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Geylang Serai bazaar returns Mar. 17, set to be longest-running Ramadan bazaar yet
Ramadan marks the month of fasting for Muslims in Singapore – but it also means the return of one of the city’s most popular street bazaars. Mark the date: Mar. 17 is when the Ramadan Bazaar returns to Geylang Serai, with 700 stalls expected to pop up. Fun fact: only 70 stalls operated in 2022. …https://bit.ly/3wveo9l
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Monkey business lounge: Macaque hangs out at Ngurah Rai Airport (Video)
A video of the monkey, showing it hanging out at a coffee shop at the Bali airport while it eyes a croissant that was left on the floor, went viral yesterday.https://bit.ly/3Y1I5un
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Sister of jailed Maserati driver who dragged cop asks for car to be returned to pay his daughters’ financial support
The sister of a Maserati owner who dragged a police officer on the road for more than 100 meters (while trying to escape the law) is now asking the court for the luxury vehicle to be returned. Lee Cheng Yan’s sister pleaded in district court on Jan. 25 during the hearing for the forfeiture of…https://bit.ly/3XCzKgO
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Catriona Gray recreates her Miss Universe ‘lava walk’ after reuniting with Ne-Yo at his Manila concert
Fans certainly did not forget that pageant moment where Catriona walked down to Ne-Yo’s ‘Miss Independent’ at the 2018 pageant.https://bit.ly/404ZPqj
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Fortify Rights, survivors target Myanmar generals in German lawsuit
Five years ago, soldiers with Myanmar’s Tatmadaw streamed into a Rakhine state village, burning homes and preventing anyone from escaping. They beat a woman in a room while others raped her son’s wife in an adjacent room. Ultimately, the soldiers murdered seven people in her family and scarred her permanently with a knife. That was…https://bit.ly/3ZXbTtL
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Police not ruling out abuse after Bali teenagers’ sex tape leaks
Police in Buleleng Regency have launched a probe into possible sexual abuse after a sex tape featuring a couple of Balinese teenagers was leaked online.https://bit.ly/3WNt7Hr
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Cookies brings California swagger to Bangkok, gets foothold in Thai cannabis
The joints being passed around were larger than the largest Burmese cheroots as people crowded the San Francisco rapper as he celebrated his American weed brand’s arrival to Bangkok. Scores of people waited in line to step inside Bangkok’s newest – at least for a few hours – cannabis dispensary, which opened downtown on Saturday.…https://bit.ly/3XD2MwY
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Malaysian PM condemns burning of Quran by Swedish politician
Malaysia strongly condemns the Islamophobic act of a Swedish-Danish politician in burning a copy of the Quran, said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. In a statement, the 75-year-old denounced the burning of Islam’s holy book in Stockholm, Sweden, yesterday by extremist Swedish-Danish far-right politician Rasmus Paludan. “Malaysia urges the Swedish government to take urgent measures against…https://bit.ly/3XOoFJ7
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Bangkok’s low-grade cannabis crackdown continues on Thonglor with fines, slapped wrists
Six vendors were fined THB5,000 (US$140) for violating cannabis sales regulations in the Thonglor area, with three of them accused of selling fake permits. The police have been making a public show of searching Khaosan Road and the Thonglor area in recent weeks, slapping wrists and fining those suspected of violating the few rules controlling…https://bit.ly/3QWcLKW
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Elderly women in Lombok are bathing in mud for TikTok money, and authorities are keen to take away their dippers
She doesn’t exactly look thrilled to be sitting on a plastic stool in the middle of a shabby pool containing mud water, but a fully clothed elderly lady willfully plays along to the wishes of thousands who have tuned in just to see her.https://bit.ly/3HhpNzI