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Daily Cuts - Beyoncé and her legacy set to be the subject of a new university course

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Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University in 2025. The class will focus on how the multi-hyphenated artist has generated awareness and engagement in social and political ideologies. She is not the first performer to be the subject of a college-level course, with the recent one being Taylor Swift. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng speak to Jem Aswad, Executive Music Editor, Variety, to find out if the study of entertainment icons as a subject of academia is an emerging trend.

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Daily Cuts - Singapore’s cancer deaths: how early cancer screenings could be the key 

A study pushing for the use of next-generation sequencing tests is causing alarm over the rate of cancer deaths in Singapore, but there are many other factors that influence this number, such as how aggressive the cancer is and how late a patient presents with the disease. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman speak with Associate Professor Ravindran Kanesvaran, Chairman and Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore. He suggests early cancer screenings to help build a more effective treatment plan and outcomes for patients.

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Daily Cuts - Syria post-Assad: The future of Syria and the Middle East

Syrians around the world are rejoicing the end of a dark era, after Bashar al-Assad resigned as president and fled the country following a lightning offensive by Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. But a new beginning beckons, and the world is watching as the situation presents major uncertainties not just for Syria but the wider Middle East. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman get a snapshot of the latest with Dr Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney

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Daily Cuts - Is soft retirement feasible in Singapore?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Paul Heng, Founder and Managing Director, NeXT Career Consulting Group, Asia, about the feasibility of soft retirement in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Could an expanded incentive scheme reduce morning peak-hour MRT congestion?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Professor Raymond Ong, Transport Analyst and Deputy Head (Research), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NUS, about how an expanded incentive scheme offering large discounts on MRT fares could help manage public transport congestion during the morning rush hour.

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Daily Cuts - How more private houses could lead to moderated prices in 2025

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Lee Sze Teck, Senior Director, Data Analytics, Huttons Asia, about how more available private houses in the first half of 2025 could lead to further moderation of prices.

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