The police are looking for the driver of a blue Toyota saloon car after a hit-and-run in Sengkang on Thursday (Aug 27) morning.The incident happened at about 6.20am on Sengkang East Road towards Buangkok Road, just opposite Sengkang Neighbourhood Police Centre (NPC) and Sengkang General Hospital. Map showing where the incident happened on Thursday (Aug 27). GRAPHIC: Google Maps, Social media Photographs and a video of the incident circulating on social media show the car stopped on the traffic island at the junction of Sengkang East Way and Sengkang East Road.A traffic light was knocked over, possibly from the impact of the accident.

SINGAPORE — Young people in Singapore who want a listening ear but are reluctant to step into a counsellor’s office can turn to a new initiative.Called Chat Circles, the programme matches them with a trained volunteer to have an hour-long conversation about things weighing on their minds.Social enterprise Empact, which launched the initiative on Aug 26, promises a space “free from clinical assessments, unsolicited advice or expectations”.Up to 20 young people can join each session, which will run monthly from August through to July 2027. Empact plans to work with tertiary institutions to hold sessions on campus, as well as other community partners such as charities serving underprivileged youth.Chat Circles is part of a new series of mental well-being and resilience programmes aimed at supporting youth through life transitions, under the five-year SG Youth Plan launched by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and the National Youth Council (NYC).

The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) on Thursday (Aug 27) pledged $50,000 in humanitarian aid to its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners following deadly floods that struck near the Nepal-China border a day earlier.More than 270 people have been killed and about 1,500 are still unaccounted for as search efforts continue.At least 700 foreign tourists, including nine Singaporeans, are reportedly missing.Rescuers are using helicopters in search operations, dropping tents, food and other emergency supplies to thousands cut off in towns and valleys.The flooding is said to have been possibly triggered by a glacier collapse, experts say. 

In Punjab, more than 76 lakh women have successfully registered for the Mawan Dheeyan Satkar Yojana, with the state government allocating an impressive Rs 2,381 crore to support 68.06 lakh beneficiaries. Under this initiative, women from the general category receive Rs 1,000 a month, while those from the Scheduled Caste category benefit with Rs 1,500. Additionally, 'Satkar Sakhis' have been rewarded with Rs 52.

A NITI Aayog report identifies significant barriers to youth employment and skilling in India. Existing skilling programs often lack outcome orientation and placement support for participants. The report suggests affordable training and combining learning with earning opportunities. Bridging this gap is very important for realizing India's demographic dividend by 2047.

A training aircraft crashed near Kanpur Civil Airport on Thursday. The Tecnam P2006T twin-engine aircraft was on a local training flight when it went down. Both the trainee and instructor pilots on board sustained fatal injuries in the accident. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating the incident and its circumstances. This crash follows a previous incident involving the same aircraft in June 2026.

As trade war tensions between Canada and the U.S. ratchet up again, some shoppers are digging in their heels when it comes to buying Canadian. And that's driving more traffic to tools that help connect shoppers with Canadian-made products and home-grown businesses.

Canada must balance many different considerations when selecting which U.S. products to tariff in order to cause maximum pressure in the United States with minimal disruption at home. Those include the U.S. elections, affordability and the ease with which importers on either side of the border can find alternatives, according to economic and political experts.

Donald Trump’s tariff threats and rhetoric about making Canada the 51st state reshaped the federal election, especially in Quebec. As the provincial election campaign gets underway, could the U.S. president play that outsized role once again?

Five people accused of murdering and robbing Chileka businessman Omar Mbeta have all pleaded not guilty, as the High Court in Blantyre ordered the State to urgently produce crucial outstanding evidence before the trial can properly get underway. The accused appeared before Justice Etness Chanza on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, for the commencement of proceedings, […] The post “Not guilty”: Five deny murdering Chileka shopkeeper as evidence gaps delay trial appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s Ministry of Health has revealed the alarming true scale of the country’s diabetes crisis, disclosing that nearly 79 percent of cases nationwide remain undiagnosed, as officials scramble to expand screening and treatment access — particularly for children living with the life-threatening condition. Ministry of Health Public Relations Officer Benedicto Mbewe confirmed the government is […] The post Malawi battles hidden diabetes crisis among children amid chronic supply shortages appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Services sector turnover in the second quarter of 2026 rose 25.5 per cent from a year earlier, data from the Singapore Department of Statistics (SingStat) showed.Compared to the previous quarter, non-seasonally adjusted business receipts grew by 16.9 per cent, the department reported on Thursday (Aug 27).The data, which excludes accommodation, finance and insurance and real estate developers, showed that receipts in the second quarter stood at about $1.58 trillion.The quarterly indicator released by SingStat tracks the income earned by firms across Singapore's services sector.It is intended to provide insights on the short-term performances of the services industries, helping to guide business decisions and policy choices, SingStat said.Business receipts stood at about $283 billion, if wholesale trade, which reported a 27.8 per cent growth — mainly attributed to wholesale trade of electronic components, petroleum, and petroleum products — is excluded.With the exception of recreation and personal services and food and beverage, all other industries recorded year-on-year growth in the second quarter.

