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Hindu devotees taking part in fire-walking ceremony help and perform CPR on...
SINGAPORE - A Facebook post with pictures of Hindu devotees helping and performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on an elderly Chinese man has gone viral since it was first posted on Sunday (Oct...
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More than 70 students took wrong O-level maths paper after blunder by schools
SINGAPORE - More than 70 students from two schools here took the wrong O-level mathematics paper last Thursday (Oct 20), after a mix-up in the subject codes during registration.A total of 73 Secondary...
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'Oh, don't play a joke on me!': Boy does not recognise President Tony Tan
SINGAPORE - The best thing about kids: They say what they mean and never hold back, not even to the President and his wife.And the Internet agrees, as a video of a boy sharing a tongue-in-cheek moment...
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Natalie Ong eliminated from The X Factor Australia after first live show
SYDNEY - Singapore-born Natalie Ong, 15, was eliminated on Monday (Oct 24) from The X Factor Australia after the first live show of the competition this season. On Sunday (Oct 23), she performed When...
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Want to know more about singer Tanya Chua's relationship with a pastry chef?...
SINGAPORE - Instead of talking about her new romance with a pastry chef, Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua tells reporters to follow her on social media for details.At a media session on Monday...
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Korean Wave star Bae Yong Joon becomes a dad
SEOUL - Korean Wave icon Bae Yong Joon has become a first-time dad at age 44, Yonhap News Agency reported.Bae's actress wife Park Soo Jin gave birth to a boy at a maternity clinic in Seoul's Gangnam...
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Celebs pack hall at solo concert by Lydia Sum's daughter
HONG KONG - Actress-singer Joyce Cheng drew a crowd of celebrity supporters to her first ticketed solo concert at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre on Saturday.Apart from her actor...
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S'porean loses $270k in bogus China cops scam
A Singaporean in his 60s thought he was protecting his family's savings when he co-operated with "police officers" from China who accused him last month of being involved in money laundering.He ended...
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Let NS defaulter serve jail first, prosecution can appeal later: Judge
SINGAPORE - A district judge on Monday (Oct 24) overruled prosecutors who, in an unusual move, had sought to stop a national service (NS) defaulter from starting to serve his jail term until their...
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PM Lee to Singapore's young: The world is your oyster
SINGAPORE - The world economy is struggling, but Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is confident that Singapore, in the long term, will do well.He said the country has every reason to be optimistic: It is...
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Airport manager jailed 42 months for siphoning nearly $500,000
SINGAPORE - An airport manager who misappropriated almost $500,000 was jailed for 42 months on Monday (Oct 24).Lim Guan Tee, 61, was employed by Asia-Pacific Star (APS), a subsidiary of SATS, when he...
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Father accused of repeatedly splashing hot water on 5-year-old son, who later...
SINGAPORE - A 24-year-old man allegedly splashed hot water repeatedly on his young child between 12pm and 8.48pm last Saturday (Oct 22).The five-year-old boy died in KK Women's and Children's Hospital...
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Table tennis: Feng Tianwei cut from national squad in shock move by STTA
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) has dropped world No. 6 Feng Tianwei, Singapore's most decorated Olympian, from the national team, in a move that sent ripples across the local...
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Liao Fan, Singapore's Michelin-starred hawker stall, to announce partnership...
SINGAPORE - Michelin-starred Hong Kong soya sauce chicken rice and noodle stall Liao Fan may be going global.The hawker stall, which shot to fame in July after being anointed with one star by the...
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StarHub confirms cyber attacks on servers caused broadband disruptions on...
SINGAPORE - StarHub issued a statement on Tuesday (Oct 25) night to confirm that its broadband disruption on Saturday and Monday were due to "malicious distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on...
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Late comedienne Lydia Sum's daughter gets '88 marks' from dad for 1st solo...
Hong Kong - Actress-singer Joyce Cheng drew a crowd of celebrity supporters to her first ticketed solo concert at Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre on Saturday.Apart from her actor...
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Blood clots in the veins can be fatal
Venous thromboembolism (VTE), or the formation of blood clots in the veins, affects 10 million people worldwide every year.A 2007 study in the United Kingdom of six European Union countries found that...
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Kovan double murder: Apex court reserves judgment on accused's appeal
SINGAPORE - Policeman Iskandar Rahmat who was sentenced to hang last December for the Kovan double murder, appealed against his conviction and sentence on Wednesday (Oct 26).A three-judge Court of...
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Singapore is the 28th most generous country in the world, its best ever...
Myanmar has been named the most generous country in the world for the third consecutive year, according to the latest Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) World Giving Index.The annual index, which compiled...
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PM Lee sounds warning on drop in US standing and credibility in region if TPP...
SINGAPORE - The United States risks injuring its standing and credibility with several Asia-Pacific countries if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is rejected by its lawmakers, Prime...
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