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      <news:title>Singaporean upset after being charged S$6.70 for economy rice meal</news:title>
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      <news:title>Woman who dropped AirPod in drain &amp; got it back after 5 minutes says &apos;Singapore efficiency is real’</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T13:35:34.802Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>First case of its kind in Singapore: Woman, 28, gets 19 weeks 3 days’ jail, S$5K fine for illegally confining animals for online sale</news:title>
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      <news:title>Singaporean woman, 33, gets S$24K fine for consenting her firm’s private investigators to surveil police officer</news:title>
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      <news:title>Secretary jailed for 18 months after stealing S$63,000 from her company, in fear of not being able to afford childbirth expenses</news:title>
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      <news:title>PC prices surge up to 40% in SG as AI boom drives up cost of computer memory, storage, and GPUs amid global shortage as companies expand data centres</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T08:08:34.871Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Giant 1-metre beehive found in Bukit Batok HDB estate, residents raise safety concerns</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T06:06:34.274Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Kalimantan haze worsens across Malaysia, Queen postpones Johor Family Day Carnival</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T04:40:33.925Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Air-con compressor dangles from fifth-floor Tampines HDB flat by pipes and cables — removed within hours after urgent rectification works</news:title>
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      <news:title>Jamus Lim questions ministers’ S$1.8 million pay benchmark, says Workers’ Party’s formula comes to about S$1.08 million</news:title>
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    <loc>https://theindependent.sg/sfa-230-true-fitness-true-yoga-employees-and-freelancers-seek-help-finding-new-jobs-after-closures</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T01:32:33.670Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>SFA: 230 True Fitness, True Yoga employees and freelancers seek help finding new jobs after closures</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-16T00:03:33.515Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>6 Malaysians get up to 12 years’ jail in Singapore with 24 strokes of the cane for S$4.9M King Albert Park poker-game robbery</news:title>
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        <news:name>The Independent Singapore</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T22:33:33.353Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>More young British nationals arrested for drug smuggling in Southeast Asia</news:title>
      
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T21:06:33.152Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Some netizens praise Singaporean earning just S$2,400 who struggles to afford cai png but still supports his parents</news:title>
      
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T19:33:33.308Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Big Four auditor quits over 10am–2am grind, now regrets it after 30 applications yield just one rejected interview</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T18:03:32.879Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Harpreet Singh: Singapore is not short of accomplished people willing to forgo large sums to serve</news:title>
      
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T16:34:32.760Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&apos;Minister, would you like to take part in the debate?&apos;: WP MP He Ting Ru calls out Singapore minister who kept talking as she was delivering her speech</news:title>
      
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      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T15:05:55.808Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>So many luxury items from S$3billion money laundering case that Singapore will have 15 auctions to dispose of them</news:title>
      
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    <loc>https://theindependent.sg/chinese-dieters-are-chewing-on-baby-biscuits-and-tcm-roots-to-lose-weight-and-the-trend-says-something-about-modern-diet-culture</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T13:42:32.771Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Chinese dieters are chewing on baby biscuits and TCM roots to lose weight—and the trend says something about modern diet culture</news:title>
      
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        <news:name>The Independent Singapore</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T12:01:32.244Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Singapore air quality turns unhealthy across 4 regions as PSI climbs</news:title>
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    <loc>https://theindependent.sg/lta-introduces-new-lodgement-service-for-heavy-vehicle-overnight-parking-from-sep-15-giving-owners-more-flexibility-under-vpc-scheme</loc>
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      <news:publication>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T10:31:31.965Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>LTA introduces new lodgement service for heavy vehicle overnight parking from Sep 15, giving owners more flexibility under VPC scheme</news:title>
      
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    <loc>https://theindependent.sg/this-trend-will-come-to-pass-netizens-share-their-thoughts-about-the-running-community-in-singapore</loc>
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        <news:name>The Independent Singapore</news:name>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-09-15T09:11:31.855Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>&apos;This trend will come to pass&apos;: Netizens share their thoughts about the running community in Singapore</news:title>
      
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