Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Nov 18, 2025

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S’pore seizes record 35.7kg of smuggled rhino horns at Changi Airport

The 20 rhino horns, estimated to be worth around $1.13m, were found along with other animal parts.

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NEA fined $230k for safety lapses in 2021 incineration plant explosion that claimed two lives

The explosion was caused by a worn and dislodged piston blocking the plant’s safety interlock mechanism.

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TEL delay and lack of information via SMRT’s social media rankle passengers

Notices at train stations said the delay affected a stretch of 11 stops, according to a Reddit post.

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10 top dividend-paying ETFs on SGX

Lion-OCBC Securities SG Low Carbon Index ETF posts the highest indicated dividend yield.

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Poor countries got $1.3 trillion loans from China. So did rich ones.

China’s overseas lending accelerated after 2013 under its top leader Xi Jinping.

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S’pore couple recount near-death birth of their baby in Grab car

The baby was not crying or moving when she was delivered in the backseat of the vehicle.

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Year of the Horse Chinese almanac coins available for pre-order

There are 10 variations, which range from $2 to $200.

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New intranasal, needle-free influenza vaccine now available in S’pore

The vaccine has been approved by HSA for use in individuals aged 2 to 49 years.

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Ex-S’pore Idol judge Ken Lim gets 13 months’ jail for molesting 25-year-old woman

The molestation case involved a work-related interview at Lim’s office.

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School canteen stall owner, whose clip chiding pupil went viral, shutters stall after complaint

Mr Rayner Tan had posted about an interaction with a pupil who threw $2 at him.

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