Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Saturday, Sept 25.
Singapore is tapping the brakes to slow the surge in Covid-19 cases: Ong Ye Kung
The move will spread case numbers out over a longer period and reduce strain on healthcare capacity.
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1,650 new Covid-19 cases in S’pore; 3 elderly men with chronic health problems die
All three have a host of health problems; two of them had been vaccinated.
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Dining in capped at 2, WFH the default: What you need to know about Covid-19 rules from Sept 27
Dine-in, social group sizes will be capped at 2, and MOH will publish map of areas frequented by Covid-19 cases.
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Canadian court frees Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou as US extradition case ends
A deal was reached with US prosecutors earlier on Friday that ended their bank fraud case against her.
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How real is the threat of foreign interference?
With Singapore considering a law to fight foreign interference, ST looks at the size of the threat here and elsewhere.
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After-work messages: Policy template developed for firms to improve work-life balance for staff
Project group looking into “always on” culture aims to change it with a template to guide employees.
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Primary 6 pupil loses textbooks in HDB flat fire a week before PSLE
The fire broke out in his seventh-storey home in Block 13 Marsiling Lane on Thursday.
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$40,000 for a plant: Lush gardening goes luxe with quest for rare plants
Collectors are willing to fork out five-figure sums for endangered and exotic houseplants.
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‘Asked myself ‘why’ hundreds of times’: Shane Pow reflects on jail time for drink driving, joins Li Nanxing’s agency
Pow was sentenced to five weeks’ jail in July this year for drink driving.
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Exam season: 5 TCM foods to boost your brain power
Do you know what tian ma is and how you can prepare it for your child?
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