Singapore World News API

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            "title": "Employee falls sick and applies for leave to recover at home. Boss says it ‘requires hospitalization proof’",
            "description": "An employees Reddit post about being questioned over taking sick leave has sparked a wider conversation about workplace policies and manager behavior. The worker claimed their manager insisted that sick leave requires hospitalization and asked them to share medical documents before approval, despite company policy allowing rest-based leave with a certificate. The situation led to confusion over whether sick leave should be informed or requested, and whether managers can override HR processes.",
            "content": "Synopsis\nAn employee’s Reddit post about being questioned over taking sick leave has sparked a wider conversation about workplace policies and manager behavior. The worker claimed their manager insisted that sick leave requires hospitalization and as... [5492 chars]",
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            "description": "US President Donald Trump called the move \"a favour\" to countries that \"don't have the courage or will to do this work themselves\".",
            "content": "WASHINGTON: Two US warships have reportedly passed through the Strait of Hormuz, the first such transit since the war with Iran began, as President Donald Trump said Saturday (Apr 11) that the United States had started \"clearing out\" the strategic wa... [1590 chars]",
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            "title": "Drug lord busted after using toothpaste tubes, flight attendants for smuggling",
            "description": "A drug kingpin who ran a vast trafficking network used four unwitting Vietnam Airlines flight attendants to smuggle narcotics from France concealed inside toothpaste tubes, police said. - VnExpress International",
            "content": "Ha Danh Nam, who is currently wanted by Vietnamese authorities, reportedly hid the drugs in toothpaste tubes marked with the letter \"T.\"\nInvestigators say he hired Hoang Sy Thang, 39, a driver from the central Nghe An Province, to receive the oversea... [5103 chars]",
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