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Daily Cuts - 2024 was a year of war. How have the year’s conflicts shaped the world?

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From Israel’s war – first on Hamas in Gaza, then on Hezbollah in Lebanon – to Ukraine’s eastern front, to conflicts in Myanmar and Sudan, plus now a new era following the downfall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman took stock of the wars that took place this year. For more, they spoke with Dr Samir Puri, Associate Fellow, Chatham House. He is also the author of Westlessness, a book about changing global power balances and where it leads the West.

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Daily Cuts - Bak Kwa prices: How they link to Singapore's consumer price pressures

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Susan Ng speak with Song Seng Wun, Economic Adviser, CGS International, about how our Bak Kwa prices could reflect consumer price pressures in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Singapore's latest tool in its fight against scams

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Susan Ng speak with Associate Professor Hannah Yee-Fen Lim, Division of Business Law, NTU Nanyang Business School, about the effectiveness of a law empowering the police to order banks to restrict potential scam victims from making banking transactions.

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Daily Cuts - Planning your next holiday in the new year

Have you already started forward planning for your next holiday this year or are you falling victim to decision paralysis? From wanderlust to wanderlost - how do you tackle this modern travel challenge? Work It’s Hui Wong and Vaisali Prabhakaran speak with Brendan Walsh, Skyscanner Travel Trends and Destination Expert.

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Daily Cuts - Art for All - What’s new at this year’s ART SG 2025 fair

In ‘Culture Club’ Melanie Oliveiro finds out what’s new at ART SG 2025, an annual international art fair showcasing the best modern and contemporary galleries and artists from Singapore, Southeast Asia and the world. ART SG’s fair director’s Shuyin Yang will talk about some of the more than 100 exhibitors from 30 countries and territories; talks and a film programme. Singaporean artist & painter Khairulddin Wahab will talk about his triptych artwork ‘The Lands Below the Winds’ consisting of three canvases alluding to the indigenous maritime traditions of the past.

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Daily Cuts - Where to go to check out various Singapore Art Week 2025 projects

In ‘Destination Anywhere’ Melanie Oliveiro finds out where Singaporeans can go to check out artworks and performances by local up-and-coming creatives like Joshua Kon and Zen Teh at Singapore Art Week. Kon will tell us where in Singapore we can catch his group project “Con-Temporary Art” which functions as a nomadic mini art gallery. Teh will reveal where her exhibition cum dance project “Phenomenology of Light and Rhythms Of The Earth” is. She will describe how she and fellow creative SueKi will present their visual art and performance piece.

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