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What over 500 HDB estate names reveal about Singapore

Yishun Natura, Merpati Alcove, Bangkit Breeze. Why are Singapore’s public housing estates named this way?

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‘Celebrate’ 9/11: J.D. Vance commits blunder during MAGA rally in Michigan

The US Vice-President delivered the remarks on Aug 31 as part of a campaign rally against Michigan’s Democratic nominee for the Senate, Abdul El-Sayed.

‘Celebrate’ 9/11: J.D. Vance commits blunder during MAGA rally in Michigan

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Chrome, craft, character: Inside Singapore’s world of classic cars

An extraordinary collection of classic and collector cars from Singapore and Malaysia gathered at the Concours d’Elegance Singapore in mid-August. The Straits Times went behind the scenes of the event to take a closer look at the Republic’s growing appreciation of automotive culture.

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Today in Pictures, Sept 7, 2026

TOPSHOT - Kites fly during the Festival du Vent (Wind Festival) in Portiragnes-Plage, southern France on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)

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Father-daughter pilots bump into each other on the runway

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Multiple Mount Anak Krakatau eruptions since Sept 4, volcanic ash spread more than 150km away

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At least 5 dead after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami Airport

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‘I heard a voice calling, “Mummy, mummy”’: Mother of 5-year-old Nepal flood survivor

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Rescue and relief operations continue in Nepal, Singapore team supporting with technology

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Sheikh Haikel on denying his cancer diagnosis and why he eventually chose to go public about it

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Racist comments should not be tolerated and normalised in S’pore: Shanmugam

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Attacks on SIA and Temasek’s senior management fuelled by prejudice and not based on fact: Shanmugam

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Police looking into racist comments on missing S’poreans in Nepal and SIA-Air India investment: Shanmugam

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Today in Pictures, Sept 7, 2026

TOPSHOT - Kites fly during the Festival du Vent (Wind Festival) in Portiragnes-Plage, southern France on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP)

The Week in Pictures: Haze in Singapore; a sunflower festival in South Korea

Hazy condition seen in Southern Singapore, from Marina Barrage at 5.15pm. 24hr PSI for Central Singapore is 112.

In Pictures: Haze in Singapore

PIXHAZE04 Hazy conditions seen from Clementi in western Singapore, looking towards Holland Village and Bukit Timah, at about 7.50am on Sept 4, 2026. STPHOTO VIDEO KELVIN CHNG

Today in Pictures, Sept 4, 2026

Kamala Bhattarai and Darshan Bhattarai, the wife and son of Pushpa Raj Bhattarai, 46, who died in deadly flash floods and a mudslide, mourn during his cremation ceremony using an effigy because the body remains missing, at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 3, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Today in Pictures, Sept 3, 2026

A relative of Sabin Timalsina, 21, pours water during his cremation rituals using an effigy as his body remained missing following the deadly flash floods and mudslide, on the premises of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 2, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Today in Pictures, Sept 1, 2026

A man looks at the "green miracle house" as it stands amid debris after surviving flash floods and a mudslide in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

The Week in Pictures: Gold Leaf Face-Blessing ritual, catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border, Kraftwerk in concert

Devotees with their faces covered in gold leaves pose for a picture in front of a statue of Por Kae during a "Na Na Thong", or Gold Leaf Face-Blessing ritual, a sacred ritual believed to enhance wealth and fortune, at a shrine in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, August 30, 2026. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

In Pictures: F1 fans in Singapore treated to racing car demo in Orchard Road

Mercedes reserve driver Fred Vesti doing a donut in front of Takashimaya during the Orchard Ignition event on Aug 30, 2026. The first run featured a live demonstration of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 car along a 600m stretch of Orchard Road between Paragon and Tangs Plaza. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Today in Pictures, Aug 28, 2026

Rescued children disembark from a helicopter at an army camp following flash floods, in Battar Bazar town in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 28, 2026. Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region have killed at least 469 people, Nepali police said on August 28, 48 hours after the disaster. (Photo by PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP)

In Pictures: Hundreds dead and missing after floods hit Nepal-Tibet border

Rescuers use an excavator to transport a flood survivor, following flash floods and a landslide disaster in Devghat, in the Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 26, 2026. A massive flood and landslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 103 people on August 26, 2026 and left several hundred missing, many of them foreign tourists. Aid workers said entire settlements had been "wiped out". Some 403 tourists -- 341 of them foreigners -- were unaccounted for several hours after the disaster struck, according to the tourism ministry. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP)

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