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Users around the world were unable to access Meta’s Facebook and Instagram on Friday (June 12) evening.

According to data on outage tracking sites such as Downdetector, users began experiencing issues at around 9pm (Singapore time).

The number of reports reached a high of 1,376 at 9.53pm.

Users in Australia, Canada, US, and the United Kingdom, also reported issues locally.

Six people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a HDB flat in Sengkang on Friday (June 12).

The incident happened at about 4.10pm in a bedroom of a third-floor unit at Block 125 Rivervale Street.

Responding to AsiaOne's queries, the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that no one was in the unit when firefighters arrived at the scene, adding that the fire was extinguished with a water jet.

The police evacuated about 120 people from the affected block as a precautionary measure.

Three people died after a supply boat sank off Pasir Panjang Terminal on Friday (June 12).

In a statement, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said the incident occurred at about 9.30am when a supply boat sank following a collision with a landing craft.

MPA said that it joined the Police Coast Guard (PCG) and the Singapore Civil Defence Force's Marine Division in immediately deploying vessels to the scene and commencing search and rescue operations.

The authority added that the landing craft remained stable and no injuries were reported among its crew.

Singapore residents got a reprieve from hot and humid weather on Friday (June 12), after thundery showers and gusty winds swept across several parts of the island.

Temperature dipped amid the wet weather, reaching a low of 20.1 deg C at Newton at 12.52pm, according to data from the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS).

This is comparable to the low of 20.3 deg C recorded on Feb 19.

Earlier in the day, the National Environment Agency (NEA) issued two weather alerts, notifying that moderate to heavy thundery showers were expected.

SINGAPORE — A man who allegedly molested multiple women and took videos of their private parts at a massage parlour in Holland Village was charged in court on June 12.

Lee Sze Ben was handed 22 charges in all. They include using criminal force to outrage the modesty of victims, and recording videos of their private parts without their consent.

The 52-year-old allegedly committed the offences at Health Step Foot Reflexology Centre in Lorong Mambong. It was not mentioned in charge sheets if Lee was an employee there, or if the victims were his customers.

The court heard that Lee's offences involved 14 victims.

Hong Kong former TVB actress-presenter Barbara Chan Man Yee, widow of late actor Liu Kai Chi, died on Friday (June 12) at the age of 65.

It comes just over five years after Kai Chi's death on March 28, 2021, at the age of 66 from stomach cancer.

According to a statement posted on social media by her two sons, Barbara died at Prince of Wales Hospital this morning after an illness, surrounded by family.

They expressed their appreciation to the medical team and sought the understanding of members of the public that the funeral and memorial will be private and limited to close friends and family members, in accordance with her wishes.

SINGAPORE - A woman who made a police report accusing her ex-boyfriend of raping her was handed a five weeks' jail sentence on June 12 for providing false information to a police officer.

Liau Wan Ting, 35, made the allegation after having consensual sex with her ex-boyfriend.

She did so because her birth control patch had expired the day before they had sex, and she was worried he would not take responsibility if she were to get pregnant.

Her ex-boyfriend, whose identity is protected by a gag order, was identified as A1 in court documents.

NCT's Doyoung spotlighted some of Singapore's lesser-known spots in his newly released project teaser.

Named Sound of Memories, the project follows the 30-year-old Korean idol as he records and collects the various sounds and moments from his daily life, gradually creating his own soundtracks.

In the clip uploaded on NCT's social media accounts yesterday (June 11), Doyoung is seen walking around Singapore like a local, visiting places such as Bedok Reservoir Park and even a Block 127 in Geylang East, a reference to the group's sub-unit NCT 127 in which he is part of.

The teaser also shows him at a flower shop, fruit stall, aquarium shop, restaurant and cafe, which a fan on X identified as Whampoa Wet Market, Hey Kee HK Seafood Restaurant and Hideout Coffee Bar.

A Yew Tee resident has blamed an alleged rat infestation for a five-day internet outage, after cables in the area were found damaged with signs of bite marks.

In a Facebook post on June 5 about the alleged "rat infestation at Yew Tee Block 620", user Leong SC implored more residents to give feedback to town council, writing: "Internet wires (have) been bitten. No Internet for five days now."

Photos shared by Leong showed frayed and exposed cables in the ceiling board of the lift lobby as well as apparent rat droppings.

In response to AsiaOne's queries, Marsiling-Yew Tee town council said it had "taken immediate action" to address the issue, including treatment works in surrounding areas to control the rat population and night culling operations at the affected block

An elderly male pedestrian tripped on a kerb and fell face-first onto the pavement while crossing Sin Ming Road on Thursday (June 11).

Fortunately for the elderly man, a SBS Transit bus captain who was driving service 130 past the scene stopped to help.

In a Facebook post on Friday, bus and rail operator SBS Transit shared senior bus captain Kan Wai Loon's nice gesture.

Kan noticed the elderly man crossing the road ahead, but he lost his balance while stepping up onto the kerb, causing him to fall face-first onto the pavement, SBS Transit said.