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Daily Cuts - Invasive species may threaten Singapore's flora and fauna

Recent reports have highlighted the issue of invasive species of plants and animals that threaten Singapore’s flora and fauna. To tackle the issue, WWF-Singapore organizes an “invasive species management” event at the Rail Corridor, where volunteers uproot weeds that threaten the native flora every third Friday of the month. Asia First’s Arnold Gay and Andrea Heng spoke with Jayasri Lakshminarayanan, head of education and outreach at WWF-Singapore, who shared more about the impact of invasive species.

Daily Cuts - Two day extension of Israel-Hamas truce sparks hope

A fragile truce between Israel and Hamas. has been extended by two days. Dozens of Israeli hostages as well as over a hundred Palestinian prisoners have been freed. Calls for a longer pause have been made. But what are the conditions needed for it to happen? Asia First's Arnold and Andrea speak with Laura Blumenfeld, Senior Fellow at the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, to find out more.

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Daily Cuts - Let's Jam by Temasek Shophouse

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Rappers Zack Ariff & Elaine and Yvonne Tay, head of social impact hub Temasek Shophouse about Let's Jam, a jamming-session-concert series. Organised by Temasek Shophouse, this ground-up community initiative holds space for senior and young musicians to jam together and forge intergenerational friendships through music.

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Daily Cuts - NGS’s latest exhibit Liu Kuo-Sung

Melanie Oliveiro visits the National Gallery Singapore’s exhibition ‘Liu Kuo-Sung: Experimentation as Method’. Jennifer K.Y. Lam, Curator at the National Gallery Singapore will discuss how this retrospective spans seven decades of the 91-year-old Chinese artist’s career in Singapore, and what visitors to the exhibition can learn from his artwork

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Should you be using mobile phones at concerts?

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Ross Knudson, Co-Founder, LAMC Productions and Annabelle Chow, Clinical Psychologist, Annabelle Psychology, about how using mobile phones at concerts may detract us from the full live experience.

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Daily Cuts - How Singaporeans could avoid debt

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Christopher Tan, CEO, Providend, about what Singaporeans could do to avoid falling into debt.

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