CNA
April 2026
Negeri Sembilan in political turmoil as UMNO pulls support for chief minister over royal row
The five Negeri Sembilan state assemblymen from Perikatan Nasional are “bersedia” (prepared) to work together … to ensure the stability of the state government and continuity of the state government’s administration to develop Negeri Sembilan and ensure the well-being of Negeri Sembilan,
We also want to emphasise that we fully support and defend the customary institutions, the constitution and laws governing the Negeri Sembilan government,
The five Perikatan Nasional state assemblymen always place the interests of the state and the people as the agenda of our struggle,
(We... We) want a stable government so that it can play the best possible role in the administration of the state while also being able to focus on the objectives of the well-being of the state’s people and economy,
The chief minister should play his role and exercise sound judgment in addressing this crisis. The situation could affect the administration of the Negeri Sembilan government and, indirectly, have a significant impact on its stability,
Man gets jail for molesting friend's sister when she was aged 7 to 9 years
US stocks drift as their record-breaking rally slows, while oil prices rise
First private condo in Tengah nearly sold out at launch
We are seeing buyers draw parallels with early-stage Punggol and Bidadari. These were once emerging towns — today, they are established residential hubs. Tengah is expected to follow a similar trajectory over the next decade as infrastructure and amenities take shape,
In markets like this, timing matters. Early entrants are effectively positioning ahead of future infrastructure, pricing benchmarks and the town's full transformation,
While its first-mover status in Tengah and attractive pricing are compelling, the blockbuster sales were also underpinned by the project’s location next to the future Hong Kah MRT station, retail offerings on-site at Tengah Garden Galleria, demand from HDB upgraders, and the growth narrative tied to Tengah’s development as a sustainable, smart and car-lite town,
I had 10 months to prepare for my retrenchment — and I still wasn’t ready
CNA Explains: What is UNCLOS, the international law in the spotlight amid the Iran conflict?
Known as the constitution for the oceans, UNCLOS is a set of maritime rules governing everything from coastal boundaries, environmental protection, and the right for ships to transit through territorial waters
We only hear about the times that UNCLOS is being breached, but in reality it has operated for more than 30 years as the foundational legal order for the oceans, facilitating a wide range of state activities conducted in a peaceful manner,
It is an inherent right of ships and aircraft to traverse without prior authorisation. As reflected in Article 44 of UNCLOS, the rule is unequivocal: States bordering such straits shall not hamper or suspend transit passage. There are no exceptions to this inherent right,
It does function as a mechanism for compliance, but falls short of ensuring full compliance,
Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends: Officials
It is a good opportunity for us to consult with our Russian friends about the developments that have occurred in relation to the war during this period and what is happening now,
Iran's Foreign Minister blames US for failure of talks as he meets Putin
The US approaches caused the previous round of negotiations, despite progress, to fail to reach its goals because of the excessive demands,
Everything in the country is up in the air right now. I have not worked for a long time,
It is the first time that I have reached a point where I was late on my rent. I still don't have any projects,
They cannot normalise — nor can we tolerate them trying to normalise — a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway, and how much you have to pay them to use it,
Trains collide near Jakarta, killing four, injuring dozens
Thank God I was on top, so I could be evacuated quickly,
I thought I was going to die,
Judging from the evacuation process that is still under way, it is possible that the number of victims may continue to rise,
The incident caused a number of passengers to suffer injuries, and several victims were reported to be trapped inside the carriages due to the force of the impact,
There were two announcements from the commuter train. Everyone was ready to get off, and then suddenly there was the sound of the locomotive, really loud,
The doctor told us to be patient, there are many whose condition is worse than my sister-in-law’s,
King Charles arrives in US for trip overshadowed by Iran quarrel and shooting
The king and queen are most grateful to all those who have worked at pace to ensure this remains the case and are looking forward to the visit getting underway tomorrow,
Authorities investigating cybersecurity incident at firm involved in MRT and NEWater projects
The data that was compromised consisted of project tender documents, which are publicly available on the government procurement portal GeBIZ,
