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Higher monthly allowance from October for Singapore families fostering teenagers

The higher allowance is expected to benefit around 130 foster teenagers and their foster parents. Read more at ...

Boxing champ Chavez Jr released while awaiting Mexico trial - local media

MEXICO CITY - Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has been released from jail in northern Mexico as he awaits trial for ...

New human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

BUENOS AIRES/CHICAGO - A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had ...

Israeli strikes on Yemeni capital Sanaa kill 6, wound over 80 others

The attacks and counterstrikes are the latest in what is part of a spillover from the war in Gaza. Read more at ...

Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters tops North American box office in rare event with $23 million

The streamer released the movie in theatres as a one‑weekend-only, sing‑along event on Aug 23 and 24. Read more at ...

South Korea's Lee faces pivotal test at first summit with Trump

WASHINGTON/SEOUL - South Korea's new president, Lee Jae Myung, will face a pivotal moment on Monday when he meets U.S.

Age Well Neighbourhoods to integrate existing initiatives, be progressively rolled out across S’pore

This will be a long-term solution to address the growing, unsustainable demand for nursing homes. Read more at ...

Support for Japan PM Ishiba surges despite election defeat, poll shows

Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba surged nearly 20 percentage points, a Yomiuri newspaper public opinion ...

South Korea’s Lee says hard to accept strategic ‘flexibility’ of US troops in Korea: Yonhap

He will meet US President Trump in Washington on Aug 25. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

India-Pakistan Partition’s last generation: Will their memories of home survive them?

Survivors who lived through the Partition continue to pine for ancestral geographies they were plucked from. Ms Reena Varma, 93, has lived almost her entire life in India, but still thinks of ...