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A netizen took to his Facebook (FB) to spread a cautionary tale about being approached for media interviews. His story involved an interview he did with state media Channel NewsAsia (CNA). This interviewee was diagnosed with Covid19 and had spent 68 days being isolated. When CNA initially approached him, the reporter told him that the news angle would be on "hygiene". To his disappointment, CNA "sensationalised" and made its headline into a "clickbait" by focusing on the source of his infection instead.

As an outside observer from UK. I was wondering? The tough stance Singapore maintains on the death penalty and the high value it places on it as a deterrent, if this be so, why do many executions go unannounced ?

Irene Clennel, who was unceremoniously deported back to Singapore despite being married to her British husband for 27 years, has receibved 24,800 pounds worth of crowdfunding to help funding her legal fees to fight her case against the UK government.

A new kind of scam has been affecting phone users throughout the UK, United States and Asia. When victims answer a phone call from an unfamiliar number, a voice will briefly introduce themselves or the company they work for. After that, they will ask, "Can you hear me?"

U.K. bank HSBC has fired 6 of its staff for creating a video showing a mock ISIS-style execution and uploading it on Instagram, drawing furious reactions from Muslims and non-Muslims alike. The video was filmed during a team building day out for the bank's employees. The video showed a group of staff in black masks holding a clothes hanger like a knife over a kneeling man in an orange jumpsuit. During the video, a man shouts the words, "Allahu Akbar" and makes a derisory battle cry more reminisce of those used by Native American Indian tribes.

The walk-out that started at 2030 GMT Monday reduced the Tube network to limited services on nine out of 11 lines with extra buses and river boat services laid on to help the 3 million people who use the service daily get to work. "It's unacceptable that millions of people are having their lives disrupted by today's Tube strike in London," Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter.

He described in horrific detail what he would do to them all, saying: “When you start with very, very, very young, you can mould them to believe anything and do anything.” Ali arrived at Sanford, Florida, last April to meet the undercover agent with bondage tape, two face masks, condoms, cameras and a laptop containing child porn hidden in his luggage. He was arrested near Titusville by Department of Homeland Security agents and sheriff’s deputies.