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Devastating flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border kills 95, hundreds of tourists missing

Houses and roads were swept away in Nepal while officials in Tibet said they fear major casualties.

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Field notes from Guiyang

Inside Evergrande’s unfinished fairytale ‘castle’ and the long shadow of China’s property boom gone bust

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Meta reaches $21.2b settlement over social media harms to children

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The ASEAN imperative: How Jakarta must handle great-power rivalry

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Experiencing turbulence: Gulf air hubs weather wartime downturn

Singaporean injured after tour bus overturns on Malaysia’s North-South Expressway near Melaka

‘I was too naive’: Retiree loses over $70k to investment scam after meeting woman on TikTok

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Victims lost $500.2 million during the same period in 2025.

Singapore has lost more than $4 billion to scams since 2019.

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Singapore to explore how S-E Asia, Central Asia can work more closely when it chairs ASEAN in 2027

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As young people become more educated, many favour other less physical, more office-based roles.

Plumbers Geraldine Goh and Yeo Kai Xun prefer hands-on, problem-solving roles.

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Employees should also “take ownership” if it was within his or her power to deliver the work before going on leave.
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