The body of a 78-year-old man who lived alone in a Lengkok Bahru flat was found last Saturday (July 25), more than a week after he was last seen around the neighbourhood.Volunteers making the rounds that morning had noticed last week's bread still hanging on his gate and called the police for help, reported Shin Min Daily News.A reporter from the Chinese evening daily visited Block 58 Lengkok Bahru and observed that the dead man's flat was filled with clutter.His relatives arrived at the home at about 4pm, and they burned joss paper when his body was taken away at about 5.30pm.The deceased, who was unmarried, was identified as Lin Yaba (transliteration) by Shin Min.A neighbour surnamed Chen, who last saw Lin on July 16, said Lin used to ride his bicycle every day. «The volunteers visited (on July 25) and discovered that the bread from last Saturday (July 18) was still hanging at the door,» he claimed.Lin's younger sister said her brother had always been in good health, though he had complained about prostate issues about two weeks ago.His death came as a shock to her, she said.

SINGAPORE — Merging the Category A and Category B certificates of entitlement (COEs) into a single pool, and introducing rebates and surcharges based on vehicle value, were among the ideas discussed during the refresh of the Land Transport Master Plan.The Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a statement on July 27 that more than 400 participants in the master plan’s second phase of focus group discussions had explored ideas for categorising COEs.These included using vehicle size as a differentiating criterion and allocating COEs based on need, particularly for large families with young children.They also suggested creating a separate category for car leasing companies, imposing surcharges on those who own multiple cars, and removing the Open category (Category E) COEs, which are typically used for larger and more powerful cars.At the focus group discussion on this topic, Edward Chia, deputy chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, proposed pooling the Category A and B COEs.He also suggested offering discounts for vehicles with lower open market values and imposing surcharges on those with higher values.

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En marge de sa visite privée à Libreville, le Président de la République du Congo, Son Excellence Denis Sassou Nguesso, a effectué, à l'invitation du Président de la République gabonaise, Son Excellence Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, une visite de plusieurs chantiers engagés dans le cadre de la politique de modernisation du Gabon. Il était accompagné de la Première Dame, Madame Zita Oligui Nguema. Cette séquence, empreinte de convivialité et de fraternité, illustre l'excellence des (...) - INFRASTRUCTURES / SUJET_ECRIT_MAISON

The 19-year-old triple murderer was accused of 'manipulating the system' after being shipped out of maximum-security HMP Belmarsh this month.

Pensioners, widowers and hard-working homeowners living on Britain's 'most eroded coastline' face being left with nothing as properties are demolished amid council fears they could end up in the sea.

Emergency services rushed to West Wittering Beach in West Sussex at 2.30pm on Sunday following concerns for the safety of two adults in the water.

Adam Ramsay-Peaty paid tribute to his wife Holly for supporting him during a 'whirlwind' 24 hours, after he missed out on 100m breastroke gold at the Commonwealth Games.

The Prime Minister suggested his plans for reform could make payments more 'conditional upon people taking opportunities that are presented in front of them'.

GEORGETOWN (AP) — Guyana's government on Sunday appointed a group of international experts to investigate the recent sinking of a state ferry that killed dozens of passengers in the country's worst maritime disaster on record. The 87-year-old MV Barima capsized in Atlantic waters on June 18 after it departed the capital, Georgetown, en route to Port Kaituma, an Indigenous community near Venezuela.

One week after a damaging audio recording became public, in which the voices of two alleged People’s National Party (PNP) officials could be heard discussing ways to discredit Major General Antony Anderson in his role as head of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), the party has broken its silence on the matter. The issue was the first item on the agenda at a meeting of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) on Sunday. The meeting is usually the last such gathering before the party’s annual conference in September, provided there is a conference.

Jamaica has taken what is being described as a step towards transforming healthcare for its ageing population with the official opening of the first state-operated Golden Care geriatric clinic, a specialised service signalling the beginning of a new model of healthcare for older Jamaicans. Located at the Claremont Centre of Excellence in St Ann, the clinic is being hailed as the first tangible outcome of the government’s commitment to building a health system better equipped to meet the needs of the country’s rapidly growing elderly population.

CMC: A Jamaican woman who was on the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted Fraudster list has been extradited from Jamaica to face charges arising from an alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain more than US$32 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Forty-one-year-old Elaine Angene Escoe was returned to South Florida on Saturday after being apprehended in Jamaica following a joint investigation by US and Jamaican law-enforcement authorities.