SINGAPORE — When senior citizen Goh Kim Inn hit his father’s head with an umbrella while crossing a road, Jimmy Yar Hock Long, 37, turned around and shoved the 78-year-old assailant to the ground.Goh hit his head on the ground and died two days later at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.On Aug 27, Yar was sentenced to nine months’ jail after he pleaded guilty to an assault charge.His 70-year-old father and Goh had a history of altercations over reasons that were not disclosed in court documents.Goh had previously assaulted Yar’s father in January and March 2024, which saw Goh receiving police warnings on Aug 20 that year.Yar’s father was also issued a warning for fighting with Goh in a public place on March 21, 2024.The fatal incident happened just before 9am on May 25, 2025.Yar and his father were at a pedestrian crossing at the junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Wolskel Road when Goh approached them from behind and used an umbrella to hit Yar’s father on the head.Deputy Public Prosecutor Timotheus Koh said that Yar then rushed towards Goh and pushed him. Goh fell, hit his head on the ground and stopped moving.

A total of 18 bus services will be affected by the Adidas Orchard Ignition event taking place in Orchard over the coming weekend, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on Thursday (Aug 27). On Sunday, the affected bus services will skip three bus stops along Orchard Road and Paterson Road from 10am to 8.30pm, LTA said.Bus services 36, 77, 124, 143, 167, 174, 190, 518, and 972/972M will skip bus stop 0947 outside Orchard MRT station and Tang Plaza, while services 7, 14, 16, 65, 106, 111, 123, 175 and 502 will skip bus stop 09048 outside Orchard MRT station and Lucky Plaza.Meanwhile, bus services 14, 16, 65 and 175 will skip bus stop 13191 opposite Orchard MRT station's Exit 12. The bus stop is located along Paterson Road.Adidas Orchard IgnitionA collaboration between Adidas and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 team, Adidas Orchard Ignition will feature a garage display at the Adidas Brand Centre Orchard on Aug 29.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday approved the first project under its region-wide crisis financing mechanism, giving Vanuatu faster access to financing following disasters and other major emergencies.

The Supreme Court of Vanuatu has sentenced a 44-year-old father to five years and six months’ imprisonment after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting his five-year-old daughter.

Passengers travelling by bus around Efate will face a new fare structure from 1 September 2026, with fares increasing according to travel distance.

It is very sad to see that many voters have failed to verify their ID cards and confirm their names on the electoral roll, only to be turned away when they arrived to vote yesterday.

Independent candidate Lopez Adams is leading the number of votes in the Northern Ward of the Port Vila City Council (PVCC), with the highest number of votes across almost all polling stations.

Mustafa Bolat (left), 29, pulled a pistol out at the convenience store in Wood Green, north London and fired three times at shopper Ali Unlu.

British motorists' willingness to go Chinese has jumped to 49% - significantly up from 35% last year and 24% in 2023, according to a repeat survey.

I met Dolly Parton , who died yesterday at the grand ol' age of 80 after a battle with cancer , when she was 60, or 'sexty!' as she exclaimed as she tried to give me a bear hug.

Hugh Mulryan, 25, was found dead in his burnt-out Volkswagen Passat near Malton, North Yorkshire, at around 4.30am on June 16 last year.

Britain's car makers have called for an 'urgent' watering down of electric vehicle targets and action on energy costs as latest figures showed they remained under 'intense pressure'.

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[allAfrica] President Mamadi Doumbouya has dismissed 173 military personnel for alleged desertion. This includes Colonel Michel Lamah, a member of the elite Special Forces unit who helped him seize power in the 2021 coup.

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[New Times] While the root cause of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)'s instability dates back 141 years to King Leopold II's colonial rule in 1885, this analysis centers on the key actors and events responsible for the ongoing crisis since 1994.

[New Times] Over the past 25 years, Rwanda's decentralisation journey has brought decision-making closer to citizens, strengthened local government capacity and enabled better service delivery, citizen participation, local economic development and accountability.

[ANGOP] Kinshasa -- President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday in Kinshasa called for the Lobito Corridor to be transformed into a tool for economic sovereignty.