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Philippines

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  1. Cebu Provincial Jail Seeks ₱96.3 Million Budget for 2027 as CPDRC Pushes for Higher Food Allowance, More Guards and Facility Repairs

  2. Cebu City Mayor Reviews Extreme Heat Class Suspension Rules as DepEd Sets New 4H Guidelines — Will Schools Stay Open Even When Temperatures Soar?

  3. Cebu City and Boy Scouts of the Philippines Seal Deal for ₱500-Million Scout Camp Redevelopment — New 1,400-Capacity Jamboree Hall Planned in Lahug

Business

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  1. Singapore and Malaysia Add 400 More Cross-Border Taxis From November 16 — But Will More Vehicles Finally End the Causeway Travel Hassle?

  2. Toa Payoh and Tengah BTO Flats Face Heavy Demand as 13,363 Applicants Compete for 7,964 Homes in Singapore’s November 2026 Launch

  3. Singapore Gives Open-Concept Massage Parlours Until November 2027 to Get Licensed — But Businesses That Miss the Deadline Could Face a Costly Shutdown

Politics

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  1. King Charles Becomes Britain’s Diplomatic Secret Weapon as Political Tensions Rise — But Can the Monarch Stay Neutral While Handling the Government’s Toughest Challenges?

  2. PAP Brings Jeffrey Siow, Ng Chee Meng, Sim Ann and Chan Hui Yuh Into Its Top Leadership Body — But What Does the Full 18-Member Line-Up Signal for Lawrence Wong’s Future Team?

  3. Democrats Seize Control of US Congress in Historic Midterm Upset as Trump Accepts Defeat — Two Years of Political Showdown Loom

Tech

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  1. SK hynix’s US$45 Billion New York Chip Factory Plan Hits US-China Roadblock — Washington’s Next Move Could Change the AI Memory Race

  2. Singapore Weighs National Identity Registry for AI Agents — Jasmin Lau Raises the Big Question: Who Is Accountable When AI Acts for You?

  3. Claude Closes In on ChatGPT in Britain’s $1-Billion Consumer AI Battle as Paid Subscriptions Surge — But Could Anthropic Overtake OpenAI Before 2027?

Asia

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  1. Singapore Woman, 68, Fined S$3,500 for Repeatedly Feeding Pigeons at HDB Flat — Serves 7 Days in Jail After Failing to Pay

  2. Singapore Man Gets Life Imprisonment for Murder of 19-Year-Old Sister After Years of Abuse in Clementi Flat — Court Explains Why Death Penalty Was Not Imposed

  3. HYROX Malaysia Apologises After Carlsberg Sponsorship Backlash — Sports Ministry Warns Kuala Lumpur Race Could Lose Approval

United States

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  1. Martha Stewart Reveals New Explanation for Controversial Homeless Halloween Costume — Blames Last-Minute Outfit Change After Craig Melvin’s Chocolate Spill

  2. Australia Deploys C-130 Water-Bombing Aircraft to Help Indonesia Fight Worst Wildfires in 11 Years as Haze Cases Top 400,000

  3. Chinese Genetic Testing Giant Novogene Sues Pentagon Over US Military Blacklist — Could the Case Become Another Major Flashpoint in the US-China Tech War?

After Hours

Culture, lifestyle & sport

Entertainment

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  1. Ju Ji-hoon Is Ready to Be Hated in The Remarried Empress — But Could His Betrayal Turn Shin Min-a’s Empress Into the Most Powerful Woman in the Kingdom?

  2. Singapore Haj 2027 Packages Drop by Nearly 30% as MUIS Adds 18-Day Trips — But the Extra Costs Pilgrims Must Pay Could Surprise Many Families

Lifestyle

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  1. Singapore to Subsidise Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genetic Tests From December — Around 2,000 Could Benefit, But Who Qualifies?

  2. Singapore Mum, 50, Defies Stage 4 Breast Cancer Prognosis After Being Told She Had Just 3 to 6 Months to Live

Sport

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  1. LIV Golf Faces Collapse After $5-Billion Saudi Gamble and $300-Million Rescue Deal Fall Apart — But Could Golf’s Biggest Stars Lose Millions?

  2. A Tournament Turns Tragic: What Happened to Thailand’s 15-Year-Old Golf Star?

Across APAC

Market by market

Singapore

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  1. Anthony Lim to Replace Peter Seah as DBS Chairman in January 2027 After 16 Years — Singapore Banking Giant Enters a New Era Amid Profit Pressures

  2. Cheryl Chou, Zhang Zetong and Jeremy Chan Enter a Dystopian World in Mediacorp’s The Leftovers — But the Real Horror Begins When Human Organs Become a Black-Market Commodity

Taiwan

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  1. Super Typhoon Champi Leaves 1 Dead, 527 Injured and Over 288,000 Homes Without Power in Taiwan — But Is Another Disaster Looming as the Storm Heads Toward Japan?

  2. Typhoon Champi Knocks Out Power Across Taiwan—But the Worst Damage May Not Be Over

Thailand

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  1. Thailand Discovers ฿800 Billion in Overlooked Factory Output as AI Boom Lifts Growth Forecasts — But Is Southeast Asia’s Economy Stronger Than Official Data Suggest?

  2. Thailand’s $20 Billion AI Data Centre Boom Threatens Forests, Villages and Over 100 Wild Elephants — But Who Will Pay the Price for Its Digital Future?

Malaysia

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  1. He Accepted an Online Job Offer in Malaysia — Then Singapore Officers Found 4,300 Vape Pods in His Van

  2. Malaysia Cuts Petrol and Diesel Prices for November 5–11 as Oil Markets Ease — But Middle East Tensions Still Threaten Another Reversal

Indonesia

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  1. Indonesia Deploys Nearly 21,000 Troops to Jakarta as Three Police Generals Are Detained in Explosive Wiretapping Scandal

  2. Indonesia Arrests Former Police Chief and 2 Generals Over Alleged Spying on President Prabowo — But Who Ordered the Secret Wiretaps?

Japan

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  1. Sony’s ¥1.72-Trillion Profit Ambition Faces a Major Test as GTA 6 and Spider-Man Fuel Comeback Hopes — But Could PlayStation’s Rising Costs Crush the Rally?

  2. From Jollibee Worker to Japan’s Karaoke Empire: Abby Watabe Graduates at 49 After Leni Robredo Inspires Her — But What Dream Is She Chasing Next?

Hong Kong

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  1. Joshua Wong Faces Potential Life Sentence in Hong Kong — Second National Security Case Could Keep Activist Behind Bars Beyond 2027

  2. China’s $480-Billion AI Stock Meltdown Crushes Retail Investors as Tech Frenzy Collapses — But Could an Even Bigger Market Crash Be Coming

Vietnam

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  1. EU–Vietnam Trade Is Booming, but Human Rights Are Under Fire—Will Brussels Finally Draw the Line?

  2. NBI Raids Alleged Subic Scam Hub, Secures 200 Vietnamese Nationals—What Investigators May Uncover Next

South Korea

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  1. Record as AI Chip Exports Surge 260% — But Could a Semiconductor Crash Wipe Out the Boom?

  2. South Korea Orders IPO Investors to Hold Shares for Up to 10 Months in Major Market Shake-Up — But Can the New Rules Stop Post-Listing Stock Crashes?

China

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  1. China Promises Deeper Trade Cooperation With Canada as Both Countries Extend Tariff Relief — What the New Agreement Means for Global Trade

  2. China’s $3.5-Trillion Stock Market Crash Exposes Massive Insurance Losses as Beijing Rushes to Rescue Shares — But Is the Government Helping Fuel the Crisis?

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