WESTERN BUREAU: The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is preparing students for “a world that no longer exists”, by scrapping traditional School-Based Assessments (SBA) over artificial intelligence, says AI expert Christopher Christie, who argues that the move takes Caribbean education backwards. For nearly half a century, the SBA has been a cornerstone of Caribbean secondary education, challenging students to research, analyse and apply what they have learnt beyond the confines of an examination room.

CENTCOM chief reportedly advised President Donald Trump to halt strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, saying they were no longer effective Read Full Article at RT.com

Sweden is setting up a civilian intelligence service to better understand Russia’s political leadership after intelligence failures in 2022 Read Full Article at RT.com

A Russian man was accused of treason after allegedly offering spy services to New Zealand Read Full Article at RT.com

According to Israel's Channel 13, Benjamin Netanyahu stated his «intention to resist» the demand of the American administration

The New York Times reported that the Pentagon began publishing casualty statistics on a dedicated webpage on July 7

The price of futures contracts of WTI crude oil for August 2026 delivery was down by 5.34%

Anton Alikhanov added that the country has teams with strong expertise in identification, interception, and machine vision systems

Acting Governor Alexander Shuvayev said that an 11-year-old boy is in serious condition, while his 2-year-old sister is in moderate condition

[allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- HIV activists confronted U.S. officials before the official start of the AIDS 2026 conference over sweeping changes to Washington's global HIV strategy, accusing the Trump administration of creating a public health emergency through funding cuts, while the United States defended a new financing model that it says will build more sustainable, country-led HIV programmes.

A desperate search and rescue operation is under way on Lake Malawi after a speedboat carrying seven people, including four foreign nationals, vanished without trace after setting off from Tanzania. The Tanzanian-registered vessel, named Makutuwima Cruise and powered by twin 90-horsepower Yamaha outboard engines, belongs to businessman Andrew Makutuwima Nyirenda and had been due to […] The post 7 missing as speedboat vanishes crossing Lake Malawi from Tanzania appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Independent Member of Parliament Ayuba James has launched a scathing attack on President Lazarus Chakwera, dismissing attempts by some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) loyalists to portray the President as a well-intentioned leader who merely failed because he was surrounded by the wrong people. In a strongly worded social media post on Monday, James argued that […] The post Ayuba James tears into Baba Malondera’s Chakwera defense: “You can’t expect anything new from him” appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawian non-profit, the Gender and Justice Unit (GJU), is a recipient of the 2026 Segal Foundation Fighting for Fairness Award for its community justice initiative that empowers women. Since 2012, the Segal Family Foundation has recognized outstanding leaders of the organizations in five awards categories and this year’s winners, awarded at a gala held in […] The post NGO scoops international award for community justice initiative appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Singapore's manufacturing output rose by 7.2 per cent year-on-year in June, driven mainly by growth in the electronics, precision engineering and transport engineering clusters.Excluding biomedical manufacturing, output in June increased by 9.6 per cent, down from the 17.7 per cent spike in May, according to official data from the Economic Development Board (EDB) released on Monday (July 27).On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, manufacturing output decreased by 7.2 per cent, from the 0.7 per cent drop in May, while output excluding biomedical manufacturing dropped by 11.2 per cent.General and biomedical manufacturing, chemicals sectors droppedBiomedical manufacturing declined 11.4 per cent in June from the 24.2 per cent recorded in May.This was due to the pharmaceuticals cluster seeing a different mix of active pharmaceutical ingredients being produced, EDB said.General manufacturing also saw a decline — by 6.8 per cent — reversing the 11.8 per cent increase posted in May.

Thinking about catching up with friends and family during the upcoming National Day long weekend?There's good news if you are concerned about transport.Public transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT will extend the operating hours of train services on the eve of National Day (Aug 8).In addition, the operating hours of 53 bus services will also be extended to complement the extension of train operating hours. Commuters are advised to plan their journeys early and note the changes. NSL, EWL, CCL and TELSMRT will extend the departure time of its last train on the North-South Line to leave City Hall MRT station for Jurong East, Marina South Pier and Tuas Link stations to 12.30am. Meanwhile, the last train departing East-West Line's City Hall station will also be at 12.30am.On the Circle Line, the last train leaving Marina Bay and HarbourFront stations will be at 11.57pm and 11.30pm respectively.The last train departing from Woodlands North and Bayshore on the Thomson-East Coast Line will be at 12am and 12.12am respectively.

Kim Yo Jong stressed that North Korea’s status as a nuclear state, enshrined in the constitution, cannot be changed by «a single document that has no legally binding force whatsoever,» referring to a document by the Chairman of the ASEAN Regional Forum