Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Nov 13, 2023
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Nearly 15,000 visitors at Istana’s Deepavali open house
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Ms Jane Ittogi posing for photos at a balloon sculpting activity booth at the Istana open house on Nov 12, 2023.
ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Malaysians see lower profits, cut travelling, amid weaker ringgit
The ringgit has been hovering at 25-year lows in recent weeks, hitting almost 4.8 to the US dollar in October.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
More Gaza hospitals suspend operations as Israel hunts Hamas
Hospitals in northern Gaza are blockaded by Israeli forces and barely able to care for those inside, medical staff said.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Tracking Singapore’s online black market for pets
Exotic animals sold at various pet shops in Johor Bahru, Malaysia on Oct 12, 2023.
The Straits Times
Covid-19 shot during pregnancy cuts baby’s risk of death by almost 80%: Study
Doctors in Singapore are fully supportive of women getting the Covid-19 vaccine or booster shots during pregnancy.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH
YouTuber, fraud investigation start-up among those stepping up to fight scams
YouTuber "Pierogi" (left) fights scammers via his Scammer Payback channel, while American Nirmal Shah set up crypto fraud investigation firm Crypto-Helpline in 2021.
PHOTOS: YOUTUBE, COURTESY OF NIRMAL SHAH
Crow attacks 2 children near Marine Terrace Market
The crow attacked the boys - aged two and five - at an open-air space between 50A Marine Terrace Market and Block 59.
PHOTO: ST READER
She’s just 12, and she has raised over $1.2 million for charity
Chng Rui Jie started organising online fund-raisers when she was nine to help pupils who might go hungry during recess.
ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI
88% of units at J’den condo on site of former JCube mall sold at launch
Units in the mixed-use development went for an average selling price of $2,451 per sq ft.
ST PHOTO: AZMI ATHNI
S’porean flight attendant nabbed after allegedly shoplifting and biting a man’s arm in Japan
Bai Peixuan was arrested by local police on Nov 6 in Narita, Japan.
PHOTO: NTV_NEWS/YOUTUBE
