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What over 500 HDB estate names reveal about Singapore

Yishun Natura, Merpati Alcove, Bangkit Breeze. Why are Singapore’s public housing estates named this way?

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Elon Musk lookalike from China goes viral

A barbecue chef in China became famous online after customers noticed his uncanny resemblance to tech mogul Elon Musk. Ma Jianping, 48, from Tongchuan in Shaanxi province, co-owns a barbecue restaurant in north-west China.

Elon Musk lookalike from China goes viral
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Beyond the glass: Inside the Singapore Oceanarium

See how experts there are helping to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable marine species.

Animal Care Specialist Justin Tan Chin How wiping the panel of the Coral Garden at Singapore Oceanarium on May 26.
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Today in Pictures, July 29, 2026

The collapsed worship hall of Yatshushiro Shrine after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, July 29, 2026. Kyodo/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Elon Musk lookalike from China goes viral

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Plane makes emergency landing on California beach

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Fauci invokes 5th Amendment over 100 times during Senate hearing on Covid-19 pandemic response

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3-year-old in Idaho ‘escapes’ barefoot to his grandmother’s house

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Man glued to his phone fails to notice bear behind him

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Footage shows wrecked interior of Aeon Mall in Kumamoto after post-quake explosion

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Volunteer cleaner mops up the spotlight during Commonwealth Games netball match break

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15,200 hawkers, market stallholders to receive up to $1,200 in rental support

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Jeffrey Siow on businesses and households facing cost pressures due to Middle East conflict

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