There is no impact to the ongoing construction of the MRT line,
We have taken immediate steps to contain the situation and are engaging an external cybersecurity specialist to support our investigation,
Beijing blocks Meta's acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus
Meta, which owns Facebook, acquired Manus in December 2025 for more than US$2 billion in a bid to boost its capabilities in AI agents
We anticipate an appropriate resolution to the inquiry,
China is saying we will prevent foreign acquisition of assets we consider important for national security — and AI is now clearly one of them,
Suspect in Washington dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump
He attempted to assassinate the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump,
Violence has no place in civil life,
Why I needed extended no-pay leave even though my parents worried my career may suffer
This often intensifies when returning to a work environment previously associated with burnout, especially if the underlying workplace stressors are still unchanged,
Research shows that engaging in absorbing activities like sports, hobbies or meaningful social activities tends to be more restorative than passive activities like scrolling social media,
Some no-pay leaves are also non-binding, meaning if you're away for a long period of time, the company is not obligated to hold your position and take you back because business needs may have changed,
Your professional standing in the company may be diminished or put on hold. The saying 'out of sight, out of mind' applies,
I think it’s best to frame your request positively and with accountability,
Think of re-onboarding as welcoming someone back into a team that has been operating without them and get them up to speed, instead of expecting them to figure everything out alone,
Not that it has to be formal, just a quick check-in to understand if any priorities have shifted, or if the team is focusing on anything new,
I'm now pregnant with my sixth child, but the pain of past miscarriages never goes away
'I got lucky. Not everyone does': The ups and downs of having children in one's teens
I still wanted to have fun. I didn't want to be stuck just like that,
There were moments of depression that I didn't understand or know how to articulate then,
That definitely pushed me to work harder (to provide for my child),
The situation with the baby's father was problematic, and I didn't know what to expect — but I was happy to have the baby,
If I didn't have a child, at 25 I'd probably still be at my mum's house, not caring about anything,
(My... My mother) was talking a lot about adoption, even quite late into the pregnancy,
Beyond jobs, sustained progress requires coordinated support across employment, caregiving, and wellbeing, an issue that requires support and understanding from the wider society,
The cost of raising a child really hit me like a truck,
I didn't want to add on to my already full plate,
I'm happy that I met them,
With energy costs rising, here's how Singaporeans are changing their lifestyles and choices to adapt
Even though the cost of petrol has increased, family-based routines are fixed. We can’t just cancel children’s activities. Taking public transportation with three children in tow is tiring, inconvenient and it’s the main reason why we decided to get a vehicle in the first place,
After (adding up) the (loyalty) discounts, I save about 33 cents per litre at Cnergy compared to other stations. That's about S$16 for a full tank,
Nowadays, I cannot afford to drink kopi gao or kopi C, now I can only drink kosong,
Long waits for lessons, tests pushing some learner drivers closer to giving up
Even for that first session, I will have to take time off work in the middle of the day just to attend. So there's a lot of sacrifice involved,
My free time is spent logging into my account to check if anyone has released any last-minute slots,
It's difficult and makes things inflexible, because you can't really predict your schedule six months ahead,
Right now, it almost feels like superstition — some people say slots are released at 5am, others say 5pm,
In the longer term, (the traffic police are) working with the driving schools to implement technology such as intelligent driving circuits and driving simulators to raise training capacity and reduce reliance on manpower,
Crocodile attacks, lightning strikes and back pains. A peek into the risky work of Johor’s mussel farmers
I've worked on land before, but my heart kept returning to the sea,
This father turned his HDB corridor into a 'tactical training' play area for his children
An underwater revelation led this Singaporean to quit a safe retailing career to nurture sea jellies
I didn't even realise there was a sea jellies team,
I don't think you should stop pursuing what you love just because you become a wife or a mother,
I could feel true happiness radiating from my belly,
This doesn't even feel like work to me,
I don't mind being dirty, fishy, wet or carrying heavy things. But I mind feeling stuck."
