Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Feb 26, 2026

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PM Wong assures S’poreans that there will be no jobless growth amid AI push

S’pore will invest more deliberately and more systematically in its people, he said.

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S’pore’s total fertility rate sinks to new low of 0.87

The Govt will do more to support S’poreans in their marriage and parenthood aspirations, said Mr Gan.

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Road traffic fatalities hit 10-year high of 149 in 2025

The number of elderly who died more than doubled from 11 in 2024 to 27 in 2025.

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Shanmugam, Tan See Leng in High Court hearing over defamation suit against TOC’s Terry Xu

The suits centred on a Bloomberg article published on TOC’s website in 2024.

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People’s Power Party website taken over by foreign entity

PPP official says that the site is now being run by an entity unknown to him and unaffiliated with the party.

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‘Why would he go? He has no experience fishing’: Mother of boy missing at Kallang River

No foul play is suspected based on preliminary investigations.

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Network maintenance at JB checkpoint to affect border crossers from Feb 27

Disruptions from 12.30am to 3.30am are expected until March 14.

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Samsung Galaxy S26 line-up launched with new privacy screen

Prices start at $1,438.

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Corrective training, caning for man who fled after assaulting wife, rioting

He was arrested in Indonesia over unrelated offences in 2023, and was sent back to S’pore.

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Inside the rise of Gen Z-led clothing labels redefining fashion in S’pore

More local men in their 20s are starting their own lines, like Maroon Clothing and Koyoyu.

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