☕️ 'It hurts me so much to end the engagement': 22-year-old shares how partner of 7 years cheated on her

In a tell-all video uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday (July 15), the 22-year-old shared that she and her fiance, who is also 22, had gotten engaged on Oct 17, 2025.

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🚩 Think-tank claiming to be Singapore-based used AI profiles to target analysts, intelligence community

The Institute of East Asia Strategic Studies (IEASS) had approached individuals in Singapore and Taiwan, among other places

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🛢 Oil rises on intensifying US-Iran hostilities, threat of Red Sea closure

Brent crude futures rose seven cents, or about 0.08 per cent, to US$84.30 (S$108.82) a barrel at 6.32am GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate futures gained 16 cents, or 0.2 per cent, to US$79.11 a barrel.

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🚬 Hidden haul: Over 500 packs of duty-unpaid cigarettes found beneath motorcycle seat at Tuas

ICA officers had directed the Malaysia-registered motorcycle for enhanced checks. During the inspection, search and examination officers discovered the cigarettes hidden in a modified compartment beneath the seat.

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🎗 Chinese singer Qu Wanting reveals she had full mastectomy after breast cancer diagnosis

She recounted in a YouTube interview with Canadian-Chinese culture platform Fete Chinoise released on July 11 that she discovered a lump in her left breast after a mammogram in April 2020.

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🐟 Oil slick spotted near fish farms off Pulau Ubin; SFA assisting with clean-up efforts

Daniel Tay, president of the Singapore Fish Farmers Association, told AsiaOne that a fish farm employee alerted him to the sighting of an oil slick near Pulau Ketam, an island off Pulau Ubin, at about 8am.

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📝 'Difficult to reconcile': Shanmugam, Tan question Bloomberg's response to defamation ruling

Bloomberg's response that it respects the High Court's ruling while standing by the accuracy of its reporting is difficult to reconcile, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng said in separate statements on Friday (July 17).

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😬 Govt backs 'calculated risks' in built environment sector with fee waivers, rule changes: Chee Hong Tat

"Take some calculated risks. Not every attempt will succeed, but if we don’t try, our chances of success will be zero."

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🐝 Massive 1m-wide beehive found on Yishun roof, resident dons helmet to tackle swarm

The humongous structure was found at Block 431D Yishun Avenue 1 after residents began noticing bees in their homes on July 10

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😶‍🌫️ 'Air quality within usual range': NEA after reports of gas, chemical smell across central Singapore

NEA said it received feedback about the smell around 11pm on Thursday (July 16), including in Tanjong Rhu, Kallang and Novena.

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🧬 Elaine Ng clarifies old rumours, says Jackie Chan never asked for DNA testing with daughter

The Hong Kong actress was livestreaming on Douyin on July 15 when she answered netizens' questions about 26-year-old Etta and the 72-year-old action star's alleged past refusal to acknowledge her.

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⚽️🏆 Catch the World Cup final and catch some z's: More schools join SJI in delaying classes

Four other schools will join St. Joseph's Institution in beginning classes later on Monday (July 20) morning after the World Cup final, allowing young football fans to catch up on some sleep.

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🎵 Music therapist and champion for special-needs students dies of lung cancer at 45

Lauw and Liu reportedly ran the Harmony Community Club, a choir for people with special needs. The former would also provide free guidance to a Chinese-language choir for those with dementia every Monday, before her passing.

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

🫨 Iran launches fresh attacks after sixth day of US strikes https://asia1.news/4gK83z0

😮‍💨 China calls US visa regulations 'discriminatory', threatens countermeasures https://asia1.news/4frF0Ov

🧐 Trump's fiery China allegations may threaten superpower truce https://asia1.news/3T6K7fw

😱 2-ringgit 4D ticket nets Penang man RM8.1m jackpot, but he says he won't retire

The man from Penang has been buying the same numbers since a visit to a fortune teller.

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😵 With luggages in tow, group of female friends walk 2 hours to Changi Airport for flight

Instead of a 16-minute car ride, the three ladies walked 2.5 hours - setting off at 2.42am - to make it for their 7am flight.

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😰 Man charged for allegedly throwing and shattering glass mug in front of teen girl

The 56-year-old had allegedly shattered the glass mug with the intent of causing the girl to feel alarmed.

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🚨 100 suspected drug offenders arrested in islandwide CNB operation, drugs worth over $34k seized

Some of the areas covered during CNB's islandwide anti-drug operation from July 12 to 17 include: Boon Lay, Ghim Moh, Jurong, Kallang, Tampines, Tengah, Toa Payoh and Woodlands.

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😤 Malaysian executive working in Singapore 'triggered and sad' after being mistaken for domestic helper at Bedok laundromat

A Malaysian working in Singapore was shocked when she was mistaken for a domestic helper at a laundromat - a passer-by had repeatedly asked her if she was doing laundry for her "boss".

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⚽️ Lionel Messi once held baby Lamine Yamal in his arms. Now they will battle for the World Cup title

Almost two decades ago, photographer Joan Monfort didn't think much of his photo shoot of a teenage Lionel Messi bathing a cute baby boy in a plastic bathtub. Not until the remarkable twist of fate became clear years later, when that infant blossomed into Lamine Yamal.

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😤 Woman confronts skateboarder for nearly hitting kid; netizens question her visit to Jurong skatepark

It is unclear what she is saying, but she can be heard yelling at one point for him to leave her kids alone.

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