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Read a summary of this article on FAST.Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FASTSINGAPORE: When the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) launched its draft master plan last month, most of the conversation focused on how many new homes would be built – at least 80,000 in more than 10 new neighbourhoods over the next 10 to 15 years.It's not...

Hunter Biden delivered a profanity-laden interview on YouTube's Channel 5, attacking George Clooney and Democrats urging his father, President Joe Biden, to withdraw from the 2024 race. He defended his father's debate performance, attributing it to exhaustion, and criticized those undermining Biden's decades of service, while Clooney described his op-ed as a civic duty. Want More Context? 🔎

Houthis promise more attacks unless Israel ends its offensive on Gaza and lifts the siege.Israel has intensified air raids on Yemen's Hodeidah port, targeting Houthi sites linked to drone and missile attacks against Israel, while the Houthis have vowed to continue their assaults on Israeli locations in response to Israel's Gaza offensive. Despite a U.S.-brokered deal to reduce attacks on shipping, the Houthis maintain their operations against Israel will persist until the siege on Gaza...

US President Donald Trump's administration has released 230,000 pages of FBI surveillance files related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, previously withheld since 1977. While King's children condemned the release as potentially harmful to their father's legacy, some family members welcomed it as a step towards transparency, amidst ongoing criticism of Trump's handling of other sensitive documents. Want More Context? 🔎

A serious incident occurred outside K1 Barbers on Sutton High Street around 2:10 PM, resulting in two men, aged 35 and 26, being hospitalized, one with knife injuries. The police responded with a significant presence, cordoning off the area, and both men have been arrested; their injuries are non-life-threatening, and authorities are not seeking additional suspects. Want More Context? 🔎

OTTAWA — The Longest Ballot Committee's (LBC) plan to flood the upcoming byelection ballot with over 100 candidates, aimed at protesting the first-past-the-post voting system, has drawn criticism from independent candidates like Bonnie Critchley, who argue it undermines legitimate political discourse and makes it easier for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre to secure a seat. Critics, including Libertarian candidate Michael Harris, contend that the LBC's tactics mock democracy and hinder serious alternatives for voters. Want More...