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What over 500 HDB estate names reveal about Singapore

Yishun Natura, Merpati Alcove, Bangkit Breeze. Why are Singapore’s public housing estates named this way?

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Supermarket worker dives to save child from oncoming traffic in Mexico

A supermarket worker threw himself onto a busy road to save a running child from onrushing traffic in Puebla, Mexico on Sept 6.

Supermarket worker dives to save child from oncoming traffic in Mexico

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Chrome, craft, character: Inside Singapore’s world of classic cars

An extraordinary collection of classic and collector cars from Singapore and Malaysia gathered at the Concours d’Elegance Singapore in mid-August. The Straits Times went behind the scenes of the event to take a closer look at the Republic’s growing appreciation of automotive culture.

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Today in Pictures, Sept 8, 2026

In this handout image released by the Russian Transport Ministry on September 7, 2026, Russian trucks and a Zaporozhets car cross the new Russia-North Korea road bridge over the Tumen River, during the opening ceremony. (Photo by Handout / Russian Transport Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Russian Transport Ministry" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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Jeffrey Siow, Kenneth Tiong spar on SIA's Air India investment

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New committee to examine safeguards in religious institutions: Zaqy Mohamad

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Air India's losses do not automatically become SIA's liabilities: Jeffrey Siow

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Key highlights from the 2026 ministerial salary review in under 3 minutes

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Today in Pictures, Sept 8, 2026

In this handout image released by the Russian Transport Ministry on September 7, 2026, Russian trucks and a Zaporozhets car cross the new Russia-North Korea road bridge over the Tumen River, during the opening ceremony. (Photo by Handout / Russian Transport Ministry / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Russian Transport Ministry" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Today in Pictures, Sept 7, 2026

TOPSHOT - Kites fly during the Festival du Vent (Wind Festival) in Portiragnes-Plage, southern France on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)

The Week in Pictures: Haze in Singapore; a sunflower festival in South Korea

Hazy condition seen in Southern Singapore, from Marina Barrage at 5.15pm. 24hr PSI for Central Singapore is 112.

In Pictures: Haze in Singapore

PIXHAZE04 Hazy conditions seen from Clementi in western Singapore, looking towards Holland Village and Bukit Timah, at about 7.50am on Sept 4, 2026. STPHOTO VIDEO KELVIN CHNG

Today in Pictures, Sept 4, 2026

Kamala Bhattarai and Darshan Bhattarai, the wife and son of Pushpa Raj Bhattarai, 46, who died in deadly flash floods and a mudslide, mourn during his cremation ceremony using an effigy because the body remains missing, at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 3, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Today in Pictures, Sept 3, 2026

A relative of Sabin Timalsina, 21, pours water during his cremation rituals using an effigy as his body remained missing following the deadly flash floods and mudslide, on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Today in Pictures, Sept 1, 2026

A man looks at the "green miracle house" as it stands amid debris after surviving flash floods and a mudslide in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

The Week in Pictures: Gold Leaf Face-Blessing ritual, catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border, Kraftwerk in concert

Devotees with their faces covered in gold leaves pose for a picture in front of a statue of Por Kae during a "Na Na Thong", or Gold Leaf Face-Blessing ritual, a sacred ritual believed to enhance wealth and fortune, at a shrine in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, August 30, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

In Pictures: F1 fans in Singapore treated to racing car demo in Orchard Road

Mercedes reserve driver Fred Vesti doing a donut in front of Takashimaya during the Orchard Ignition event on Aug 30, 2026. The first run featured a live demonstration of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 car along a 600m stretch of Orchard Road between Paragon and Tangs Plaza. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Today in Pictures, Aug 28, 2026

Rescued children disembark from a helicopter at an army camp following flash floods, in Battar Bazar town in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 28, 2026. Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 469 people, Nepali police said on August 28, 48 hours after the disaster. (Photo by PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP)

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