⚽️🏆 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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🇨🇳 China's oil imports have plunged during the Iran war. How much will they recover?

The speed at which China has slashed imports - shipments fell to 40 per cent of pre-Iran war levels in June - has kept a lid on global prices and freed up cargoes for other countries.

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🐈 Approved cat fosterers can keep up to 6 cats in HDB flats, 10 in private homes under pilot scheme

This comes as the AVS — a cluster of the National Parks Board — will be rolling out a two-year pilot scheme from Aug 3, 2026 to July 31, 2028 to support cat fosterers and the role they play in managing community cats across Singapore.

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🚗 Zeekr 7X Standard review: Well-rounded SUV with numerous features, effortless performance and swanky design

The 7X is available in Standard, Long Range, and Performance variants, the latter of which we initially reviewed. Although the range-topping 7X Performance thoroughly impressed us, it is not the one that's been winning over buyers.

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🇸🇬 Indoor tennis court, F&B options: New community club at Joo Chiat set to open in 2030

Spanning a gross floor area of approximately 14,000 sqm, the new community club will be a home for performing arts, sports, and a wide range of future-ready amenities.

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😱 $3,000 in repairs: Retiree's 7-month-old car damaged by canned food allegedly thrown from Bedok HDB block

It's barely been half a year since he got the car, but now he must pay a tidy sum to get it repaired after it quite literally got beaned.

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🌎 World stocks fall in semiconductor rout; oil rises on Middle East escalation

In its third straight day of losses, the Philadelphia semiconductor index ended down 1.6 per cent on Friday, putting it 20 per cent below its most recent record close, reached on June 22, after earlier falling 23.5 per cent below the record.

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💵 3 biggest lessons from our analysis of executive condo performance since launch

The scheme began in 1995 as a way to replace executive flats, and it is a hybrid public-private housing to meet the needs of more affluent Singaporeans who might bust the income ceiling for regular flats, yet struggle to comfortably afford private homes.

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

❄️ Keeping cool, Tokyo style: Shorts, sneakers and no ties https://asia1.news/4ypM6M0

😱 A $5.5m home purchase was caught in an inheritance dispute — what every Singapore homebuyer can learn from it https://asia1.news/4vFfLhJ

🇸🇬 Best National Day 2026 promotions, dining deals and events in Singapore https://asia1.news/4wN01dn

🦠 Foodborne illnesses at restaurant chains are rare but can sicken customers

Big US restaurant chains don't get linked to foodborne illness outbreaks often, but the number of meals they serve causes a lot of concern when contamination of some kind sickens customers.

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🔥 Wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota pushes farther into the US and engulfs DC in haze

The thick smoke enveloped the nation's capital in a gloomy, eerie haze and prompted Major League Baseball's Cleveland Guardians to postpone their game against Pittsburgh Pirates in Ohio.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇫🇷⚽️ Saka's hat trick lifts England past Mbappe and France 6-4 in wild World Cup third-place game

It was the highest-scoring World Cup game since Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982, and the 10 goals were the most in a third-place match.

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