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Zhaki Abdullah

Singapore

Journalist at The Straits Times

Journalist in da Singapura | @straits_times, prev @channelnewsasia | Views mine, RTs≠endorsements. | 📧 [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

    SINGAPORE - Ensuring the continued success of Singapore’s Malay/Muslim community is a collective effort, said Associate Professor Faishal Ibrahim, who is Acting Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. This will involve working together with M3 – a collaboration between self-help group Mendaki, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore and the People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council – in addition to other Malay/Muslim organisations, as well as informal groups, he added.

  • 1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

    SINGAPORE – The number of dengue cases for January to May 2025 has dropped about 74 per cent from the same period in 2024, with almost 2,000 cases recorded for the year to date, according to figures from the National Environment Agency (NEA). This is also “significantly lower” than the number of cases during the same period in 2023, when more than 3,000 cases were reported for the first half of the year. About 10,000 dengue cases were recorded in the first half of 2024.

  • 2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

    SINGAPORE – A new artificial intelligence (AI) system which will reduce the time required for a cardiac scan analysis and allow for faster diagnosis of coronary artery disease will be available at three public hospitals here as part of a year-long trial. The Singapore heart lesion analyser (Sense) will be trialled at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), the National University Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital in the third quarter of 2025.

  • 2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Zhaki Abdullah

    SINGAPORE - Over his decade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Maliki Osman has tried to bring a personal touch to building relationships. Among the ways he has tried to do so is by inviting foreign ambassadors to his home for Hari Raya celebrations, together with his friends, neighbours and community leaders, to help establish a sense of friendship.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Zhaki Abdullah

    Days after the Supreme Court called the petition moved against the Rohingya being “cast into the international waters” by the Government of India as …

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Zhaki Abdullah
Zhaki Abdullah @ZhakiAbdullah
27 Jan 25

Last minute request! I know it's not as interesting as the 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ST story but I'm hoping to talk to people celebrating Chinese New Year in Singapore for the first time i.e non-Chinese recently married to Chinese spouses, or foreigners celebrating in SG. Hit me up!

Zhaki Abdullah
Zhaki Abdullah @ZhakiAbdullah
19 Jul 24

Looking for people in SG affected by today's tech outage. Hit me up! #Crowdstrike #microsoft #ITOutage #techoutage

Zhaki Abdullah
Zhaki Abdullah @ZhakiAbdullah
8 Apr 24

I've been neglecting my online presence, so here's an update. Running in the science section of ST, Simply Science is a new fortnightly series I'm working on which looks at the science of the everyday. First article is on sunscreen! https://t.co/HkqydPH2VZ