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US midterms: Democrats seize Congress in thundering midterm rebuke of Trump

Voter anger over prices and the Iran war hands Democrats power and leaves Trump facing new scrutiny.

Democrats in Michigan celebrate, as their party delivered a blistering rebuke to President Donald Trump in a midterm rout.

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Live: Parliament debates sweeping changes to S’pore’s anti-haze law

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Fadli’s questions aim to cast Govt as soft on Israel, says Shanmugam; WP MP rejects characterisation

Indonesian ministers map out scope of joint task force with Singapore to fight forest fires

Prabowo sacks chief of staff Listyo over alleged wiretapping, palace says case may border on ‘treason’

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Land or forest fires: Fine for main offence will go up to $1 million per day, capped at $20 million

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S’pore can designate errant entities or individuals under proposed amendments to haze law

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Proposed changes to haze law includes new ways of establishing liability for haze-causing fires

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Errant firms face $20m fine, blocked financial services under proposed changes to S’pore haze law

The changes were tabled under a certificate of urgency, forgoing the need for multiple days of proceedings.

The Bill to amend the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act will also allow Singapore to take action even before the pollutive smoke reaches its shores.

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Prabowo sacks chief of staff Listyo over alleged wiretapping, palace says case may border on ‘treason’

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Indonesian ministers map out scope of joint task force with Singapore to fight forest fires

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‘Not today’: Najib’s lead lawyer on Malaysia’s ex-PM settling $15.7 million fine for house arrest

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China says avoiding new hostilities in Middle East a ‘top priority’

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1,310 BTO flats in Sembawang go on sale in November; under three years’ wait for them

Sembawang Anchor, which will be launched in this exercise, will have 1,310 units of two-room flexi, as well as three-, four- and five-room flats on a site in Admiralty Lane and Sembawang Drive. 

Nearly half of S’pore employers who use AI in HR do so for recruitment: SNEF survey

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