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Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (centre) gestures during a press conference surrounded by senior Thai army commanders and government minsters at Government House in Bangkok June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World  / 18 h ago

Paetongtarn Shinawatra: Youngest Thai PM faces swift end to short career

Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on June 20, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

High Court discharges Najib in RM27m SRC case stalled since 2019, does not acquit

A Singapore Airlines flight from Frankfurt to New York was forced to divert to Paris in October after a passenger suffered a severe allergic reaction mid-air, triggering a lawsuit over an in-flight shrimp meal. — Reuters pic
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‘I told them I was allergic’: Passenger sues Singapore Airlines after shrimp meal triggers emergency landing

The Penang Yosakoi Parade 2023. — Picture via Facebook/Penang Yosakoi Parade
Life  / 8 h ago

Yosakoi hits 10: Penang streets come alive with high-energy dance, Japanese idols and a fireworks finale

Screengrabs of a Facebook video showing the tour bus near Muallim.
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Tour bus with 36 Indian tourists crashes into divider on PLUS highway near Muallim in Perak, all escape unhurt

The Federal Court ruled that a 2014 fatwa issued by the Selangor Fatwa Committee does not apply to the Sisters in Islam (SIS) Forum Malaysia as an organisation or institution, but only to individuals. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Selangor Sultan wants Muslim women’s rights group SIS to not use ‘Islam’ in name, cites ‘confusion’ among community

Zou Zhenhao, a Chinese student who was found guilty by a London court of drugging and raping 10 women in Britain and China, looks on in this handout picture released on March 5, 2025. Metropolitan Police/Handout via Reuters
World  / 5 h ago

Chinese student Zou Zhenhao — who raped 10 women and targeted dozens more — jailed for life in UK

Between 2023 and 2024 alone, heat caused by the El Niño cycle claimed five lives, according to the Khazanah Research Institute. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 8 h ago

Cooling crisis: Why Malaysia’s urban trees are critical in the heatwave battle

Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Account 2 savings may be used to help pay for health insurance premiums. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Amid rising costs, Putrajaya mulls allowing Malaysians to tap EPF Account 2 savings for private hospital cover

Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex on June 20, 2025. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Rafizi urges AGC to refile Najib’s SRC charges after court grants DNAA, slams delay since 2019 despite ‘clear money trail’

This combination of handout satellite photos obtained from Planet Labs PBC on June 19, 2025, of a photo taken on June 5, 2025 (left) shows military planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, and a photo taken June 19, 2025 (right) showing no more planes at the US military base of Al-Udeid in Qatar, one of the main US bases in the region. — Handout via AFP
World  / 6 h ago

Satellite images reveal empty tarmac at major US air base in Qatar

Cart noodles, or ‘che zai mein’, are a Hong Kong classic, found at Luckee. — Picture by Ethan Lau
Eat-drink  / 6 h ago

Get your fix of Hong Kong-style cart noodles and peanut butter ‘cheong fun’ at Sri Petaling’s Luckee

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands amid debris outside the Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. — AFP pic
World  / 5 h ago

Netanyahu: Israel ‘changing the face of the world’ in war with Iran

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim giving a speech during the Finance Ministry's monthly assembly. June 20, 2025. — Picture by Choo Choy May .
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

‘We collect taxes to return them to the people’: PM justifies SST expansion, says Malaysians to benefit through welfare aid

A satellite image shows new reactors under construction at the Bushehr site in Iran in this handout image dated January 1, 2025. — Maxar Technologies handout pic via Reuters
World  / 19 h ago

'It was a mistake': Israel confirms strikes on Natanz, Isfahan, Arak — but not Bushehr

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Surekha A. Yadav
Surekha A. Yadav
Born and bred in Singapore, Surekha A. Yadav is a freelance journalist in Southeast Asia.
 