I've always loved animals and would volunteer regularly at shelters. But it'd be with mammals like dogs, cats, and rabbits,
When we saw improvements — such as successfully breeding certain sea jellies, closing their life cycles, and refining flow habitats and husbandry practices — it proved that with enough reading, experimentation and persistence, I could make things better for the animals,
The whole team waits together, like a family outside a labour ward,
I don't really understand work-life balance,
This owner of a 50-year-old Katong hobby shop aims to keep model-building alive in screen-obsessed world
Part of building (scale models) requires you to have a certain mechanical engineering mindset — you're cutting things, sticking them together and forming structures,
This morning, before I came, I was building some more,
I can't change that. I just accept it, c'est la vie,
I've learned so much about Singapore and the Singaporean experience because I'm interacting with (people in this group) in a very casual way,
This created a community of like-minded hobbyists who welcome all. It is also a gathering for people to seek advice on this hobby or just make friends,
My parents took me to a shop called the Orchard Store, where I saw an Airfix kit of P.1127 — a prototype British Hawker Harrier, the one that flies vertically upwards,
What one man is teaching Singaporeans about living with the visually impaired — a crossing, a tour, a firm ‘no’ at a time
I vaguely remember feeling very troubled, very low for a while,
Nothing for us, without us."
The secret of my success is support from my family, teachers doing tons of worksheets, and lots and lots of luck."
I'm not sorry I did that,
The doctor never tells the kid anything,
With AI doing the grunt work in law firms, where does this leave junior lawyers and fresh grads?
As artificial intelligence takes on some of the work traditionally handled by junior lawyers, questions are emerging about what this means for new entrants to the profession
Lawyers who are able to combine such human capabilities with a disciplined use of AI will deliver the best outcomes,
If you know how to harness AI properly, it will change you from a lawyer to a superlawyer."
Those human elements — empathy, judgment and the ability to connect with clients — are areas where AI still falls short."
When we did legal research (in the past), we would refer to law textbooks and read them thoroughly … Because if you need to do research on a legal query, then you need to identify the legal issues relevant to the query, find the correct law textbooks, read and understand the law from these textbooks and then apply the law to your query in order to come up with a legal response
You have these tools and mechanisms — with safeguards (around confidentiality, for example) in place — that can speed up your work in an accurate way, and not in a made-up, hallucinated way.... I would
AI tools may be able to give some level of explanation of the clauses, but such explanations may still not be sufficient for clients to appreciate the rationale."
Overall, the profession's long-term sustainability will depend less on preserving existing work structures, and more on how well it adapts to new ways of delivering legal services,
This allowed me to multiply my productivity, without having a large team to assist, while we slowly interviewed and hired more staff,
Such skills take time to be honed through repetition and an amalgamation of experiences, and there is no good substitute for hard work,
What the Iran war shows about Singapore's energy resilience for now and the future
The deeper lesson is that Singapore's energy security is no longer just about keeping the lights on. It is about preserving affordability, reliability and strategic room to manoeuvre in a more fragmented world,
Everyone can play a part in energy conservation. Property owners are also encouraged to install solar panels and harness the benefits of solar energy,
The longer it takes for the Strait of Hormuz to reopen, the more likely that oil and gas prices will stay higher for longer,
I would be careful about drawing a straight line to 2008; the similarity is imported inflation and weaker global confidence, but the difference is that Singapore today is far more tied to gas and LNG dynamics,
In other words, Singapore is exposed not because it lacks planning, but because it sits downstream of a highly interconnected and geopolitically fragile energy system,
The worst-case situation that comes to mind, if this war continues for another few months, is that we might be testing something like a 1973 oil crisis, which had a huge impact on economies and the fear of stagflation will come in,
Singapore remains one of the more resilient energy systems in Southeast Asia within the current situation, in terms of the origin of imported oil, which is more diverse compared to other neighbours, as well as its energy landscape,