SMRT bus stuck in field after U-turn attempt
An SMRT bus was stuck in a field at Kim Keat Avenue since early Thursday morning after a driver took a wrong turn. What SMRT said »
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Philippines' Duterte likens himself to Hitler, wants to kill millions of drug users
By Karen Lema and Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to liken himself to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler on Friday and said he would "be happy" to exterminate three million drug users and peddlers in the country. Although the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama played down the remark, Duterte's comments triggered shock and anger among Jewish groups in the United States, which could create pressure on the U.S. government to take a tougher line with the Philippines leader. U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner on Friday said Duterte's comments, in a rambling speech on his arrival in Davao City after a visit to Vietnam, were "a significant departure" from America's partnership with the Philippines "and we find them troubling." Duterte told reporters that he had been "portrayed to be a cousin of Hitler" by critics.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie agree to temporary custody deal
The actor will also submit to random drug and alcohol tests.
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Totti sets up Roma rout, Ibrahimovic delivers for United
Francesco Totti at 40 continues to shine for Roma, Manchester United needed Zlatan Ibrahimovic's height to see off stubborn Zorya Luhansk while Mario Balotelli got on the score sheet for Nice again in Europa League action. AFP Sports picks out the best of the games from matchday two on Thursday: Three assists for Totti Two days after his 40th birthday, captain Francesco Totti set up three of Roma's goals as they romped past Romanian outfit Astra 4-0.
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Joseph Schooling's gift to a blind masseur
He's never met Singapore's Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling before, but Ismail Akbar Abdullah is eternally grateful to the 21-year-old.
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Dutch summon Russian ambassador over MH17 comments
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders has summoned Russia's ambassador over "unacceptable" comments by Moscow criticising a report into the downing of flight MH17, officials said on Friday. "Responding to the presentation of the initial findings... spokespersons for the Kremlin and the Russian foreign ministry and defence ministry questioned the professionalism, integrity and independence of the Dutch public prosecution service," the Dutch foreign ministry said. "The Russian ambassador was informed that unsubstantiated criticism like this is unacceptable," the ministry said in a statement, issued in The Hague.
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Tom Hanks 'haunted' by moment when he ignored his son
Tom Hanks doesn't see himself as "brave" for supporting wife Rita Wilson's battle with breast cancer.
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Britney Spears ditched date because he 'looked like a lizard'
Britney Spears prefers men who are nice and are not interested in playing mind games.
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'World's deepest flooded cave' discovered in Czech Republic
A Czech-Polish team said Friday it had discovered the world's deepest underwater cave in the eastern Czech Republic. At 404 metres (1,325 feet) deep, the Hranicka Propast, a limestone abyss near the city of Hranice, beats out Italy's Pozzo del Merro cave that is 392 metres deep for the world record, Miroslav Lukas of the Czech Speleological Society told AFP.
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PM says German translator misinterpreted remarks on early polls
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today a German translator had misinterpreted his comments regarding when the next general election will be held. Najib...
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IMF leader cites 'historic milestone' for China
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is calling the inclusion of China's renminbi as the fifth currency in an elite group of the world's reserve currencies an "important ...
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Nicole Kidman: 'I was so young when I got married'
Nicole Kidman is proud of her 10th anniversary with Keith Urban because the start of their marriage was "up and down".
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Man in Sembawang hostage drama charged for having a knuckle duster
The man who held a two-year-old boy hostage for 17 hours in a flat earlier this week was charged on Friday (30 September) for having a knuckle duster.
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Rafael Nadal stops tennis match as mother searches for lost child in crowd
There’s something about this that makes you just tear up. Maybe it’s the parent in you (if you are a parent) or maybe, in a time when the world seems to be at its own throat, you witness a moment when everyone is on the same side.
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Thailand confirms first Zika-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia
By Aukkarapon Niyomyat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand reported on Friday the first confirmed cases in Southeast Asia of microcephaly linked to mosquito-borne Zika, as the World Health Organization urged action against the virus across the region. The confirmation of two case of microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size, came a day after U.S. health officials recommended that pregnant women postpone non-essential travel to 11 Southeast Asian countries because of the risk of Zika.
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Japan's new passenger plane completes US flight
Japan's problem-plagued new passenger jet on Thursday completed a flight to the United States for testing, its maker said, after aborting two earlier attempts. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) touched down at Grant County international airport in Washington state after flying from Anchorage. The first domestically made passenger jet, which left Nagoya airport on Monday, also stopped in Japan's northernmost Hokkaido, Russia and Alaska for fuelling.
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Young mother killed when train crashed fought for life
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Fabiola Bittar de Kroon fought for her life as she lay trapped among the wreckage of the Hoboken Terminal.
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Conte doesn't have magic solution for Chelsea woes
Antonio Conte admits he doesn't have an instant answer for the problems that have plagued his spluttering Chelsea team in recent weeks. Chelsea have only one clean sheet in 15 matches in all competitions ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Hull, when they will again be without injured captain and key defender John Terry. Until the January transfer window opens, Conte knows he has to make do with the current squad, many of whom are once again underachieving after their dismal 10th-place finish last season.
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Yang Yin jailed 6 years for misappropriating $1.1M from widow
Former tour guide Yang Yin has been sentenced to six years’ jail on Friday (30 September) for criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving the misappropriation of $1.1 million from 89-year-old widow Chung Khin Chun. Yang, a Chinese national, pleaded guilty to two CBT charges in August for misappropriating $500,000 and $600,000 from the widow, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. In his grounds of decision, principal district judge Bala Reddy said Yang’s six-year sentence was “not crushing given the nature of the offences, the amount of monies involved and the specific facts of this case”.
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Tiger Woods embraces role as vice-captain, invested like a player
Tiger Woods watches the action at the Ryder Cup. Tiger Woods fist pumps like he’s done so many times in his career, punching the air with his right hand. Dustin Johnson had just made the 8-footer for birdie to win the eighth hole of his Friday morning match at the Ryder Cup.
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Pro-opposition businessmen may be persecuted if political donors named, Pakatan leaders claim
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Making political party supporters declare donations above RM3,000 could see pro-opposition business owners being persecuted by the ruling government, Pakatan Harapan...
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