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Wildfire smoke to have minimal impact on World Cup final

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Taylor Farms, Sysco pull iceberg lettuce from central Mexico linked to US parasite outbreak

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‘No reprimands’ for US Navy pilot who flew too close to a crowd in Florida

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Humanoid robot combat sports league launches in Shenzhen, China

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Some Orchard Road properties are changing hands. Can new owners give it a new lease of life?

Some of the older malls may be rebuilt, while others are staying as they are as new owners weigh the cost of change.

Paragon mall as well as other properties in Orchard as seen on July 13.

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Mother tongue a cornerstone of education system, but mastering it no easy task: PM Wong

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Ghost city, true believers and an Israeli row: Inside Network School, the tech commune dividing Johor

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Trump says China stole US voters’ data. Will this derail his September summit with Xi?

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Chinese President Xi Jinping urges equitable development at Shanghai AI forum

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Beyond bitter: Vietnam brews a new image for robusta, one sip at a time

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China wants the world to use its AI – but not all of it

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‘I repair things underwater’: He braves sharks, stingrays for a living

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The Week in Pictures: Barisan Nasional retains Johor; Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral procession

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Track your path to 2026 World Cup glory with The Straits Times’ results simulator

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Recall the 1980s Subbuteo craze? S'pore's table football kings are now headed to the Paris World Cup

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How Singapore’s population has evolved in 5 years

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How much it costs to raise a child in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea

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Employees should not be asked to sign new non-compete clauses during the offboarding process, including as part of a retrenchment exercise.

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