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Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam being sworn in as Singapore's ninth President on Thursday (Sept 14), at the Istana. — TODAY pic
17 Sep 2023

Singaporeans endorse the status quo

As he approaches his 20th year in power and enters his eighth decade of life, just when he should be looking to step back and bask in his impressive legacy, it’s Lee who has had to issue statements promising transparency, reflection, and correction to steady the ship. — AFP pic
30 Jul 2023

Sympathy for Lee Hsien Loong

TODAY journalist Loraine Lee queuing up for Taylor Swift concert tickets at the Bukit Panjang SingPost outlet July 6. — TODAY pic
09 Jul 2023

Swifties in Singapore: A blessing or a curse? 

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18 Jun 2023

Singapore reels from a crime wave

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A local resident looks at a flooded street in the town of Kherson on June 10, 2023, following damages sustained at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. The flood triggered by damage to the Kakhovka dam in the early hours of June 6, 2023 forced thousands to flee, disrupted water supplies and sparked fears of an environmental and humanitarian disaster. — AFP pic
11 Jun 2023

Ukraine: The Global North has failed, it’s time for the Global South to step up

The temperature in Singapore hit 37 degrees Celsius on May 13, matching the city-state's 1983 record. — AFP pic
14 May 2023

It’s getting hot in here

In a world where more and more countries have legalised the substance, and it is even available as a recreational drug in neighbouring nations, the sentence seems extraordinary. — Shutterstock pic via ETX Studio
07 May 2023

Executed for cannabis — Is Singapore’s latest execution the harshest in history?

TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on
09 Apr 2023

Singapore poster boy: TikTok’s Chew Shou Zi

Ethnic Chinese account for less than 4 per cent of Malaysia’s police force despite being over 20 per cent of the population. The stats for Indians are not much better. — Picture by Azneal Ishak
19 Mar 2023

Waiting to be pulled over on the N-S highway

Male voyeurism is a serious problem and should be treated as such. — iStock pic via TODAY
05 Mar 2023

Male voyeurs need sterner sentences

Tin Pei Ling is a Member of Parliament for MacPherson constituency. — TODAY file pic
12 Feb 2023

Private sector politicians in Singapore

Celebrated on the second new moon after the winter solstice — the 21st of December (the year’s shortest day) — the lunar new year is also celebrated in Vietnam and Korea. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
29 Jan 2023

Is Chinese New Year only for the Chinese? 

Singapore restricts Airbnb largely because it competes with hotels — and a proliferation of Airbnbs will drive down room rates and impact operators across the city. ― Reuters pic
22 Jan 2023

Time to relook the short term rental market

This photograph taken on December 27, 2022 shows a stopped chairlift at Le Semnoz ski resort, near Annecy, as the resort had to close temporarily due to the lack of snow.— AFP pic
15 Jan 2023

Who will pay for the climate? 

For both Singapore and Malaysia, 2023 will be a crucial year to tell us where we will find ourselves at the end of this decade. — AFP pic
08 Jan 2023

Welcome to the roaring 20s 

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that can respond to questions and queries in natural language. ― AFP pic
18 Dec 2022

ChatGPT: Both marvellous and quite scary

Kuala Lumpur has long had the potential to play the role of a giant Booklyn to Singapore’s sanitised Manhattan. — Picture by Hari Anggara
11 Dec 2022

Kuala Lumpur or Singapore: Which is South-east Asia’s metropolis?

Malaysia — as it begins to grow once again post-Covid — still holds the potential to become a fully developed nation and if it can join the ranks of the world’s more affluent nations, lessons can be learned and applied globally. — Picture by Farhan Najib
04 Dec 2022

Why Malaysia matters to a Singaporean

While Anwar now clearly stands for a multicultural Malaysia, the country is evidently polarised along racial and religious lines. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
28 Nov 2022

The last chance for a united Malaysia?

Some online commentators joked that as far as local authorities were concerned Deepavali is a riot waiting to repeat itself. — Picture by Farhan Najib
13 Nov 2022

Is the Singapore government just uncool?

