1.news/4w98Bn2

😮 $3b money laundering case: Singaporean corporate service provider jailed 32 weeks for falsifying accounts

Wang Junjie had conspired with Su Haijin to falsify Yihao Cyber Technologies’ financial accounts between 2019 and 2022 by inflating its revenue, gross profit and trade receivables. He then used the falsified financial information to make false representations to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) and Ministry of Manpower. 

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😰 Malaysian, 19, nabbed with 3kg of cannabis at Hong Kong airport

The male passenger, who arrived from Kuala Lumpur via Singapore on July 9, is believed to be a drug mule, according to Malaysia police.

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🇵🇭 Philippines condemns Chinese state media's 'racist' video depicting Filipinos as monkeys

The Philippines strongly condemned state-run China Daily for releasing an AI-generated video that depicted Filipinos as monkeys, saying the "racist" imagery is "offensive, distressing and unacceptable" and drawing a firm line against dehumanising propaganda.

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👮 Man locks himself and mum in Clementi HDB flat, apprehended after 3-hour standoff with police

A 48-year-old man was apprehended following a nearly three-hour standoff with police after he locked himself and his mother in their Clementi HDB flat.

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🛣️ LTA to replace yellow tactile tiles at pedestrian crossings by 2030

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will replace the yellow tactile pavement tiles used at pedestrian crossings islandwide over a four-year period, with completion slated by 2030.

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😰 Man caught with 29 vapes at Woodlands Checkpoint charged after search of home reveals 228 Kpods

The Health Sciences Authority said the vapes and pods were allegedly intended for supply.

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🚌 SMRT Buses to run 26 bus routes in Serangoon-Eunos from June 2027, taking over from SBS Transit

SMRT Buses will take over from SBS Transit and operate 26 bus routes in Eunos and Serangoon from June 13, 2027, after being awarded a $599.5 million contract, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Thursday (July 16).

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran and US step up attacks, release of American in dispute

Iran and the US exchanged intensifying fire on Thursday (July 16) in a week-long escalation that has largely unraveled last month's truce, while Tehran disputed President Donald Trump's claim that a US citizen had been released.

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🤔 'If everyone thinks it’s okay, it must be okay': Is it time we re-examined discussions about drugs?

These posters echo some of the held perspectives about drugs that may appear increasingly salient among young Singaporeans.

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🚨 LTA logs 373 mobility device offences, impounds 182 in one month

Active mobility enforcement officers logged 373 offences by active mobility users and impounded 182 non-compliant devices in June, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced in a Facebook post on Thursday (July 16).

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✈️ Airlines gradually restore Middle East services after Iran conflict

ore airlines are restoring flights across the Middle East following the conflict triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran, but major carriers remain cautious and many routes are still suspended into the autumn.

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🥅 Messi has a message for World Cup critics of Argentina: 'Nothing was handed to us'

The Argentina superstar responded to critics who have been bashing the reigning World Cup champions over perceptions of beneficial officiating and favouritism by the football establishment.

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🚌 Salesman in China apparently selling Singapore double decker bus, amusing Singaporeans

Singapore’s new electric bus for sale? Nah, but it’s likely to be one of 50 BYD electric double-deck buses ordered by the Land Transport Authority in December 2025.

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🇺🇸 Trump accuses China of 2020 voting interference, contradicting US intelligence findings

US President Donald Trump declassified documents on Thursday (July 16) that he asserted showed Chinese interference in US elections, reviving his long-running attacks on election security despite a US intelligence assessment that found no evidence Beijing affected the 2020 vote that he lost.

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🏥 Man's account of father's 16-hour wait for ward bed at CGH sparks debate over bed crunch

In Singaporean chef and F&B operator Jason Chua's video on July 7, he described his father's experience at Changi General Hospital's (CGH) Accident and Emergency (A&E) department.

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🔥Youth assisting with investigations after Bukit Panjang arson fires; police to step up patrols

In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said that they were alerted to the fire at Block 501 Jelapang Road at around 8.10pm that day.

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