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📚 Schools in Johor will remain closed from Oct. 12 to 16 as hazy conditions continue to plague the state.

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A strike on an airport in Riyadh has killed at least 12 & left over 300 people injured.

The attack, which local authorities said Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis were responsible for, was the third on the airport this week.

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Indonesian officials have expressed their appreciation at S'pore's & M'sia's readiness to help tackle the haze, The Straits Times reported on Oct. 11.

Indonesia's deputy forestry minister Rohmat Marzuki said on Oct. 9 that president Prabowo had communicated with M'sia's & S'pore's leaders on strengthening joint efforts to prevent and control forest & land fires.

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🌫️ S’pore will be rolling out haze subsidies at all polyclinics & some GP clinics from Oct. 12.

Those eligible will pay no more than S$10 for treatment of haze-related conditions.

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Verstappen Pro Max 😭🏎️

Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished first for today’s (Oct. 10) qualifying race, followed by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

This will give Verstappen the advantage of pole position at tomorrow’s (Oct. 11) main Grand Prix, which is the #1 starting spot at the very front of the grid.

For the past 3 years in Singapore, the pole position in the main GP ended up coming in first.

Earlier today, Verstappen won the sprint race as well, claiming his 14th sprint victory and extending his record for the most wins in the format.

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💖 One lucky S’pore fan danced his heart out on stage with Zara Larsson at her F1 concert tonight (Oct. 10). 💃

S’pore’s very own Lush Life icon.

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A video on Facebook showed a woman lying on the floor at the foot of an HDB block in Sengkang, with the caption saying she had fallen from "flat while cleaning windows".

A squeegee & a spray bottle could be seen on the floor near the woman.

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🎒MOE to consider closing schools & postponing exams if next-day PSI forecast exceeds 300, says Minister for Education Desmond Lee.

Lee shared that any decision to close schools will be announced around 8pm the day before through schools and the official channels.

For now, lessons and national exams will continue in enclosed venues with air purifiers.

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Someone said Albon looks like he's wearing the SAF No. 4 and we can't unsee it. More fits after the jump.

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🍿 The cast of a new S'pore film, The Sandbox, went to surprise moviegoers at one of their screenings, but found only seven people in the cinema.

The stars took it in their stride, & thanked fans for their support.

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"Where did Singapore go?"

Check out this rather surreal view from a Johor resident's place near the Causeway.

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A Chinese tourist, who describes himself as a "195cm muscular guy", said someone stole his LV bag at Gardens By The Bay.

He waved to a man he ran into and asked for directions. However, the man took off running, & that was when the tourist said he realised the man was the thief.

The tourist said the bag contained three passports, a Dior wallet, S$200, 800 yuan in cash, & several camera items.

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A Rolls-Royce Phantom & a BYD apparently got into an accident while the latter was making a right turn on Carpenter Street on Oct. 9, 2026.

Both male car drivers, aged 48 & 76, are assisting with investigations & police investigations are ongoing.

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🐓 A S'pore woman, 56, was unhappy with her S$8 chicken dish, claiming it was one-third smaller & that the stall was trying to cheat her.

Unhappy with the employees' attitude, she demanded them change her dish to two plates of chicken rice. She then left a negative review of their stall online, she told Shin Min.

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A 63-year-old woman lost S$4,000 to a scammer who impersonated a staff member at a senior citizen centre in Singapore.

She said she genuinely thought the man was was being helpful & kind.

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A 27-year-old man in S'pore was acquitted of sexual assault involving penetration & outrage of modesty involving a vulnerable man, then about 21, at a staircase after a judge found that the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

The judgement noted that the complainant was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder as a child.

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A 17-year-old Singaporean teen who was hiking Hong Kong's Lion Rock had to be airlifted and sent to the hospital after she felt unwell & vomited.

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A M'sian girl, 16, was killed after a classmate repeatedly hit her with a pipe. This was allegedly because she had rejected his romantic advances.

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💍 M'sian politician Syed Saddiq & singer Bella Astillah are officially married.

S'pore's Health Minister Ong Ye Kung & Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh were among guests at the wedding in KL.

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