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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: French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized the risk of division between the US and China during his visit to Singapore, advocating for new coalitions in the Indo-Pacific. He warned China against allowing North Korea to assist Russia in Ukraine, asserting that failure to resolve the...

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: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is closely monitoring the use of e-vaporisers, or vapes, to consume etomidate, a fast-acting anaesthetic used in medical procedures.More than 20 cases involving etomidate have been detected so far this year, up four times from five cases for the...

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: Just before 4pm on Friday (May 30), two Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) vehicles - a white van and a black SUV - headed towards the departure lanes at Woodlands Checkpoint. A "lockdown" had been imposed at the departure exits to prevent vehicles from...

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 FAST SINGAPORE: GroGrace, an urban farm that cultivates 14 varieties of vegetables, has yet to break even after three years in operation.The farm has boosted its business by some 40 per cent from direct sales to customers as compared to last year, and it...

SINGAPORE: A company owner, Wang Yue, was sentenced to six months in prison and fined S$181,000 for selling illegal streaming devices at Sim Lim Square from 2018 to 2022. Wang’s company, Ace Technologies, sold pirate set-top boxes that provided unauthorized access to copyrighted content, earning monthly profits of up to S$18,000. Despite warnings from the Premier League, Wang continued selling the devices until a police raid in October 2022 resulted in the seizure of over...

SINGAPORE: French President Emmanuel Macron and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong are holding a joint press conference at Parliament House on Friday (May 30). Mr Macron and Mr Wong are due to witness the exchange of several memorandums of understanding between Singapore and France that include cooperation in areas such as defence and security, legal matters, artificial intelligence and transport, among others.Source: CNA Full Article