A customer who ordered a bowl of fish soup found an unexpected ingredient in his dish: a plastic clothes peg. The 46-year-old clinic assistant, who wishes to be known as CT Zu, posted a picture of his soup to Facebook Group Complaint Singapore on Thursday (June 27). «Found this clip in my tom yum fish soup, bought from Cantine at Jurong Point,» read the caption. A large, pink plastic clothes peg, which seems to have been fished out of the soup, can be seen in the picture. These clips are also used to attach order slips to containers to inform the kitchen of the order and removed before the food is packed. Speaking to AsiaOne, Zu said that he ordered three portions of fish soup from the food court operated by Kopitiam on Wednesday evening via Grab. Upon opening one of the tom yum fish soups, he was shocked to discover a whole plastic clip inside. «I was agitated, disgusted and annoyed. An angry man is a hungry man,» said Zu. «Luckily I ordered other food as well.» According to a picture of Zu's order receipt seen by AsiaOne, one bowl of tom yum fish soup cost $7.50 and his total order came up to $28.10.
When it comes to extremism and acts of terrorism, Singapore has always taken a zero-tolerance approach, said Minister for Home Affairs K Shanmugam. He was speaking to reporters on Friday (June 28), just days after the arrest of eight suspected extremists in Malaysia earlier this week and the May 17 attack by radicalised individuals on Ulu Tiram Police Station. The May 17 attack resulted in the deaths of two policemen, and left one injured. The alleged attacker, Radin Luqman, 21, was killed in the ensuing firefight. Describing the Ulu Tiram attack as «brazen», Shanmugam noted that Luqman had arrived at the police station carrying a bag filled with metal sheets, and was wearing a bulletproof vest. «Obviously, the attack seems to have been pre-planned,» he said. Shanmugam added that Luqman, his father Radin Imran Mohd Yassin, 62, and brother are reported to be ISIS supporters. And that the act was likely inspired by the Islamic State (ISIS).
The decomposing body of an 80-year-old woman was found inside her flat on Wednesday (June 26), days after residents noticed a foul smell wafting into their homes. The discovery was made in a ninth-storey flat at Block 245 Jurong East Street 24 at around 5pm, reported Shin Min Daily News. A 34-year-old resident surnamed Chen, who lives in the unit directly above on the tenth floor, said that his family started noticing an odour from outside his bedroom window last Sunday. «A neighbour on our floor lives alone, so we were worried something might have happened to him,» he said. «But when we saw that he was safe and sound, we thought the smell might be from a rotting animal carcass.» When the smell worsened over the next two days, he contacted the Jurong-Clementi Town Council, whose staff visited the block on Monday and Tuesday but could not pinpoint the source of the stench. «They went into my bedroom and noticed the foul odour too,» Chen added.
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The United States will continue to help Seychelles in its battle against trafficking in persons through various aid and expertise, said Henry Jardin, the non-resident US Ambassador to Seychelles on Friday. Jardin told reporters that the U.S. will do this through various means, including by posting an officer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the island nation to help local authorities. He made the statement after the publication of the US Department of State 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report released on Tuesday. Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, maintained its Tier One status. «I would like to commend the remarkable efforts of Seychelles in maintaining its Tier 1 ranking. Seychelles remains the only country in Africa to a Tier 1 ranking, a testament to the nation's unwavering commitment to combatting human trafficking,» said the ambassador. The Trafficking in Persons Report is an annual report issued since 2001 by the US State Department's Office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons. It ranks governments based on their perceived efforts to acknowledge and combat human trafficking. Tier 1 consists of countries whose governments fully comply with the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA's) minimum standards. Tier 2 features countries whose governments do not fully comply with all of TVPA's minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to comply with those standards. On Tier 3 are the countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so. Jardin explained that over the past year, Seychelles made commendable strides in addressing various concerns highlighted in previous reports. The 2024 TIP Report for Seychelles highlighted key achievements that include providing comprehensive services and referrals for individuals identified as TIP victims. Other achievements are improving the conditions of shelters and assistance provided to victims, increasing efforts to prevent trafficking and significantly boosting the budget for TIP activities, and implementing formal standard operating procedures (SOPs) to guide officials in the proactive screening of vulnerable populations. «While fewer convictions were recorded this reporting period, the report noted that law enforcement in Seychelles investigated eight trafficking cases, including two for sex trafficking and five for labour trafficking,» said Jardi. He added that the collaboration with nearby Maldives on these efforts demonstrates a strong regional partnership and commitment to addressing this issue. The report lists several recommendations for Seychelles in its fight against Trafficking in Persons. These include providing specialised anti-trafficking training to labour inspectors to identify and report potential trafficking crimes to appropriate officials. Additionally, the TIP Report recommended allocating adequate funding and resources for victim services, including formally establishing and allocating funds to the Trafficking in Persons Fund. It also recommended expanding the availability of interpretation services, especially for Bengali and Hindi, to law enforcement, courts, and victim service providers and adopting and implementing the draft 2022-2025 National Action Plan, among others.
The Democratic party is “panicked” by the US president’s performance in his first debate with Donald Trump, Politico has said Read Full Article at RT.com
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Commenting on the appointment of Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to the post of the top EU diplomat, Dmitry Peskov pointed out that she «has not shown any diplomatic inclinations so far» and «is known in our country for her absolutely intransigent and sometimes even denounced Russophobic statements»
Gazprom posted annual net loss attributable to shareholders under International Financial Reporting Standards for 2023 for the first time since 1999, which amounted to around $6.8 bln
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Some 67% of registered voters in the US who watched the first presidential debate on Thursday said Donald Trump beat Joe Biden, CNN reports Read Full Article at RT.com
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[UNHCR] After 28 years in Tanzania's Nyarugusu refugee camp, Ekyamba Alonda, 49, his wife Yohali and ten children, stand on the brink of resettlement to the United States of America, embodying a story of struggle, transformation, and the hope of a fresh start.
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A European digital product passport (DPP) could enhance textile industry traceability, circularity, and transparency. This study focuses on the possibility to introduce a DPP, framed within the European Union's strategy for sustainable and circular textiles. It examines the potential, needs, benefits, and challenges associated with deploying a DPP for all stakeholders throughout the European textile sector's value chain. A DPP could benefit all actors in this complex value chain, including producers, supply-chain tiers, regulatory authorities, sorters, recyclers, and consumers. To enhance EU textile industry traceability, sustainability and business strategy, identifying where added value can be generated is crucial. This research is grounded in a review of regulatory texts, scientific literature and existing initiatives, and proposes a generic DPP model for the textile sector. Drawing on a survey of over 80 stakeholders, it gathers essential insights and outlines a three-phase deployment scenario with policy options aimed at fostering a circular economy to minimise the sector's overall footprint. Source : © European Union, 2024 - EP
The Afghan crisis will be the focus of an upcoming UN meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha
Luis Arce explained that economic issues were often behind coups d'etat in Latin American countries
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