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SINGAPORE: A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with an incident at Orchard Road, where a glass bottle was thrown at a moving bus over the weekend. Police said on Tuesday (Jul 8) that he was arrested over his alleged involvement in a case of rash act causing hurt.  A call for assistance along Orchard Road was received at around 6.50pm on Jul 5. Police said that preliminary investigations found the man had allegedly thrown a glass bottle onto the window of a bus from a pedestrian walkway.  The impact... Read More

When he first started driving for Grab seven years ago, more passengers used cash, he said. “Even foreigners are starting to pay by card now.” Mr Ananthan said he does not mind cash or cashless, as long as the passengers pay.  But he added that some try to pay for their rides with S$50 or S$100 notes and expect him to have change. He sometimes stops by a petrol kiosk and asks the passengers to buy something to break the note into smaller denominations.  “The problem is (that) they won’t... Read More

The largest teachers union in America has voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League — which called the move “profoundly disturbing” as antisemitic attacks in the US are at a record high. The National Education Association, which is also the US’s largest union with more than 3 million members, approved a proposal Sunday to drop the ADL as an education partner, accusing the New York-based Jewish civil rights group of using the term antisemitism to punish any and all criticisms of Israel. “Allowing the ADL to determine what... Read More