Top 5 stories for Tuesday, 23 July 2013
We know you might have been busy and missed the headlines of the day.
Here are five stories you need to know:
Baby boy for Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate
The 41-gun salute has sounded and 62 rounds fired, signalling the birth of a baby boy for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Singapore’s inflation jumped to 1.8% in June
Singapore’s Consumer Price Index for June rose to 1.8 per cent as compared to 1.6 per cent in May, mainly due to rising global oil prices.
Singapore’s rising household debt ‘worrying’
The Monetary Authority of Singapore expresses concerns that the mounting household debt and surging property prices will pose “significant threat” to the country’s financial system.
School ‘forces’ students to eat in shower room
Non-Muslim students in a primary school in Malaysia were made to eat in a shower room during the fasting month.
Singapore’s teen Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion dreams of greater glory
This 15-year-old is Singapore's first and only world champion in the martial art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu – and he’s hungry for more success.
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