Singapore haze: unhealthy air on 20 days in a row as at Oct 24, beating 15-day streak of 2015

CNA's Talking Point measured a PM2.5 reading of 187 micrograms per cubic metre inside a fifth-floor flat whose windows had been shut for an hour, against 169 outdoors. Singapore is in its worst haze episode since 2015, with unhealthy air recorded on 20 days in a row as at Oct 24, beating the 15-day streak of 2015.

According to Mongabay, twenty gibbon species live in the tropical forests of Asia, and human activities such as deforestation, hunting and the exotic pet trade in baby gibbons threaten every one of them. International Gibbon Day fell on Oct. 24.

CNA reports that Woha transformed a shophouse at Emerald Hill in the late 1990s. The current owner found a collaborator in Terence Chan, who had worked at Woha before setting up Studio Terre in 2006. Termite damage meant much of the floorboards and the timber cladding by the dining room's steel columns had to be replaced.

CNA reports that Tottenham Hotspur won 2-0 at Chelsea, only their second win at Stamford Bridge since Margaret Thatcher was Britain's prime minister. Chelsea goalkeeper Mike Penders punched a corner into his own net, and Mathys Tel added a breakaway strike 10 minutes later. Chelsea's Cole Palmer received two bookings in nine minutes and was dismissed, a first in his senior career.

CNA reports that Alexander Volkanovski kept his UFC featherweight title at UFC 333 on Saturday, stopping Movsar Evloev in the second round and ending the Russian's unbeaten run of 20 professional fights. In the co-main event, Russia's Petr Yan kept his bantamweight crown with a unanimous decision over Georgian Merab Dvalishvili.

Al Jazeera reports that severe hunger is spreading in Gaza as bakeries close, with those still open struggling to source flour for bread.

CNA Women profiles Mariam Jumaat, 40, a home palliative care nurse. She has supported more than 100 patients with incurable conditions, including end-stage dementia, stroke, heart disease and cancer, through to the end of their lives. Nearly 400 patients are now enrolled in the programme, which is for people with a life expectancy estimated at six months to a year.

Data from data.gov.sg shows that a multi-generation flat at Block 633, Yishun St 61, on the 10th to 12th storey, was the newest resale listed, in the 2026-10 month, at a price of S$1,178,000.