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S’pore playwright Jonathan Lim dies aged 50, theatre community pays tribute to ‘wonderful friend & colleague’
Local playwright, director and performer Jonathan Lim has passed away at the age of 50. The sad news comes as a shock to Singapore’s theatre community, who have paid tribute to him as a “wonderful ...
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Oriental Kopi M’sia U-turns on CNY service charge hike, apologises to customers
Oriental Kopi, a well-known chain restaurant in Malaysia, has reversed its decision to raise service charges during the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) period. This came shortly after the restaurant ...
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‘Aliens will kill you if you don’t sleep with me’: 74-year-old man in Japan arrested for luring teenage girls into sex
An elderly 74-year-old man in Japan was arrested for luring teenage girls into sex. He did this by telling them aliens would kill them if they failed to do so. But just before his sentencing on Monday ...
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Motorcyclist & pillion rider die in accident with 2 lorries on BKE, causes congestion for hours
An early-morning accident along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) has taken the lives of a motorcyclist and his pillion rider. Footage of the aftermath posted on Singapore roads accident.com on ...
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Motorcyclist dies after traffic accident in Loyang, driver arrested
A motorcyclist died after getting involved in a fatal traffic accident on Friday (24 Jan) morning. Footage posted on the Singapore Roads Accident Facebook page showed an ominous blue tent in the ...
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Son in China throws away quilts from home, turns out elderly father kept S$28K savings in them
A man in Wuhu City, Anhui Province, China was cleaning his elderly father’s home when he decided to discard two old quilts. He didn’t think much of the dirty blankets, until a neighbour found them in ...
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4 lanes blocked on SLE due to 5-vehicle accident, 5 people sent to hospital
A major accident involving five vehicles caused four lanes of the Seletar Expressway (SLE) to be blocked off on Friday (24 Jan) morning. A photo posted over Telegram showed that traffic on the ...
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4 SCDF officers sent to hospital after accident involving fire engine, lorry & prime mover in Sungei Kadut
A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) fire engine was involved in an accident with a lorry prime mover in Sungei Kadut on Thursday (23 Jan). It resulted in four SCDF officers being sent to the ...
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Hume MRT Station to open on 28 Feb, will reduce commute time for nearby residents
The new MRT station is located in Bukit Timah and sits between Hillview and Beauty World stations. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) estimates that with the new MRT station, those staying nearby ...
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S’pore delivery rider steals slippers & puts them back later, claims he was checking if they were anti-slip
A Singapore Grab delivery rider was caught allegedly stealing slippers from a resident recently. The incident occurred on 20 Jan at around 4.11am, as captured by a CCTV camera outside an HDB unit. The ...
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Same-sex marriage law takes effect in Thailand, hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples register their union
On 23 Jan, hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand tied the knot as the country started to recognise same-sex marriage legally. This came after the marriage equality bill was written into law in Sept ...