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Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight SQ246 from Brisbane to Singapore was diverted to Perth on Tuesday morning (July 8) after the aircraft reportedly experienced a technical issue.

The aircraft requires a spare part and additional repair time, the publication quoted a SIA spokesperson as saying.

The Straits Times (ST) reported that SIA provided food and drinks to passengers while waiting for a replacement aircraft.

The flight was later renumbered SQ9224 and took off from Perth at around 4.40pm, and is scheduled to arrive in Singapore at around 9.40pm.

A woman was spotted making out in a shopping mall in Malaysia — with a live-sized standee of Chinese actor Xiao Zhan.

Netizens commented that the location seemed to be the shopping mall Suria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur and that probably "life is stressful" for her.

This is not the first time Xiao Zhan's standee has been 'violated' in recent weeks.

After boarding the LRT, she touched his face and head before another commuter accidentally knocked into the standee.

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng set for another pre-trial conference on July 23.

Billionaire and hotelier Ong Beng Seng will have his case heard in court again on July 23 in a pre-trial conference.

Andie Chen admits 'traces of loss and loneliness' after 10th acting Star Awards defeat.

For local actor Andie Chen, the Star Awards race has become a standard affair, but one he has yet to bring home a trophy from.

THE HAGUE — Ukraine asked the global chemical weapons watchdog in The Hague on Tuesday (July 8) to investigate the alleged use of banned toxic munitions by Russia against its forces.

A request to establish an investigation was submitted by Kyiv to the governing body of the organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Both sides have denied using chemical weapons in the conflict, which escalated when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

On Monday, Britain targeted two Russian individuals and one Russian entity as part of its chemical weapons sanctions regime, in its latest effort to punish Moscow for the war in Ukraine.

Singapore's public service must continue to innovate in the face of rising public expectations and global competition, said Coordinating Minister for Public Services Chan Chun Sing on Tuesday (July 8).

Chan said that among his priorities, the Public Service must continue to innovate with citizens at the centre of "what we do".

Everyone expects them to tell the doctor once and the record will be there to be shared across different agencies," he said.

A total of 140 awards were presented at Tuesday's event to public agencies and officers for their initiatives and innovations.

sold-out performance on July 5 was not just the Japanese boy band's debut concert in Singapore.

It was also my first J-pop concert and just like the lyrics of their opening song Mainstream, they certainly showed me a new standard.

The high energy from the start didn't dim one bit, even though almost every song had a dance break to keep the beat up.

What impressed me was how everyone sounded stable when singing and rapping despite the often-intense choreographies their songs had.

After the United States dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima on Aug 6, 1945, instantly killing about 78,000 people and injuring far more, Ninoshima, about 4 km from the hypocentre, became a field hospital.

While many remains were unearthed in the decades following the war, witness accounts suggested there were more burial grounds.

Born in Okinawa, where some of the bloodiest battles during World War Two were fought, Kayo himself has three relatives whose remains were never found.

"And in the end, you'll have people saying, 'even if you drop an atomic bomb, you can recover' .

The remains of 802 children, from newborns to three-year-olds, were buried in Tuam from 1925 to 1961, the government-commissioned investigation found.

It discovered an "appalling" mortality rate of around 15 per cent among children born at all of the so-called Mother and Baby Homes.

"We never thought this day would come," Anna Corrigan, whose two brothers were born in Tuam, told reporters next to railings that cordon off the site.

Experts from Colombia, Spain, Britain, Canada, Australia and the US have joined Irish specialists for the excavation.

The man who was gored, identified only as being older than 25, was injured by a bull horn under his right armpit, a spokesperson for the city emergency services said.

In the festival's "encierros", or bull runs, fighting bulls are set loose in the streets and then race to reach the bullfight arena.

At least 16 runners have lost their lives at the Pamploma festival down the years, the last in 2009.

As well as the morning bull runs and afternoon bullfights, the San Fermin festival features round-the-clock singing, dancing and drinking by revellers.

The Chilli Crab Sauce Burger will come in two variants: the Chilli Crab Sauce Prawn Burger and Chilli Crab Sauce Chicken Burger — both served with lettuce, scrambled egg, brioche buns and doused with a sweet, tangy and slightly spicy chilli crab sauce.

Prices for the Chilli Crab Sauce Burgers start from $8.95 for an Extra Value Meal.

For those who can't get enough of the sauce, the Chilli Crab Sauce Tub will also be available for purchase at $1.

In addition to the new menu, McDonald's Singapore will also be releasing a limited-edition McDonald's Lunch Bag — a thermal insulated bag carrier from July 28 at 11am.