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True Fitness and True Yoga, a Singapore-based fitness operator, abruptly entered provisional liquidation, affecting thousands of customers with unused memberships and prepaid service packages. The Consumers Association of Singapore reported more than S$600,000 in aggregate losses and has contacted the provisional liquidator for consumer recovery...

True Fitness and True Yoga facilities in Singapore shut down suddenly on September 11, leaving employees terminated with minimal advance notice and members unable to access paid memberships and classes. Singapore's consumer watchdog CASE received 28 complaints as of Friday, with reported financial losses exceeding...

Singapore's Minister for Education Desmond Lee announced changes to the 2027 Primary One registration process on September 10. Reserved places in Phase 2C will increase from 40 to 60 in some schools, and a new two-track scheme will be introduced in 12 schools located in...

Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband delivered a speech in Parliament on September 10, 2026, declaring for the first time that Israel's occupation of the West Bank is unlawful and announcing trade bans on goods from Israeli settlements. The move marks a significant diplomatic shift in...

During a parliamentary debate on Thursday on Singapore's political salary framework, Workers' Party chief Pritam Singh requested clarification on two matters: the variable components of ministerial salaries from 2018 to 2024, and the MR4 salary figure if maximum variable bonuses under the 2026 committee's proposed...

During parliamentary debate on the Scams Countermeasures and Other Matters Bill on September 9, Aljunied GRC MP Gerald Giam proposed developing a structured restitution mechanism to return seized scam assets to victims who have lost their life savings, rather than having assets forfeited to the...

About 50 people were evacuated after a fire broke out at a warehouse on Penjuru Road in Jurong, Singapore on September 8, 2026. The Singapore Civil Defence Force reported the blaze involved used household items stored in the warehouse. No injuries were reported.

Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party achieved a significant parliamentary victory in Saxony-Anhalt on September 8, 2026, marking its strongest performance in an eastern German state election. German intelligence has designated the AfD as xenophobic and extremist, and the result reflects a growing political...

Indigenous Māori lawmakers in New Zealand staged a haka—a traditional ceremonial dance—in Parliament on September 7, 2026, in response to a proposed law that would redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, the founding agreement between the Māori and the British Crown, according to the Associated Press....

Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) secured 39 of 83 seats in the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, marking its strongest regional performance to date but falling three seats short of the 42-seat majority needed to govern alone. All rival parties have ruled out coalitions with the AfD,...