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Singapore: Car Fire Breaks Out at Orchard Towers Carpark, No Injuries Reported
A fire broke out late on Thursday, February 5, at Orchard Towers, sending thick smoke billowing from the mall’s third-floor carpark and prompting a swift response from the Singapore Civil…
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STI breaks 4,900 amid expectations for Fed to hold rates steady
[SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) broke new ground on Tuesday (Jan 27) morning and crossed the 4,900 threshold for the first time. The benchmark index hit a historic record…
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SGX-listed pawnbrokers, stocks ride gold rally as precious metal breaks US$5,000 level
[SINGAPORE] Pawnbrokers have emerged as beneficiaries of gold’s historic rally, as the yellow metal crossed the psychological US$5,000 mark and set yet another record. After already gaining much in the past…
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Dubai Property Breaks Further From Oil as Five-Year Data Shows Demand-Led Cycle
Dubai’s real estate market has become increasingly difficult to explain through the region’s traditional oil-linked lens. A five-year run of rising transaction volumes, values, and prices suggests the cycle is…
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Nicki Minaj Breaks Silence As 120K Sign Petition For Her Deportation, Demands Jail For Don Lemon
Nicki Minaj has reignited a firestorm of controversy with a furious late-night outburst on social media, turning her attention to broadcast journalist Don Lemon after months of escalating backlash over…
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Europe: Stoxx breaks 600-mark for first time as Venezuela strikes lift defence shares
EUROPE’S equity benchmark broke through the 600 level for the first time on Monday, as US strikes on Venezuela heightened geopolitical risk and drove investors into defence stocks. The post-holiday…
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Tommy Lee Jones Breaks Silence after Daughter Victoria Is Found Dead at 34 as Cops Scramble to Determine Cause of Death
Tommy Lee Jones and his family have broken their silence following the death of his 34-year-old daughter, Victoria, in the early hours of New Year’s Day. “We appreciate all of…
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Singapore: Fire Breaks Out at Hong Lim Food Centre During Lunch Hour on Jan 2
A fire broke out at Hong Lim Market and Food Centre during the lunchtime crowd on Friday, January 2, prompting the evacuation of several people but resulting in no reported…
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Four Hospitalised After Fire Breaks Out at Singapore’s Sembawang HDB Block
Four people were rushed to hospital after a fire broke out at a residential block in Sembawang on the afternoon of Thursday, January 1, prompting the evacuation of dozens of…
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Singapore: Fire Breaks Out at Sungei Kadut Industrial Building, No Injuries Reported
A fire that broke out at an industrial building in Sungei Kadut on Friday morning, January 2, was swiftly brought under control, with no injuries reported, according to the Singapore…
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Singapore: Fire Breaks Out on Rooftop of Our Tampines Hub During New Year’s Day Fireworks
A fire broke out on the rooftop of Our Tampines Hub shortly after midnight on Thursday, January 1, occurring amid the community centre’s New Year’s Day fireworks display. Videos circulating…
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Singapore: 1 Hospitalised, 24 Evacuated After Fire Breaks Out in 16th-Floor Bukit Batok HDB Flat
One person was taken to hospital, and 24 others were evacuated after a fire broke out in a bedroom of a 16th-floor HDB unit in Bukit Batok on Tuesday morning,…
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South Korea’s small-cap Kosdaq index surges on report of tax breaks
The Kospi has jumped 64% so far this year, making it one of the world’s best-performing indexes [SEOUL] South Korea’s Kosdaq Index surged after a local media report that the…
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Singapore: Two People Hospitalised After Fire Breaks Out at Telok Blangah Coffee Shop
About 80 residents living in a Housing Board block in Telok Blangah were evacuated on Friday, November 29, after a fire broke out at a coffee shop on the ground…
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Bitcoin Defies History: $90,000 Price Breaks Thanksgiving Holiday ‘Curse’
The crypto market is holding its breath. After a bruising, month-long selloff that saw Bitcoin plunge from a record high of $126,080 in October to nearly $81,000 late last week,…
