Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Aug 26.
2 S’poreans aged 86 and 95 die of Covid-19; death toll in August rises to 15
The 86-year-old man was partially vaccinated, while the 95-year-old woman had not been vaccinated.
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230 short-term visitors from HK, 13 from Macau approved to enter S’pore
Under the air travel pass scheme, they will take a PCR test on arrival and can go about their activities if they test negative.
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Race to evacuate from Afghanistan: Where will evacuees go?
At its fastest, the US evacuated 12,700 people a day between Monday and Tuesday morning.
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Russia critic Alexei Navalny gives first interview from jail
“You need to imagine something like a Chinese labour camp… There is constant control and a culture of snitching.”
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Two club bosses who told dancers to have sex with customers jailed and fined
One woman thought an agent had arranged a domestic worker job for her, but was told to work as a dancer.
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Nearly 73,500 patients’ data affected in ransomware attack on eye clinic in S’pore
Eye & Retina Surgeons said the data affected include names, addresses and identity card numbers, among others.
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S’pore company at centre of Brazil’s probe into import of Indian vaccine
Brazilian prosecutors are alleging that Madison Biotech is a shell company that was not part of the contract.
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Rivervale Mall in Sengkang ordered to repair cracks to facade
The area below the building has been cordoned off as a precautionary measure.
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Man posts sister’s treatment at IMH on social media as revenge for $150 owed
Syahrel Mohamad also told his mother he would slash her head with a parang, send people up to her unit and splash paint at the flat.
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M.I.C.E. – how to convince ordinary people to become spies
Susceptibility to four factors was a target’s key weakness that could be exploited, according to a KGB defector.
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