🌍 Nepal puts climate justice at centre of global pitch for flood aid

Nepal is presenting its formal funding and climate justice case to global agencies and foreign embassies ahead of Prime Minister Balendra Shah's address at the United Nations on Sept 24.

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Tan See Leng reflects on leaving private sector amid ministerial pay debate: 'I just felt I had to give back to the country'

In Parliament, Minister for Trade and Industry (Energy and Industry) Dr Tan See Leng said he views public service as “a special but tough calling”, which he found out when he joined the Government in 2020.

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⏳ Never a politically convenient time to raise salaries, but unreasonable to leave them unchanged for 15 years: PM Wong

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also turned down the idea of picking a salary benchmark lower than the figure proposed by the independent committee.

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📚 Primary 1 registration: 12 schools in areas with less public housing to get new 2-track scheme from 2027

The Ministry of Education (MOE) will introduce a new two-track scheme for Phase 2C Primary 1 (P1) registration at 12 primary schools from the 2027 P1 Registration Exercise.

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🛢 Brent settles at over $126 a barrel as Middle East conflict intensifies

Both Brent and WTI benchmarks closed at their highest since May 22.

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😮️️️️️️ US trial against China's Huawei opens with prosecutor calling the company a criminal enterprise

A US prosecutor told jurors that Huawei conspired to steal trade secrets from five American companies to gain an unfair competitive advantage and grow its business.

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😷 Haze update for Sept 10: 24-hour PSI in central region remains in unhealthy range

Air quality in Singapore's central region re-entered the unhealthy range at about 11pm on Wednesday (Sept 9) night, and continued through Thursday.

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💵 Public sector salaries must remain realistic or administrative, political leadership quality will decline: SM Lee

If public sector salaries are allowed to "fall out of line", then quality of administration and political leadership will decline slowly, but irreversibly, he said.

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🧑‍🚒 Former Ah Boys to Firefighters actor Kiki Darling apologises for keeping mum about sexual assault conviction: 'I'm not the same person I was that time'

Kiki Darling, who quit his leading role in Jack Neo's Ah Boys to Firefighters recently, wrote in an Instagram post today (Sept 10): "I promise to be transparent and I promise to be clear, and I promise no more hiding."

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👩‍🍼 Bonnie Loo tackles babysitting for a day, admits feeling like she 'failed everything'

Although it is not her first time meeting Toto, local actress Bonnie Loo admitted: "Actually, I have no confidence at all".

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🏍️ 2 taken to hospital after motorcycle rear-ends car on BKE

In the video posted on social media, the motorcyclist and his pillion rider were flipped head-over-heels upon impact with the rear of a silver Toyota Wish.

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

💦 August was world's joint-hottest month on record, scientists say https://asia1.news/4xNz4Ho

⛽🇲🇾 Fuel prices in Malaysia rise a third time in 4 weeks as US-Iran conflict reignites https://asia1.news/4r8ufpJ

🤑 Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $6,320 if GOP wins https://asia1.news/46j9uOr

📱 'Inappropriate and rude': Content creators get flak for pranking dancers at *Scape

Do you 🫵 think their prank was funny, or plain annoying?

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🐠 Animal abuse? Cabby allegedly has small aquarium in car, claims it's 'AI'

You've seen people taking their dogs out for walks, but how about taking fish out for a drive?

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🚨 2 taken to hospital after motorcycle rear-ends car on BKE

In the video posted on social media, the motorcyclist and his pillion rider were flipped head-over-heels upon impact with the rear of a silver Toyota Wish.

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🇭🇰 Former Hong Kong principal sues school over dismissal after shouting at security guard on Singapore trip, seeks $155k

A Hong Kong judge noted that the key issue for former San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School principal Lee Cheuk Hing was whether his alleged misconduct was serious enough to warrant immediate dismissal.

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🇸🇬🇳🇵 Singapore hands over 6 drones to Nepal police as part of disaster recovery efforts

The six DJI drones handed over by Singapore are expected to supplement larger heavy-lift drones used to deliver relief to displaced people by providing wide-area monitoring to help identify safe flight paths.

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😷 Air quality improves as 24-hour PSI in central Singapore returns to moderate range

As at 9am (Sept 11), 24-hour PSI readings across all five regions in Singapore are in the moderate range.

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🔊 SCDF public warning system to sound islandwide on Sept 15

Don't be alarmed if you hear sirens blaring next week 🔊 The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will activate its islandwide Public Warning System at 6.20pm on Sept 15.

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😤 Stuck between 2 smelly passengers, Rurusama says those who don't shower before flights 'should be arrested'

Local cosplayer-actress Rurusama asked: "Why are you going up the plane already marinated?"

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🇮🇷 Houthis advance along Yemeni coast, threaten Saudi oil exports in the Red Sea

If the Houthis were to gain control of the waterway on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula from the Strait of Hormuz, it could give their backer Iran a critical advantage in the war with the United States.

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