Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on July 28

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Wednesday, July 28.


New Covid-19 clusters involving Punggol Primary School cleaner and Westlite Juniper Dormitory

Covid-19 self-test kits will be given to those who visited Teban Gardens Market and Food Centre, and 216 Bedok Food Centre and Market.

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Decision to tighten Covid-19 measures was right judgment call: Lawrence Wong

Some MPs called for a clearer road map, saying shifting rules have led to uncertainty, disruption.

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RVHS principal, teachers put aside grief to care for students: Chan Chun Sing

Mr Chan said Singaporeans should collectively take steps to look out for young people and give them a listening ear.

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Olympics: Roller-coaster day as S'pore's Yu Mengyu makes quarter-finals, Feng Tianwei loses

Yu will face Japan's world No. 10 Kasumi Ishikawa on Wednesday for a place in the final four.

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Olympics: S'pore's Joseph Schooling finishes 6th in 100m freestyle heat, fails to make semis

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Singapore's only Olympic champion finished sixth in Heat 5 of the men's 100m freestyle, which was not enough to take him to the semi-finals.

He clocked 49.84 seconds in his opening race at the Tokyo Olympics and finished 39th out of the 70-strong field.

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Olympics: Singapore equestrian Caroline Chew opens up about 'toughest moment of career'

Her horse Tribiani had a cut and a slightly bloody lower lip, and they were eliminated immediately from the dressage.

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SAF commander to be disciplined for removing mask while addressing recruits in public

The commander spoke for around 30 minutes to uniformed recruits with his mask pulled down.

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2 foreigners jailed, 19 others barred from working in S'pore over false educational qualifications

Further investigation is under way for one person.

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Benevolence across races: Very Singaporean?

While a few racist incidents have captured attention, let's not forget the very Singaporean practice of reaching out to help each other across races, says Kishore Mahbubani.

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Man tried to walk on water from Florida to New York. It didn't go so well

The man managed only 40km in a makeshift human hamster wheel.

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