🇹🇼 Taiwan's chip prowess is built on democracy and rule of law, president says

Taiwan's semiconductor prowess is built on the foundations of democracy and rule of law, becoming a trusted international partner that keeps its promises to supply the world, President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday (Sept 1).

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🇳🇵 Nepal rescuers reach remote areas, electricity restored nearly a week after devastating floods

Nepali rescuers built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue close to 300 trapped workers, nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country's towns and valleys.

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😮 UNHCR says it has no role in Malaysia's planned repatriation of Myanmar refugees, warns country is still unsafe https://asia1.news/4cSavka

🇰🇷 South Korea to send 44-member disaster relief team to Nepal after floods https://asia1.news/4xzqaNN

🇮🇩 Reducing Indonesia wildfires will be challenging as El Nino peaks this month, minister warns https://asia1.news/4iDKjgP

😮‍💨 Nepal floods: AI images of missing Singaporeans may hinder rescue ops, says Singapore Red Cross

AI-generated images have been created of four of the missing Singaporeans in Nepal, using photos uploaded by their travel agency from scans of their travel documents.

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😢 'You be a good boy': Final words Lorong Lew Lian fire victim told neighbour's son

“Don’t worry, you be a good boy, and you will achieve good things in your life.”

These were the last words that 68-year-old Abdul Rahman’s neighbour, Aisyah, remembered hearing him say to her son. The elderly man died in the hospital after his third-floor flat at Block 8 Lorong Lew Lian caught fire on Tuesday (Sept 1) afternoon.

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😮‍💨 Food court in Bedok loses $250k in 7 months but 29-year-old owner says he won't give up

Second-generation owner Tommy Pang told AsiaOne that the business suffered major losses due to a lack of customers at Bai Nian Food Court.

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🚨 Maid swapped employer's gold jewellery with fakes, stole $6,300 worth over three months

She was sentenced to four months and two weeks in prison.

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🥰 Man rushes to elderly stranger's aid in Serangoon Central, uses hand to shield head from hot pavement

A passer-by is being hailed as a good Samaritan after rushing to the aid of an elderly man who appeared to have fallen at Serangoon Central on Saturday (Aug 29).

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🧐 What if humans were gone? Pokemon Pokopia and what it's like returning to the series as a 30-year-old

Pokopia flips the classic Pokemon formula, and as the franchise marks 30 years, AsiaOne’s Khoo Yi‑Hang shares what it’s like returning after more than a decade away.

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💫 Singapore to invest $112m over 5 years on built environment research and innovation

A refresh of Singapore's green building certification scheme and a new accreditation scheme for site supervision firms were also announced on Wednesday (Sept 2) by Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat at the International Built Environment Week.

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😓 Nepal flood death toll crosses 1,000, rescuers reach remote areas

The unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed ‌more than 1,000 people.

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🤕 Man gets drunk in Punggol cinema and refuses to leave, kicks and injures police officer

Daryl Tang Jun Wen, 31, was sentenced to six weeks' jail on Monday (Aug 31) after pleading guilty to one charge of using criminal force to deter a public servant.

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🤝 Kremlin says Putin, Xi and Trump may hold a trilateral meeting in November

Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump, and Chinese President Xi Jinping could hold a trilateral meeting at the upcoming APEC summit in China, according to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.

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🚘 Heavy departure traffic at Woodlands on Sept 2 due to tailback from Malaysia: ICA

Checks by AsiaOne on the Land Transport Authority's traffic cameras at 11.40am show that the vehicular queue has extended to Woodlands Crossing.

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⚡ New Pokemon movie set for release in 2027

Pokémon: Wild Card is set for 2027. Could this be the beginning of a new film series?

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😔 SCDF colonel dies; tributes pour in for his kindness and dedication: 'Gifted and charismatic leader'

The late Colonel Abdullah Abu Bakar Bafadhal held several senior appointments during his career with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF). He also received the Citizen Engagement Excellence Award for leading Singapore's lifesaving Save-A-Life initiative.

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😰 NTU student, 25, found dead at Hall 13

The police said that the 25-year-old man was found lying motionless and was pronounced dead at the scene by a Singapore Civil Defence Force paramedic on Monday (Aug 31).

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👋 Yishun 10 to close in March 2027, to be rebuilt into mixed-use development

Yishun 10 mall, better known as GV Yishun among those who spent their childhood and teenage years in the north, is set to cease operations on March 2, 2027.

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😭 Singapore family raises privacy concerns after stranger enters massage room at JB spa: 'Whole scene was extremely embarrassing'

About 35 minutes into their massage, a man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt came upstairs and shouted that he was looking for a driver.

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🏍 Motorcyclist caught riding against traffic in Pasir Ris: 'Thought he was going to crash into us'

He "nearly hit" a car in the incident, which occurred on Pasir Ris Drive 8 at about 1.50am.

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🐶 Dad lowers daughter into narrow crevice with makeshift harness in heartwarming rescue of puppy in China

In the video, the girl's father slowly lowers her down into the foliage and she scoops the puppy into her arms before her father pulls her up.

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