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channelnewsasia. com > singapore > sengkang-hdb-father-daughter-death-xu-na-6123741

Woman found dead in Sengkang flat with father's remains relied on him for food: Coroner

42+ min ago  (734+ words) Ms Xu Na, 47, weighed just 24kg when she was found with the skeletal remains of her 75-year-old father in the HDB flat they shared. SINGAPORE: The woman who was found dead with her father's skeletal remains in the same Housing Board…...

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channelnewsasia. com > business > singapore-airlines-sia-air-india-fuel-costs-air-fares-6123376

A 'long game': Singapore Airlines committed to Air India despite record US$2 billion loss, says CEO

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (958+ words) "We have never had any illusion that it is an easy path," says CEO Goh Choon Phong on SIA's stake in Air India. SINGAPORE: Air India's transformation is a "long game" with "no shortcut", and Singapore Airlines remains committed to…...

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channelnewsasia. com > asia > indonesia-mine-landslide-kills-9-miners-west-sumatra-6123781

Gold mine landslide in Indonesia's West Sumatra kills 9

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (266+ words) JAKARTA: Searchers recovered nine bodies after a landslide hit near an illegal gold mine on Indonesia's Sumatra Island, police said Friday (May 15). A cliff near the mine collapsed on Thursday (May 14) in Sijunjung district, burying a group of miners working…...

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channelnewsasia. com > asia > india-charges-10-deadly-2025-delhi-car-bomb-6123771

India charges 10 for deadly 2025 Delhi car bomb

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (39+ words) NEW DELHI: India's counter-terrorism agency has charged 10 men with involvement in the 2025 car blast that killed at least 11 people in the capital, linking them to an Al-Qaeda inspired group. The Nov 10 explosion t...

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channelnewsasia. com > singapore > singapore-deny-vep-applications-renewals-foreign-registered-vehicles-fine-nov-2-6123201

Singapore to deny VEP applications, renewals for foreign-registered vehicles with outstanding fines from Nov 2

56+ min ago  (268+ words) SINGAPORE: Foreign-registered vehicles with outstanding fines will not be able to apply or renew their Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) from Nov 2. The change differs from the current practice where such foreign-registered vehicles may be denied entry into Singapore only when…...

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channelnewsasia. com > business > analysisiran-war-leaves-crisis-scarred-countries-counting-cost-6049406

Analysis: Iran war leaves crisis-scarred countries counting the cost - CNA

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (442+ words) LONDON/COLOMBO/ISLAMABAD, April 10: Sanoj Weeratunge thought this would finally be the year his tour firm put Sri Lanka's spate of crises behind it. Then the Iran war erupted 2, 700 miles away, the government hiked fuel prices by 35 per cent and…...

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channelnewsasia. com > asia > philippines-rice-prices-agriculture-iran-war-rising-fuel-costs-6123666

Philippines" love affair with rice grows costlier amid fuel crisis

1+ hour, 29+ min ago  (739+ words) Disruptions to fuel and fertiliser supplies linked to the Middle East conflict are driving up food prices and living costs in the Philippines. A stallowner weighs rice at Taboan Market in Cebu City in the Philippines. Traders say imported rice…...

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channelnewsasia. com > world > russia-ukraine-swap-205-prisoners-war-each-6123531

Russia, Ukraine swap 205 prisoners of war each

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (301+ words) KYIV: Russia and Ukraine exchanged 205 prisoners of war each on Friday (May 15), Moscow and Kyiv said, a week after US President Donald Trump announced a large swap would take place between the warring sides. The Russian defence ministry said in…...

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channelnewsasia. com > business > japans-megabanks-rake-in-record-profits-forecast-further-gains-6123386

Japan's megabanks rake in record profits, forecast further gains

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (438+ words) Mizuho logo is seen in this illustration taken January 7, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration TOKYO, May 15: Japan's three largest banking groups logged big jumps in annual profits to record levels and forecast higher profits to come even as geopolitical risks spur…...

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channelnewsasia. com > business > japans-largest-lender-mufg-logs-438-jump-in-fourth-quarter-profit-6123461

Japan's largest lender MUFG logs 438% jump in fourth quarter profit

4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (96+ words) MUFG Bank's logo is displayed in Tokyo, Japan, April 20, 2026. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO, May 15: Japan's largest banking group Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group'logged a 438 per cent surge in fourth-quarter profit, it said on Friday. Net profit for the January-March period was…...