Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Sept 6, 2025

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Keep social mobility alive, maintain unity in Singapore: President Tharman

He urged Singaporeans to put ‘we’ before ‘me’ through their everyday words and actions.

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WP will play its part to raise the standing of S’pore’s Parliament: Pritam Singh

He spoke at the opening of Parliament to congratulate Mr Seah Kian Peng on his re-election as Speaker.

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Opening of 15th Parliament: MPs give their take on pressing concerns of the day

A total of 99 MPs were sworn in, Singapore’s largest-ever crop.

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New Thai PM Anutin emerges from political maelstrom, while Shinawatra dynasty lies in tatters

Mr Anutin has pledged to call an election within four months.

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Former Kandang Kerbau Hospital in Hampshire Road to be gazetted national monument

The three blocks to be gazetted were built between the 1930s and the 1950s.

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Patients with hypertension fared better in S’pore trial that involved fewer pills, counselling from nurses

Not taking all their medication is a common problem for patients with hypertension.

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Sex scandals of French presidents and a bizarre claim of a First Lady being born a man

The case marks a sharp turn in French politics, where the private lives of leaders were once shielded from prurient scrutiny, notes Jonathan Eyal.

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Man has jail term raised for assault of underage driver over accident that victim caused

The victim was punched and kicked at an HDB flat and Lim Chu Kang Muslim Cemetery.

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Do Singapore’s Gen Zs still know how to party?

No longer a universal rite of passage, Gen Z party culture is unlike that of previous generations.

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Car review: Mercedes-Benz G-class rumbles into electric avenue

The G580 is a characterful addition to the distinctive G-class family.

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