Flats with shorter waiting times being built in Sin Ming and Toa Payoh

The flats are slated for completion by mid-2030, and their launch date has not been announced.

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Foraging in Singapore: Unethical practices threaten biodiversity and cultural heritage

A question that arose in the past month is whether there should be more regulation around foraging.

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‘Not about preventing AI misuse’: S’pore universities move from grading essays to assessing thinking

NUS, NTU, SUSS, SUTD and SIT do not deploy detection tools to flag for AI misuse in students’ work.

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The Million Dollar Round Table: Is insurance’s most famous accolade now an overused honour?

Its qualifying threshold has fallen in real terms, and the badge is taking on a new meaning.

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Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT sues Pentagon over ‘Chinese military company’ designation

The US believes it is a company that is aiding Beijing’s military.

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Disaster experts say Nepal glacier collapse was difficult to predict

Forecasting such an event would have required intensive and resource-heavy monitoring across vast areas.

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North Korea defence minister dismissed: State media

No Kwang Chol was also demoted in the ruling party leadership.

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UN, Nepal warn of climate threat after deadly floods

Both countries agreed to increase the sharing of “real-time hydrological data”.

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Nepal will preserve DNA before burial of unidentified flood victims: PM Balendra Shah

He said bodies identified by their families were being handed over to relatives.

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Nepal flood survivors face a second crisis as medicine, water run short

Poor drainage from toilets is also adding to the concern.

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Malaysia may only see clearer skies in October, says experts

MetMalaysia forecasts also showed that haze could persist despite the rain.

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ComfortDelGro tie-up with French firm RATP Dev to run Copenhagen metro from Sept 2027

Copenhagen's metro is one of three rapid transit systems in the world that runs for 24 hours every day.

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At a Nepal hospital, hope slowly fades days after catastrophe

Rescue efforts are complicated by immense logistical challenges, with entire villages cut off from road access.

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Masks, test kits back on shopping lists amid signs of Covid-19 resurgence in S. Korea

The country’s Covid-19 detection rate reached 9.1 per cent for Aug 9 to Aug 15.

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Highest heavy rain warning issued in central Japan, mudslides reported

Around 244,000 people have been urged to take emergency safety measures.

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China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: State media

Of those missing, 261 were foreign nationals, including 104 from Nepal, 49 from India, 33 from Latvia, and 18 from the US.

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South Korean police recover more remains of Chinese student allegedly killed by lecturer

The lecturer is believed to killed and dismembered the woman at his home before disposing of her remains.

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2 taken to hospital, 200 evacuated after fire breaks out in Choa Chu Kang flat

Two people were evacuated from the affected unit before SCDF arrived.

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Weeks of Luzon flooding, landslides kill over 30 in the Philippines

At least 8 million people, or 2.3 million families, have been affected across 10 regions.

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Australia’s far-right One Nation party makes further gains, taking seat in western state

Gym owner Luke Herdegen scored One Nation’s first Lower House seat in the Western Australia Parliament.

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