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Daily Cuts - Managing stress during PSLE season

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We are in PSLE season, with the listening exams administered last Friday, and the first written papers happening on 28 September. Parental nerves are understandable, but may not be helpful to their child’s own mental and emotional state as they prepare to sit for their first significant exam. Kevin Goh, Head of Engagements and Programmes, Centre for Fathering, shares strategies can parents adopt to help themselves and their child make it through this period in as healthy a way as possible.

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Daily Cuts - Hotspots and climate combine to bring back the haze

The haze is back. We learn how experts track and analyse hotspots, and how climate patterns will likely influence the severity of the haze this year. Joining us is Associate Professor Steve Yim, Principal Investigator at the Asian School of the Environment, Earth Observatory of Singapore at NTU.

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Daily Cuts - Israel promises 'mighty vengeance' against Hamas

It’s been a shock for the Israelis on Saturday after Hamas successfully launched a surprise attack into Israeli towns near the Gaza strip. And since then, there have been exchanges of rockets between Hamas and the Israelis. It was described as the deadliest attack in Israel in decades. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now vowing mighty vengeance and threatening to turn Gaza into a “deserted island”. He also went on to declare that the country is now ‘at war'. Dr James Dorsey is Adjunct Senior Fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies. He tells us what ‘state of war’ means for Israel. 

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Daily Cuts - US House Speaker potential candidates

It’s been barely a week since Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as House Speaker. And the former House Speaker has clarified reports saying he will NOT resign before the end of his congressional term in Jan 2025. But the race is on for the House Speaker position and two prominent names have come up so far. Staunch conservatives - Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan. Patrick Basham, Director, Democracy Institute says he's not expecting any annoucement anytime soon.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: How comfortable are you speaking to a GP about mental health

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Kenneth Koh, Co-Founder and Medical Director, OneCare Medical and Annabelle Chow, Clinical Psychologist, Annabelle Psychology, about how comfortable people really are in consulting a GP about mental health conditions.

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Daily Cuts - What's next for our national sailors

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with 2023 Asian Games ILCA Champion Ryan Lo, ILCA 4 silver medalist Isaac Goh and Chung Pei Ming, Singapore Sailing's Head of High Performance and Coaching, about what's next following their triumphant return from Hangzhou.

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