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Commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation.

US B-1 Lancer bombers at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, Britain, on Sept 28.

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Nearly $50m given to about 8,000 severely disabled Singaporeans in 6 years under ElderFund

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Singaporean’s research spells new hope for healing severe skin injuries, chronic wounds

The smart wound-dressing technology taps the human body's own repair mechanism.

What started off as a summer research project with the Almquist Lab at Imperial College London eventually led Magdalene Ho and her colleagues to develop the smart wound-dressing technology.

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Ignoring the noise: What it’s like competing at the ‘vocational skills Olympics’ in Shanghai

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App with weather and route guidance for cyclists among youth proposals to improve S’pore transport

(From left Nicholas Peck Jun Le, Chung Tzu Chi, Gary Yin Kian Lee, Radhakrishnan Srivarshini, Jayaraman Sophia Rita, are part of a group that presented their proposal for a one-stop platform integrating cycling information and journey-planning tools to cater to different cyclist profiles, at a panel presentation held at the Asian Civilisations Museum on Sept 26.

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