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

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 - America has voted: How Trump, the Republicans return to power

Americans have voted Donald J. Trump as their 47th president, the second US president that has retaken the White House in non-consecutive terms. The high-stakes US election also saw major gains for the Republicans, retaking the Senate for the first time in four years and positioning the GOP on a strong footing in Washington. Andrea Heng speaks to Andrea Christianson, Partner, Penta Group, to get a post-election analysis of the election results and read the signals from American citizens. 

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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: Hawkerpreneur Lee Syafiq on tough love, staying humble, and proving his critics wrong

Lee Syafiq, founder of the AshesBurnnit chain of burger stalls, shares how his love for cooking was ignited at the age of 11 at his aunt's canteen, and how his parents' tough love set the foundation for his drive to succeed as an entrepreneur and redefine his boundaries.

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Daily Cuts - Could we see more high-rise learning institutes in Singapore?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Dr Woo Jun Jie, Senior Lecturer, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, about whether we could be seeing more high-rise learning institutes in Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - How a 2nd Trump presidency will impact Singapore

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Kevin Chen, Associate Research Fellow with the U.S. Programme, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, RSIS, about the 2024 U.S presidential election outcome's impact on Singapore.

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Daily Cuts - Need for a guide on Electric Vehicle use in Singapore

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Susan Ng speak with Terence Siew, President and Co-Founder, Electric Vehicle Association of Singapore, about the need for a guide on good Electric Vehicle charging etiquette.

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