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NASA Alert! Asteroid bigger than Eiffel Tower headed our way by next week! Hit or miss?

 

Photo: pxfuel (for illustration purposes only)

An egg-shaped asteroid is rockin’ ‘n’ rollin’ its way to us and is expected to enter Earth’s orbit within a week or so.

This 330-metre-long chunk of rock would cover an entire football field, scientists say. And it has a name.

Read more here.


 

Toddler attacked by peacock, not an offence because perpetrator was not a dog — Serangoon resident

 

Photo: FB screengrab/Kris Chan

Singapore — A pet peacock attacked a three-year-old girl in Serangoon Gardens, leaving the terrified toddler bleeding from wounds on her face, at least one of which needed treatment under anaesthesia.

Kris Chan told the story on  Facebook on Wednesday (Dec 1) and how the incident couldn’t be considered a criminal offence because the animal involved was a bird and not a dog.

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Singapore crowned as the most expensive city in Asia — Tied with Paris as 2nd most expensive city in the world

 

Photos: Unsplash (for illustration purposes only).

Singapore — In terms of cost of living, Singapore is now the most expensive city in Asia. Compared to the rest of the world, it tied Paris in second place.

Only Tel Aviv tops both of them, according to the latest survey results of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which was released on Dec 1.

Read more here.


 

Is Aaron Carter now a single dad, a week after the birth of his son?

 

Photo: YouTube screengrab/Aaron Carter

Hollywood — It’s hardly worth a yawn when two personalities in the entertainment industry split up.

But when singer/rapper Aaron Carter announced on Nov 30 that he had split with his fiancée, actor Melanie Martin, even non-fans more than perked up a little.

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Catch Queers Vol 1 at The Projector this month! Full of humour, heartbreak & unmet expectations… Embrace their history & enjoy the show!

 

Singapore — Pachyderm Theatre must be looking forward to staging  Queers Volume 1 at The Projector after a long production pause due to Covid-19 curbs.

Queers Volume 1 consists of four stories from 1917 to 1967 set in an old London pub, and it’s about the lives of LGBT people over the past 100 years.

Read more here.