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CNA938 Rewind - ThirdHome – stay at someone’s ultra-luxurious holiday home while they enjoy yours!

In ‘Destination Anywhere’, Melanie Oliveiro discovers the latest trends in the global luxury home exchange sector with Giles Adams, director of strategy & operations at ThirdHome, a luxury travel club for second-home owners. Adams will explain second-home ownership, which refers to owning a vacation property in addition to one’s primary residence. Instead of renting out their homes to strangers (like the Airbnb model), ThirdHome members can exchange unused time in their property for stays in other members’ luxury homes around the world – facilitating an extravagant holiday with a difference!

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CNA938 Rewind - Youth Going Green — Solutions for conservation and environmental protection

In ‘Made in SG’, Melanie Oliveiro speaks with two Singapore youth honoured at the National Geographic's global conservation challenge awards. Called the 2025 Slingshot Challenge, it celebrates youth-led solutions for conservation and environmental protection. Award recipients Raina Lakhamraju (Roots for Change) and Nainika Gupta (Orange for Green) will talk about what made their projects winning ones. Roots for Change harnesses carbon credit financing to protect the endangered mangrove forests of the Indian Sundarbans, while Orange for Green partners hawker centres in upcycling fruit waste into eco-friendly surface disinfectants and fertilisers.  

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CNA938 Rewind - BRICS Summit 2025: Significance of Xi Jinping’s absence

When the BRICS summit in Brazil opens on Sunday (Jul 6), a key figure will be conspicuously missing from the table: Chinese President Xi Jinping. Considering how important China is to the intergovernmental grouping, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman talk to Dr Flavia Zimmermann, Lecturer in Public Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. They examine the significance of his no-show and what it means for the group moving forward.

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CNA938 Rewind - Legacy of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota

Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota, 28, died in a car crash in northwestern Spain on Thursday (Jul 3) with his brother, police said, weeks after the star got married. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at the legacy the football star leaves behind with CNA Editor Chia Han Keong.

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CNA938 Rewind - Private health insurance premiums on the rise: Should I relook my portfolio?

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung says there is a need to set the private healthcare financing system on a more sustainable footing. With the costs of private health insurance and healthcare rising, is it time to relook at one’s portfolio? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Chuin Ting Weber, CEO and Chief Investment Officer at MoneyOwl, to find out more. 

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CNA938 Rewind - Live-X: Ferry capsizes in Bali

Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get the latest from CNA correspondent Saifulbahri Ismail on the search-and-rescue efforts.

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