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A group of more than 10 Bukit Timah residents spent their Sunday morning helping to trim some 1.5ha of overgrown grass in Toh Yi. Many were migrant workers who had moved into the area recently and had hoped to show their appreciation for the warm welcome their new neighbours had given them.
The World Health Organisation has reported a record increase in global coronavirus cases for the second day in a row. The surge in infections means that one million cases were reported in under 100 hours. The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa.
Other parts of the world may be experiencing scorching summers but Singaporeans have been donning rainy-day gear. Rainfall and a particularly wet June have brought cooler weather. This is expected to persist throughout this month, with the mercury dipping to 22 deg C on some days and more rainfall than in the past fortnight, the weatherman said last Thursday.
India has cautiously opened up limited air travel with a clutch of countries, including the United States and the United Arab Emirates. India cancelled all flights before a stringent lockdown on March 25, which also stopped travel within the country. It has been operating repatriation flights since May 7 to allow stranded citizens to return home.
Malaysia and Goldman Sachs will resume talks this week in a final attempt to hammer out a financial settlement over the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. The resumption of talks marks a major breakthrough in Malaysia's asset recovery campaign.
As scientists worldwide scramble for a vaccine, spooks are equally busy in a different, high-stakes coronavirus battle. Covid-19 has had spies shifting their focus to what is happening in labs, says global affairs correspondent Jonathan Eyal.
The Family Justice Courts is planning to introduce a simpler way for a person to take a former spouse to court for failing to allow access to the children after the breakdown of the marriage despite being ordered to do so.
Fintech in Singapore has shown remarkable resilience even as the economy faces its worst downturn amid the coronavirus pandemic. The surge in the use of digital services during the Covid-19 crisis is expected to further entrench the Republic as a global fintech hub.
While Singapore sportsmen and women are now given more say in some associations, others are not sufficiently involved in decision making and the key issue appears to be trust, says Mr Mark Chay, who chairs the Singapore National Olympic Council athletes' commission.
Actor Yeo Jin-goo, star of popular K-drama Hotel Del Luna, who confessed that he has been "single since birth", said he has no plans to go on a romance reality series to find love for now. Yeo, 22, was speaking to media from the region to promote new variety series House On Wheels, in which he and two co-hosts go on countryside trips in a tiny portable house.
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Cosplay for a day
Film correspondent John Lui dressed up as Taichi Yagami and took photos with fans at the screening of Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna at Plaza Singapura. str.sg/blurb483
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Retailers speed up move to go online
Department stores, malls and other traditional retailers in Singapore are beginning to accelerate the building of shopfronts online amid news of major retail closures around the world. str.sg/blurb484
