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askST: What are the implications of the assessment report by the global financial watchdog FATF?

There are already indications of immediate action being taken by Singapore as a result of the report.

Straits Times Singapore·policy

No intention to ban blind boxes: Shanmugam

There's no plan to require sellers to open sealed boxes and sell the contents as individual items, said the minister.

Crocodile spotted in waters off Sentosa Cove caught and euthanised

The decision was made in view of public safety considerations and the lack of relocation options, NParks said.

Girl, 17, gets reformative training after possessing Kpods for trafficking and other drug offences

The teenager had four Kpods, which she intended to sell for S$72 each.

CNA Singapore·policy

Singapore to regulate blind boxes, trading cards without ‘effective ban’: Shanmugam

Sellers of blind boxes or trading card packs are not expected to be required to open sealed boxes and sell the contents as individual items, says Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam.

CNA Singapore·policy

Parliament validates MND fees that should not have been collected as admin charges

Workers' Party opposed the move citing lack of data, but the government said comprehensive figures, including the number of people affected, were not readily available.

Worker dies after being struck by lightning on floating fish farm off Lim Chu Kang

The man was unconscious when taken to hospital, where he later died.

Amazon Singapore cuts ‘less than 10%’ of workforce as it winds down Fresh delivery, local seller operations

Amazon Singapore says it will prioritise expanding its Amazon International Store selection, including products from US, Japan, and Germany.

6-storey office building planned near Changi Airport Terminal 3

About 80 per cent of the planned building's space has been set aside for commercial use.

Court orders Instagram seller to pay Louis Vuitton S$510,000 in counterfeit case, doubling original award

The Instagram seller in Singapore was initially ordered to pay $200,000 in damages.

Jail for woman who made helper do squats until she had leg cramps and could not stand properly

Eylaiza Benazir Mohamad Ausman also verbally abused a KKH nurse clinician in an unrelated incident.

Two Singapore residents isolated at NCID after hantavirus exposure on cruise and flight, risk to public currently low: CDA

The two men were on the same flight as a confirmed hantavirus case who later died.

2 Singapore residents on hantavirus-hit cruise ship isolated at NCID and undergoing tests

The risk to the general public in Singapore is currently low, said the Communicable Diseases Agency.

New air-con pickleball court to take over FairPrice outlet in Orchid Country Club

The FairPrice outlet is ceasing operations there after 16 years, Orchid Country Club said.

CNA Singapore·policy

Singapore passes Bill requiring government approval for major media acquisitions

The new law will give the minister the power to order a structural separation of a regulated media entity as a “last resort”.

SIA flight from Guangzhou diverted to Batam due to bad weather

The flight eventually landed in Singapore at around 9.20pm, close to four hours behind schedule.

Straits Times Singapore·policy

Parliament passes Bill to tighten merger rules in media sector, give regulator greater oversight

A total of 11 MPs spoke over two days on the Bill, which was unanimously passed.

HSA takes down nearly 1,000 illegal health product listings; over 80% were for contact lenses

More than 6,600 items were also seized during a two-week operation that was part of an Interpol-led global crackdown on illegal health products.

S’pore seizes more than 6,600 illegal pharmaceuticals as part of Interpol operation

Prescription medication and anti-parasitic drugs made up the bulk of the seizures in Singapore.

Global pharma raids: HSA removed 959 illegal health product listings, including contact lenses

HSA also seized 6,641 units of illegal health products across Singapore’s borders in the operation.