New Syrian leader Sharaa says killings of Alawites threaten unity, vows justice

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Monday March 10 2025

Parliament House (foreground) and the Central Business District as seen from The Treasury building on March 3, 2025.

She rounded up two weeks of debate by recapping the 12 Budgets passed between 2020 and 2025.

Trump-Israel tensions begin to surface over Gaza hostage talks

Taiwan is not Ukraine. Its fate is also not hopeless

How Beijing frames the Taiwan issue in a statue and its descriptive plaque

Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Deputy Attorney-General Lionel Yee at a press conference on March 10 about the extradition request.

Singapore working with Indonesia on extraditing fugitive businessman: Shanmugam

The 43-year-old’s body was discovered at his home in Seoul.

South Korean singer Wheesung found dead at home: Yonhap

The Malaysian government is introducing mandatory pension fund contributions for foreign workers starting in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Malaysia’s new pension fund rule for foreign workers will boost EPF but is thin on details

S’porean charged with $306m Bitcoin theft spent $665k a night in clubs, bought over 30 luxury cars

Malone Lam, 20, has been arrested and charged over one of the biggest crypto heists in the US.

Singapore News

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March 10 2025

An artist’s impression of the new home of Team Singapore in Kallang, which will house the Sports School alongside new sports science and sports medicine facilities and national training centres for several key sports.

S’pore Sports School, sports institutes to merge and form national training centre

Permissive attitudes towards cannabis likely due to pervasive misinformation: Josephine Teo

Man who oversaw PA youth network handed jail sentence for sexually assaulting teen

Holland & Barrett shutters all 12 S'pore stores

The concerts are Lady Gaga's only shows in South-east Asia and will also be her biggest concerts in Singapore to date.

Pop star Lady Gaga to perform four concerts at National Stadium in May, her only stop in Asia

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4 new bus services to ply Hougang, Boon Lay, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan and Mayflower areas

They are 112B, 258M, 71A and 138M.

SFA warns against consuming Kopi Penumbuk containing erectile dysfunction medication

Man who preyed on 3 girls, including sister, gets 16 years’ jail, caning for sex offences

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Flurry of pledges to align HK’s development with China’s reflects pressure from Beijing

A statute of Zheng Chenggong, or Koxinga, in the Taiwan Hall in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

How Beijing frames the Taiwan issue in a statue and its descriptive plaque

The Malaysian government is introducing mandatory pension fund contributions for foreign workers starting in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Malaysia’s new pension fund rule for foreign workers will boost EPF but is thin on details

$A message reading \"AI artificial intelligence\", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo$

China’s top universities expand enrolment to beef up capabilities in AI, strategic areas

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A person holds a smoke flare in front of the Colosseum during a protest to mark International Women's Day, in Rome, Italy, March 8, 2025. REUTERS/Yara Nardi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The Week in Pictures: International Women’s Day; Trump addresses Congress

Weekly News Quiz: Who won the Best Actress Oscar at the 97th Academy Awards?

Acres volunteer Alpana Ahuja and senior wildlife coordinator Karina Lim releasing a Malayan water monitor lizard into the wild on Feb 13, 2025. It was found tied to a tree when it was rescued about a week before the release. The monitor lizard was reluctant to emerge from what the team calls their "biggest carrier" which measures 73cm tall and 132 cm long.

Wild rescue: Responding to animals in distress in Singapore

Married couple Clarke Farleigh Vincent, 73, (right) and Clarke Jean Magdelene, 78, pictured on Feb 19, 2025. Mr Clarke busts some dance moves, akin to when the couple used to go to discos to dance back in the day.

They still do: 7 elderly couples talk about love and marriage

Invest

An employee handed over $120,000 to ease her company's cash flow problem but her boss refused to pay her back

When an employee gets fired and sued after helping boss with $120k

Employee was told the firm had cash flow problems and her loan would be repaid within weeks.

Why it’s hard to recover debt that is not recorded in writing

How to travel solo on a budget

Me & My Money: Cleantech start-up founder is safeguarding planet, one laundry wash at a time

OPINION

Yip Wai Yee

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Myanmar junta leader’s Putin fawning shows Russia is his insurance policy

Li Yuan

Many Chinese see a Cultural Revolution in America

The Economist

The behaviour that annoys colleagues more than any other

Insight

How enthusiasts in Singapore are leading a wet market revival

Nirmala Ganapathy

India’s eastern promise: More states hustle for foreign investment in industrial push

Budget 2025 a Budget for today and the future: Panel

How distant disputes are unsettling minorities Down Under

PODCASTS

In this episode, they discuss the vast changes in United States and how it draws parallels with the chaotic Cultural Revolution ordered by foundation Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

Podcast: Trump is ‘doing a Mao Zedong’ on the US

Our expert guest speaker draws parallels with the chaotic Cultural Revolution in China in 1966.

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Life

Visit lesser-known prefectures in Japan, like Iwate in Tohoku region, during spring to avoid massive crowds.

Five ways to experience Japan’s sakura season in all its beauty

Carole Lin shared on social media on March 9 a video of herself using a walking frame with her left foot bandaged.

Former actress Carole Lin suffers serious leg injury in freak accident

If you are looking to visit floral attractions in 2025, here are five destinations in Asia to travel to between March and May.

Sakura travel a been-there-done-that? Here are five other destinations in Asia with spring blooms

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Now Boarding: Explore Busan and more in South Korea’s south-east

Smart Parenting

Mother Tongue teacher Madam Faridah Mohamed Ali, 32, reading to her three children (from left) Atma Salima Luqman Hakim, four, Noor Muhammad Luqman Hakim, five, and Halimah Zahra Luqman Hakim, seven. She gets them to do crafts related to stories they read, for instance, making satay with putty while reading a book about satay.

Try these practical strategies for raising bilingual kids

Fun With Kids: S.E.A. Aquarium’s 12th anniversary celebration; new kids escape room from South Korea

Make family time all the more special with these ideas and activities.

Minor Issues: Parents are wired to worry about their kids’ future, but does it do them any good?

Perhaps it is better to spend the time building strong parent-child ties.

Fewer O-level subjects for JC admission could ease academic pressure: Students and parents

From 2028, students applying for admission to JCs will need only five O-level subjects.

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Hindu devotees taking part in the religious festival of Holi inside a temple in Nandgaon, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 9, 2025.

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