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South Africa's trade minister heads to China, seeking duty-free export access

FILE PHOTO: South African Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, speaks during a press conference, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: South African Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, speaks during a press conference, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/ File Photo

Trump reshapes US historical and cultural institutions

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives ahead of the wedding of Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, and Erin Elmore, the director of Art in Embassies at the U.S. Department of State, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives ahead of the wedding of Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, and Erin Elmore, the director of Art in Embassies at the U.S. Department of State, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo

Elephant kills tourist at Thai national park

The authorities will meet on Feb 6 to decide what to do with the elephant named Oyewan.
The authorities will meet on Feb 6 to decide what to do with the elephant named Oyewan.

Trump reshapes US historical and cultural institutions

The bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, toppled by demonstrators in 2020, is seen through the trees after being reinstalled this past weekend, a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order \"Restoring truth and Sanity to American History\" in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, toppled by demonstrators in 2020, is seen through the trees after being reinstalled this past weekend, a result of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order \"Restoring truth and Sanity to American History\" in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 27, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Greece plans extension of territorial waters despite Turkish warning

FILE PHOTO: Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis attends a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis attends a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece, October 14, 2025. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo

South Africa’s Kruger National Park shuts after severe floods

A sign reading 'road closed' after heavy rain at Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, South Africa, January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Oupa Nkosi
A sign reading 'road closed' after heavy rain at Kruger National Park in Mpumalanga, South Africa, January 15, 2026. REUTERS/Oupa Nkosi

28-year-old man suspected to have drowned in waters off East Coast Park

The man was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic.

Chile moves to create national park at the edge of the world to protect wildlife

A native forest, during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
A native forest, during a boat trip in the Strait of Magellan, near the Brunswick Peninsula where Chile plans to create Cape Froward National Park to protect roughly 150,000 hectares of forests, peatlands, glaciers and coastline, in collaboration with Rewilding Chile, in Punta Arenas, Chile, December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza

Forum: Reconsider clearing natural forest along Sungei Serangoon

New Bukit Canberra allotment gardening plots among over 140 open for application from Dec 2

To date, more than 2,500 allotment gardening plots have taken root in 29 parks and gardens across Singapore.
To date, more than 2,500 allotment gardening plots have taken root in 29 parks and gardens across Singapore.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.