Man charged for causing alarm after allegedly making bomb threat on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33

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SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly assaulting cabin crew and claiming that he had a bomb on Singapore Airlines flight SQ33 was charged in court on Thursday (Sep 29). “Preliminary investigations indicate that during the flight, the man had allegedly shouted that there was a bomb on theContinue Reading

Singapore, UK commit to jointly promote capacity-building in Southeast Asia

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SINGAPORE: Singapore and the United Kingdom on Thursday (Sep 29) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly promote capacity-building in Southeast Asia. The MOU on the Singapore-UK Third Country Training Programme was signed by Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan and the UK’s secretary of state for foreign,Continue Reading

‘Hocus Pocus 2′ conjures a new witches’ brew

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Disney regularly wrings inordinate mileage out of nostalgia, which can easily obscure when the source wasn’t quite as worthy of praise as we like to remember. “Hocus Pocus 2” should benefit from that dynamic, delivering a breezy sequel — 29 years later — that should provide go-down-easy Halloween viewing for families in the less-demanding confines of Disney+.Continue Reading

North Korea conducts third ballistic missile launch in 5 days

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SEOUL: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday (Sep 29), Seoul’s military said, Pyongyang’s third such launch in less than a week and just hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris left South Korea. The South’s military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the SunchonContinue Reading