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Child protection • Consider renaming agency to reinforce its enforcement role

The Straits Times

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October 30, 2025

A nation searches its soul over the brutal abuse and killing of four-year-old Megan Khung.

Child protection • Consider renaming agency to reinforce its enforcement role

The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has apologised and acknowledged that more could have been done, and is acting on the recommendations of an independent review panel (Review panel finds multiple breaches by agencies in Megan Khung abuse case, Oct 23).

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Possible explosive powder found in Jakarta mosque blasts

Indonesian police have found possible explosive powder as they investigated blasts at a mosque in the capital Jakarta.

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1 min

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

The Straits Times

Jakarta to e-commerce firms: Stop selling imported used clothes

Indonesia’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Ministry has summoned the country’s major e-commerce platforms to demand they stop advertising and selling imported secondhand clothing, as the government moves to limit imports that officials say are hurting local producers.

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2 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

Digital financial planner helping S'poreans invest more and plan for retirement: DBS

Using a digital financial planner has helped Singaporeans to save twice as much and invest five times more of their funds, as well as start retirement planning, according to DBS Bank’s data.

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3 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

Loneliness of minorities

Author Kiran Desai taps her personal experience for her Booker-shortlisted book, The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny

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4 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

INVESTING IN FUTURE

S’pore ‘enhance medal hopes’ for 2029 home Games by sending 551 debutants to Thailand

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3 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

The Straits Times

Kerala govt's claim to have eradicated extreme poverty raises eyebrows

Indian state has pulled thousands out of destitution, but its claim draws criticism

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6 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

The Straits Times

Tai hangs up racket, 'to enjoy a life without alarm clocks'

Chinese Taipei's badminton star and Olympic silver medalist Tai Tzu-ying has announced her retirement, saying her era “has come to an end” but that she hopes her spirit stays with fans.

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1 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

The Straits Times

CAP FERRAT TO GET BACK TO HIS BEST IN G3 SA SA LADIES' PURSE

4 Cap Ferrat ran better than his eighth placing suggests when resuming, held up inside the final 300m with plenty left to offer.

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1 min

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

The Straits Times

Two suspects spent $70m on UK properties while on the run

$3b money laundering case

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6 mins

November 09, 2025

The Straits Times

The Straits Times

Removal of private spaces at 38 Oxley Rd won't affect historical significance: Experts

They say the site still has value even if the original structure is altered or demolished

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4 mins

November 09, 2025

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