📱 Huawei launches new foldable smartphone as competition with Xiaomi, Apple heats up

Phones in the new Mate XT2 series, which fold out twice to open into a tablet-sized screen, feature Huawei's new Kirin 9050 Pro chip.

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🏫 Radio DJ Chen Qijia on dropping out of school at 16: 'I found a different path forward'

While it "felt like the end" at the time, the 33-year-old ultimately realised she had "found a different path forward".

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🔈 Resident makes police report over 'noisy' Yishun getai; organiser says event has been held for 23 years without complaints

The show began at 7pm with about 80 banquet tables set up for guests. But, at about 8.20pm, police arrived at the venue after the resident reportedly complained about the noise from the stage performance.

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🤑 PM Wong, Chan Chun Sing to speak in Parliament on salary review for MPs, political office holders

The ministerial statements will be debated when Parliament sits on Tuesday (Sept 8)

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🚗 Driver and passenger taken to hospital after car slams into wall at Mandai

Dashcam footage shared by Facebook page SGRV shows the white car overtaking and going up a raised edge on the left side of the road.

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71-year-old man found dead at foot of Punggol HDB block

The incident happened at about 4.05pm at Block 126B Edgedale Plains. Police said they do not suspect any foul play based on preliminary investigations.

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🐷 Pig's blood is back on the menu. But is Singapore hungry for it?

Its signature dish was a clear Teochew-style broth simmered with pork bones, offal and salted greens. At its centre were dark, jelly-like cubes of pig’s blood.

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💴 Yen hits seven-month high https://asia1.news/3VgNfGw

🇮🇩 Indonesian activists criticise reduced sentences of soldiers convicted of acid attack on activist https://asia1.news/4qViVNr

🪸 'Slumping' South Korean corals worry divers, scientists studying climate change https://asia1.news/4ibHzqV

🚌 Minibus driver trapped in seat after 5-vehicle accident in Bedok, 3 taken to hospital

The 38-year-old male minibus driver had to be rescued using hydraulic rescue tools.

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😱 98 people under investigation for unlicensed moneylending activities: Police

A 17-year-old was among 98 suspects caught during a seven-day island-wide operation between Aug 25 and 31.

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😰 'He shouldn't be doing this in public': Youngster seen touching himself inappropriately on bus

A netizen commented: "I do hope (the passenger) reports this, because he shouldn’t be doing this in public in the first place".

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😮‍💨 6 hikers missing in Malaysia for days found after rescuers spot smoke signal

The group's last message was received by the family at around 7:45 am on Sept 1, saying they were safe before they became uncontactable.

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🔥 Fire burns down 4-hectare area in Sungei Kadut

The fire affected a vegetated area measuring about 200 metres by 200 metres off Gali Batu Depot.

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😧 PHV collides with car, mounts kerb and narrowly misses other vehicles on Chai Chee Street

The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said that they were alerted to an accident involving three cars at the junction of Bedok North Road and Chai Chee Street at around 1.30pm on Sunday (Sept 6).

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🤧 'Could've been the last day I saw my daughter': Bus captain's near-miss with trailer which ran red light at Jurong

42-year-old Tower Transit bus captain Lee Zhen Yang also told AsiaOne that the training he had received taught him to always take multiple glances at all blind spots and the direction of travel.

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🚓 'GTA' plays out in Hong Kong as driver flees police stop, crashing into vehicles and officer

The vehicle was later found abandoned near a student dormitory and efforts to locate the driver are now underway amid ongoing police investigations.

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⚖️ Fund seeks Singapore injunction against Radiant World

Along with entities of Radiant World and founder Pinkesh Nahar, the Singapore case names iron ore trader Sapphire Minmetals and that firm's Chairman Rakesh Sethi.

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💼 Major workplace injury rate hits record low in first half of 2026, but fatal injury rate rises: MOM

The annualised overall fatal injury rate rose to 1.1 per 100,000 workers, up from 0.97 in the first half of 2025 and 0.96 in the second half of 2025, according to a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) report.

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💵 Political salaries a difficult and emotive issue, but it cannot be avoided: PM Wong

While the Government accepts an independent committee's recommendations, it does not intend to move immediately to the proposed salary levels in one step, said Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

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💰 PM Wong to donate pay increase after political salaries review: 'I don't expect other officeholders to do the same'

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also told Parliament that at the end of the five-year period, he would review the position afresh, taking into account the circumstances at that time.

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📈 Govt accepts raising ministerial pay, to make one-off salary adjustment of up to 9% to $1.2m

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced in Parliament on Tuesday (Sept 8) that the Government will raise the salary benchmark of entry-level ministers at the MR4 grade to $1.8 million.

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