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Daily Cuts - A Letter to Myself: From Loss to Legacy - A Journey of Transforming Farewells

Angjolie Mei, Founder of Life Celebrant and Author of Dying to Meet You, had an unexpected journey into the funeral industry. After her father’s passing, what began as a personal effort to give him a dignified farewell grew into a larger vision: to transform funerals into meaningful celebrations of life. As she stepped into a male-dominated and tradition-bound industry, she faced challenges in redefining long-held practices. She shares her experiences, the lessons she has learned, and her hopes for the future of funeral services.

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Daily Cuts - What you can expect at River Hongbao 2025

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Loh Woon Yen, member of River Hongbao 2025 Organising Committee, on what you can expect at this year's River Hongbao event.

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Daily Cuts - Toxic workplace culture: Is resignation your only option?

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Paul Heng, Founder and Managing Director, NeXT Career Consulting Group (Asia), about whether resignation should be the only option when dealing with a toxic workplace culture.

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Daily Cuts - Who’s most affected by Trump’s mass deportation, end to birthright citizenship

US President Donald Trump has ordered the mass deportation of illegal immigrants and plans to end birthright citizenship of those who were born to said undocumented nationals. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman assess the effects of the move and discuss the impending end of US federal aid to humanitarian activities with Richard Painter, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota

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Daily Cuts - What are carbon credits and how do they help the Amazon rainforest?

Tech giant Microsoft has pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to restore parts of the Amazon rainforest by removing 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide – all to offset increasing emissions from its data centres in the coming years. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman learn more about carbon credits as well as the transparency and legitimacy of such programmes. They spoke with John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management Director, MIT System Dynamics Group Director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge.

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Daily Cuts - DeepSeek: is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Singapore Today's Daniel Martin and Justine Moss speak with Associate Professor Bryan Low, Director of AI Research at AI Singapore and Deputy Director of NUS AI Institute, about DeepSeek and whether it is all it’s cracked up to be.

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