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Daily Cuts - Kevin McCarthy is no longer US House Speaker

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Kevin McCarthy has been voted out as House Speaker. This is after Florida congressman Matt Gaetz introduced the bill for his removal on Monday. Lawmakers voted 216 for (versus 210 against) the motion — and that included nearly all Democrats present. McCarthy is the first House Speaker in American history to get the boot. Vote for new House speaker is expected to be next week. Shawn Treier, Senior Lecturer, School of Politics & International Relations, The Australian National University tells us what’s next in US politics.

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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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