The Global Financial Centers Index rated Singapore as the world’s third most influential financial centre, after only New York and London. ― Reuters pic
16 Oct 2022

Singapore: Sitting on top of the world 

om its inception, the UN has been utterly dominated by the victorious allies — the nations that effectively won World War II — i.e. the US, China, France, the UK and Russia. ― Reuters pic
02 Oct 2022

Is it time to ditch the UN?

Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrives for a talk session at a luncheon organised by City Bank in Dubai in this November 17, 2005 file photo. — Reuters pic
18 Sep 2022

What’s your favourite musical? 

The Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore that it is seeking public feedback on Grabu00e2u20acu2122s application to impose a 30-cent platform fee. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
08 May 2022

Found not guilty by the court but was ex-Grab driver’s behaviour decent?

An indoor hydroponic growing system is seen at an urban farm in Singapore June 20, 2017. Picture taken June 20, 2017. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
24 Apr 2022

Goodbye to traditional farming in Singapore?

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong speaking during the press conference at the Istana on April 16. u00e2u20acu201d Picture courtesy of Singaporeu00e2u20acu2122s Ministry of Communications and Information
17 Apr 2022

Finally... a new heir apparent has been named in Singapore

People waiting in line to buy food at a Ramadan bazaar in Ampang, April 5, 2022. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Devan Manuel
10 Apr 2022

Restarting Singapore’s heart

The knife used by a man at Block 33 Bendemeer Road on March 23, 2022. u00e2u20acu201d TODAY pic
03 Apr 2022

Is violence on the rise in Singapore?

A general view of the Johor Causeway at Johor Baru March 7, 2022. u00e2u20acu201d Picture by Hari Anggara
27 Mar 2022

Singapore and Malaysia — back together again

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20 Mar 2022

Rites and rituals of Yishun

This photograph taken on December 14, 2018, shows an animal crossing traffic signboard installed to warn motorists during nearby infrastructure roadworks in the city-stateu00e2u20acu2122s remaining green area in Mandai district leading to Singapore Zoo. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
13 Mar 2022

Wild things of Singapore

A woman uses chopsticks to eat sushi at a restaurant in La Serena, Chile in this picture released April 19, 2016. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
06 Mar 2022

Eat hotpot with your hands if you are Indian

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27 Feb 2022

Ukraine: A special war?

Finance Minister Lawrence Wong (pictured) said that global businesses are not in Singapore to serve its market, but they are here to serve the region and the world. u00e2u20acu2022 Picture courtesy of CNA via TODAY
20 Feb 2022

Singapore moves towards taxing the rich to give to the poor

Raeesah Khan at a hearing by Parliamentu00e2u20acu2122s Committee of Privileges in Singapore December 2, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d TODAY pic
13 Feb 2022

Criminal charges for the leader of Singapore’s Opposition?

File picture shows vehicles driving past the New York Times headquarters in New York March 1, 2010. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic
06 Feb 2022

Chicken curry with a side of imperialism

A man walks at a hutong alley decorated with lanterns and a sign of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, ahead of the opening ceremony of the Games and the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing, China January 29, 2022. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picnn
30 Jan 2022

Crouching tiger, missing China

OCBC described a recent phishing scam that hit its customers as u00e2u20acu02dcparticularly aggressive and highly coordinatedu00e2u20acu2122, becoming increasingly frequent over the year-end holiday period in 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters picnn
23 Jan 2022

Scams and banks

16 Jan 2022

Keeping cats on regulation

Currently, work-related events are allowed subject to a cap of 50 participants and any meals being incidental. u00e2u20acu201d APF pic
02 Jan 2022

Singapore in 2022

A pedestrian walks past shops, temporarily closed-down due to Covid-19 restrictions, as Britain enters a national lockdown in London on January 5, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic
26 Dec 2021

Happy Holidays 2020, too

Raeesah Khan at a hearing by Parliamentu00e2u20acu2122s Committee of Privileges in Singapore December 2, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d TODAY pic
19 Dec 2021

How the PAP seems to be missing an open goal

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