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Daily Cuts - UN Global Refugee Forum

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The Global Refugee Forum has just opened with a call for an "immediate and sustained humanitarian cease-fire" in Gaza. The three-day forum, which is set to end on Friday, is the largest international meeting on refugee issues. Andrea Heng and Susan Ng spoke with Mary Crock, Professor of Public Law, University of Sydney who tells us the importance of this Refugee Forum. She started with the importance of this Refugee Forum.

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Daily Cuts - Congrats to CNA's podcast team - Serial Swindler wins Gold

Shanti Pereira isn’t the only Singaporean bringing home gold this week. Our very own podcast team won big too! CNA’s limited narrative series, The Serial Swindler, took the Gold for Crime & Mystery at the prestigious w3 awards. It's about Singapore's most prolific serial scammers. The podcast was written and produced by Tiffany Ang.   

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Daily Cuts - Getting the Bronze medal at the Asian Games in Ningbo without a coach

The Hangzhou Asian Games ends this Sunday, 8 Oct and we’ve got 15 medals in total - 3 Golds, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze. Victoria Chan is Team Singapore’s Sailor. She clinched the bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Games in Ningbo, after finishing third in the ILCA 6. She did all of this without a coach, and she tells us how this works.  

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Daily Cuts - Should you hit the snooze button?

A commentary on CNA.Asia called, ‘Hit the snooze button - it’s good for you’. But there are a lot of factors to good sleep. There's a study claiming there are real health benefits to be gained from sleeping in until 7am (at least). But Prof Michael Chee, Director of the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS says using the Snooze button says a lot about our quality of sleep.

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Daily Cuts - Breaking into Singapore's cafe market

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Edward Tirtanata, CEO and Co-Founder, Kenangan Coffee, about breaking into the Singapore cafe market with an Indonesian brand.

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Daily Cuts - #TalkBack: Are Singaporeans fair-weathered fans of sport

On #TalkBack, Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with former national swimmers Joscelin Yeo and Mark Chay about whether Singaporeans tend to be fair-weather fans when it comes to sport.

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