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🍵 Gossip mill: Cha Eun-woo pays tax bill reportedly at $11m, Angelina Jolie's daughter stars in K-pop music video, Hyun Bin named honorary officer by intelligence agency
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🛫 Singaporean content creator tries to travel the world without spending his own money, makes it to Japan so far
What if you could travel around the world without spending a single cent of your own?
Attempting to do just that is 27-year-old content creator Ng Yi Hui, who set himself a challenge to get from Singapore to Peru without using any of his own money.
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👻 Steven Spielberg hopes to direct horror film in the future
The legendary 79-year-old filmmaker has provided big-screen scares thanks to his movies such as 1975 shark blockbuster Jaws, 1993 resurrected dinosaur romp Jurassic Park and 1977 sci-fi flick Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
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⛽️ Shell drops petrol by 4 cents, holds diesel unchanged as oil prices fall back below US$100
Six weeks into the Middle East conflict, the price of 95-octane petrol has risen from between $2.91 and $2.92 on March 4, to between $3.42 and $3.47 on April 9.
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🚇 Normal service on Circle Line resumes on April 10; shorter service on weekends till May 17
Normal train services on the Circle Line will resume on Friday (April 10) as tunnel strengthening works at affected stations were completed nine days ahead of schedule.
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🌎 Trump complains Nato 'wasn't there when we needed them' after talks with alliance leader Rutte
Afterward, he issued an all-caps comment on social media suggesting he remained aggrieved. "Nato wasn't there when we needed them, and they won't be there if we need them again," Trump said in his post. The White House did not immediately offer any further updates.
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❤️ Peregrine falcon fledgling found grounded at South Bridge Road takes flight again
The fledgling, tagged as "G00" by NParks via a green tag around its leg, was found by the public at South Bridge Road a day prior.
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🏥 Government set to release land in the east for not-for-profit private hospital: Ong Ye Kung
The private hospital will be sited in the eastern region and is is expected to have between 300 to 400 hospital beds.
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🇸🇬 Singapore must be prepared for more global disorder, conflicts in the years ahead: PM Wong
"We wish it were not so, but this is the reality of the world we live in, and we must be prepared", Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said during a visit to Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) troops at Mandai Hill Camp.
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🇫🇮 TikTok to build a second billion-euro data centre in Finland
TikTok said it was making a new one billion euro investment in a data centre with an initial capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) and a total potential capacity of 128 MW in Lahti, located in southern Finland.
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✈️ Airline and travel industries see no immediate relief from Iran ceasefire
Industry officials warned that jet fuel supplies will remain tight and costly for months, even if Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, after damage to refining capacity across the Middle East.
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🎾 Roger Kwok takes break from acting to focus on tennis: 'It won't be surprising if I don't want to act anymore'
Roger told media in the latest interview that he left TVB after feeling a need to change his lifestyle, and it wasn't entirely his own decision, as acting puts him in a passive position.
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🔥 Fire breaks out at Rio de Janeiro Olympic Park; no injuries reported
Rio state military fire department said the blaze was under control and largely confined to the venue's fabric roof. There have been no reported injuries, and the interior of the building - including the Olympic Museum - remained untouched.
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🚗 Grab to lean on scale, AI to navigate rising fuel costs, CEO says
The Singapore-based company earlier this year expanded outside Southeast Asia for the first time when it purchased Delivery Hero's Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan.
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❌ Bloomberg's lawyer denies Shanmugam was targeted in article
The lawyer defending Bloomberg said on April 8 that an article it ran on high-value property transactions was not targeted at Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam.
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🚍 Transport service providers to receive temporary Govt support amid higher fuel prices
The Government will introduce temporary support measures - equivalent to 13 per cent of transport fare revenues - for transport operators serving students, persons with disabilities, as well as some seniors and patients.
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🚍 Transport service providers to receive temporary Govt support amid higher fuel prices
The support will be equivalent to 13 per cent of transport fare revenues.
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Woman uproots 20-year-old cherry blossom tree while posing for photo at Shanghai park
Videos shared across social media on Monday (April 6) showed her clinging onto the tree's branches as she poses for a photo, while another woman hands her a phone.
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Malaysian man arrested for wielding meat cleaver during dispute over unpaid meals in viral video
The incident occurred at a seafood restaurant in Telok Panglima Garang in Selangor on Wednesday (April 8) at around 3.30pm according to Malaysian media.
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Cyclist, 30, injured after being hit by car at pedestrian crossing in Geylang
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said they were alerted to the accident at the junction of Sims Way and Geylang Road at around 10.10pm.
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🇨🇳 China's foreign minister to visit North Korea to bolster loosened ties
"China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with North Korea and enhance exchanges and co-operation," a Chinese ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, said during a regular press conference.
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🎨 'It was inappropriate': Singapore Art Book Fair drops 'Walking Exhibitors' format after backlash
The 'Walking Exhibitors' option was meant for exhibitors walking around the venue with a portable display case to showcase and sell their books.
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🇦🇺🇸🇬Australia PM Anthony Albanese to make 3-day official visit to Singapore
He will visit Jurong Island and hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
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📈 Oil prices rise as investors remain wary US-Iran ceasefire will open supply flow
Brent crude futures were up US$2.6 (S$3.32), or 2.74 per cent, at US$97.35 a barrel at 12.48am GMT (8.48am SGT), while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose US$3.02, or 3.2 per cent, to US$97.43 a barrel.
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😱 Worker found unconscious in pipe dies at Tuas shipyard
The worker, a welder, was discovered lying unconscious inside a 28-inch stainless-steel pipe on board a newly fabricated process module of a vessel, said MOM.
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🔥 150 evacuated in Choa Chu Kang condo fire
Responding to queries from AsiaOne, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that they were alerted to a fire at Block 52 Choa Chu Kang North 6 at around 4.50am.
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💵 The new Trump trades: How investors are navigating Iran shocks
With global inflation and interest rates increasingly tough to predict as geopolitics dominate the economic outlook, moving money on the basis of long-term views is proving challenging.
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🌎 'Talks were almost dead': Pakistan's last-ditch effort to secure Iran war truce
With a deadline set by US President Donald Trump looming, Pakistani officials mounted a last-ditch attempt to pass messages between Tehran and Washington, after Trump warned that continued fighting that night could wipe out "a whole civilisation."
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🇸🇬 Singapore welcomes Middle East ceasefire, supports restoring Strait of Hormuz traffic
Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday (April 8) night that they "are encouraged that the parties involved have taken this important step towards de-escalation and commend the efforts of the mediators, in particular Pakistan".
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💥Iran says peace talks would be 'unreasonable' following Israeli strikes
Israel pounded Lebanon with its heaviest strikes yet on Wednesday (April 8), killing hundreds of people and drawing a threat of retaliation from Iran.
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