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2 mynahs stuck in glue smeared on manhole cover in Woodlands, survive after being cleaned
The scourge of glue traps in Singapore continues, with two mynahs recently found stuck in glue smeared on a manhole cover in Woodlands. In a Facebook post on Friday (31 Jan), the Animal Concerns ...
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30 monkeys wreak havoc among Punggol residents on 2nd day of CNY, break into resident’s home & steal food
On the second day of the Chinese New Year (CNY), at least 30 monkeys appeared in the Punggol East HDB area searching for food. They broke into residents’ homes, leaving monkey footprints all over the ...
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Man in China regrets selling 2 lottery scratch tickets to stranger who later wins S$75K jackpot
In a cruel twist of fate, a man in Hefei, Anhui Province, China, unknowingly gave a stranger a jackpot prize-winning lottery scratch ticket. In an interview with Hourly News, the man introduced ...
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‘No reason to believe’ DeepSeek got export-controlled products from S’pore: MTI cites Nvidia statement amid probe
Amid a United States (US) probe into the new artificial intelligence (AI) bot from Chinese company DeepSeek, Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) has quoted a statement from American ...
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Indonesian ministry implements 4-day work week to improve work-life balance
The voluntary programme, named Compressed Work Schedule (CWS), gives employees the option to work for four days per week. However, employees have to first fulfil a 40-hour work requirement before ...
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Family of doctors resuscitate chef suffering from cardiac arrest, they were having reunion dinner at Orchard Tung Lok restaurant
On Chinese New Year’s Eve (28 Jan), a 60-year-old chef suffered a cardiac arrest while working at Tung Lok Signatures restaurant in Orchard Rendezvous Hotel. Fortunately, three doctors happened to be ...
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‘K-drama level’: Woman in M’sia surprises husband with birthday wishes projected on Ferris wheel
Birthdays are special occasions and many would go to great lengths to celebrate the milestone with their partners. For her husband’s birthday, a woman in Malaysia resorted to projecting her well ...
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M’sian businessman uses 2 helicopters to ferry family home & avoid CNY congestion
A Malaysian businessman became a local “legend” after he used not one, but two helicopters to ferry his family home to avoid the infamous Chinese New Year (CNY) traffic jam. According to China Press, ...
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‘You can’t please everyone’: Residents who set up HDB decorations rarely get backlash from neighbours
With the recent Chinese New Year (CNY) festivities, residents in Singapore have been hard at work cleaning, and even beautifying their homes with decorations. Some have even decked out their corridors ...
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Boy in China throws firecrackers into septic tank, causes explosion that flips car over
On Thursday (30 Jan), a young boy in China threw firecrackers into a septic tank, triggering a methane explosion that damaged multiple nearby vehicles. One car had even flipped over from the force of ...
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Man says S’pore must be rich after spotting garbage truck with the Mercedes logo
A man who is apparently not from Singapore was amazed when he saw a garbage truck out and about. In a post on XiaoHongShu, he concluded that Singapore was a “rich country” as even our garbage trucks ...
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Medical plane crashes into neighbourhood in US, 6 passengers feared dead
A small medical plane seemingly fell from the sky and crashed into a neighbourhood in Philadelphia, USA. According to ABC, the incident occurred on Friday (31 Jan) evening. The incident came just days ...