SocietyOutrage of modesty cases in Singapore rose slightly in the first half of the year, while offences occurring at home jumped 32 per cent. More than half involved offenders known to the victims. Agencies said shame can deter victims from reporting, making such cases harder to detect.
WorldTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned in a Sunday op-ed that an “economic D-Day” is coming for Iran and threatened countries doing business with Tehran, without providing much detail. He is scheduled to hold a news conference Monday at 1 p.m.
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TechTeresa Goody Guillén says major law firms are producing poorer work, and argues that AI is not to blame. After leading two practice groups at a major U.S. firm, she left two months ago to launch Bellementis and SophieLex, a legal AI built on open-source models that runs air-gapped on clients’ own servers.
SocietyU.S. Navy sailor Joshua Aviles, serving aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, says he learned that his father had been arrested by federal immigration officials. CBS News reports on the case.
EconomyVolkswagen employees have condemned what they describe as the management board’s “disastrous external communication” as Europe’s largest automaker weighs additional cost-cutting measures, according to an internal works council article seen by Reuters.
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EconomyU.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer dismissed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “dollar-for-dollar” tariff threat and Canadian anger over 50% U.S. tariffs as a “tempest in a teapot.” Greer said President Donald Trump was reverting to his earlier trade policy after talks with Canadian representatives failed.
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PoliticsOn his first overseas trip since becoming prime minister last month, Andy Burnham laid a wreath in Kyiv on Monday for Ukraine’s Independence Day. He joined nearly a dozen European leaders, including European Council president Antonio Costa, to mark 35 years since Ukraine declared independence from the Soviet Union.
SocietySome companies are weighing extra compensation for employees who cover colleagues taking potentially longer childcare leave. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong raised the possibility of extending parental leave further at the National Day Rally, while businesses said longer absences could require jobs to be redesigned. CNA also spoke with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Indranee Rajah, who oversees the relevant population and talent division.
SocietyA former Ohio principal lost his job after allowing a homeless student to stay in school even after the district unenrolled him. The principal and his wife eventually became the student’s legal guardians.
EconomyThe program examines a bond-market test, Nvidia earnings and the Canada trade war. Guests discuss whether the AI earnings boom can withstand 5% bond yields and why the US has become the wild card in the global economy.
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SocietyCleveland Police says 12 people have been arrested after a crash in Middlesbrough killed seven people, including two police officers. The suspects—nine men and three women aged 19 to 61—were detained across Teesside over alleged offences including involvement in an organised crime group. The officers’ marked car was hit by a Volkswagen Passat at about 03:30 BST on Saturday; all five occupants of the other vehicle also died.
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CultureLevi Zhang and his parents share recipes from their new cookbook and discuss how their viral videos began.
SocietyIn a special post-National Day Rally edition of Talking Point aired live on Mediacorp’s Channel 5 on Monday, Minister of State Rahayu Mahzam and Institute of Policy Studies senior research fellow Kalpana Vignehsa discussed whether offering more childcare leave could persuade more women to have children.
HealthThe Red Cross says attacks on health workers are complicating efforts to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Driven by the rare Bundibugyo strain, for which there are no vaccines or treatments, the outbreak is the largest in the country’s history.
PoliticsVice President JD Vance is making remarks at a manufacturing site located in Brewer, Maine.
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PoliticsTrump and McMahon are using a live White House appearance linked to the new school year to highlight the administration’s work on school choice.
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TechAmericanFortress CEO Michal Pospieszalski says roughly two-thirds of all cryptocurrency is already tied to public keys that a quantum computer could crack, with Solana at 100%. His proposed fix moves no coins and instead uses a zero-knowledge proof of seed provenance, now generated on a phone in about a second. He estimates Q-Day is five years away.
HealthBoard-certified psychiatrist and ADHD clinical specialist Dr. Sasha Hamdani discusses the relationship between ADHD and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, also known as RSD, on CBS Mornings.
WorldThe United States is preparing new sanctions against Iran’s regime as tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate. The report covers the latest developments in the conflict and includes analysis from Fox News contributors Trey Yingst, Jack Keane and Matt Whitaker.
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WorldRussia successfully sent a Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying a military satellite into space from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on Monday.
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SocietyLondon Zoo has started its annual animal weigh-in, with keepers and veterinarians recording measurements to track the health and development of animals across the collection, as well as possible pregnancies.
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TechRam Kumar, a core contributor at OpenLedger, says AI agents will use crypto for money transfers because they cannot open bank accounts or complete KYC. He sees a larger opportunity in trading than payments: his team already uses agents to research purchases and is beginning to let them trade with small amounts. Kumar also argues that AI and crypto form one industry and that models should remain open source.
PoliticsRepublican Sen. Ted Cruz says he views Canada's response to U.S. tariffs as “a little performative.” He also discusses his new book and the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico.
EconomyFormer Conservative leader and Canada-U.S. economic relations committee member Erin O'Toole discusses how the trade deal between Canada and the United States broke down and what might happen next.