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Most bus stops serve as temporary waiting points, but this particular one might just be a destination on its own.

In a video posted to TikTok on Sept 9, user Sofina shared a clip of a bus stop located in front of a body of water with scenic, largely unobstructed views.

Two water-facing benches could be seen set up directly behind it.

The sight quickly drew the attention of netizens, with several highly curious about its location.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — US President Donald Trump on Sunday (Sept 13) brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed three US troops there in July.

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal cited unnamed US officials about the attack in Jordan.

Asked whether he would mention the issue at an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump did not directly answer, and instead equated the surveillance activities of China and the US.

"They basically do what we do," he told reporters aboard Air Force One. "When they say China spies on us, I say you're right and we spy on them too."

Sydney Sweeney appears to have responded to the storm surrounding her stripped-down sports campaign by sharing a string of photographs of famous athletes who have previously posed naked for the camera.

The 29-year-old Euphoria actress posted the images to Instagram Stories on Sunday (Sept 13) after her campaign for sports prediction market Novig prompted criticism online.

Sydney, who became a strategic partner and equity holder in the company before fronting its first national advertising campaign, shared photographs from ESPN's former Body Issue alongside the message: "It's game dayy."

Sydney has not publicly stated why she posted the photographs or directly addressed the criticism of the campaign.

Since Go-Ahead Singapore took over bus services in Tampines in July , some residents have complained of longer wait times and less reliable services, Baey Yam Keng shared in a Facebook post on Sunday (Sept 13).

"Many Tampines residents have told me that their daily bus journeys have become less predictable, with longer waiting times and buses arriving together since Go-Ahead Singapore (GAS) took over the services in July," Tampines GRC MP Baey said.

"I understand their frustration."

In comments, many users shared their perspective on the change of bus service provider, agreeing with Baey.

Sara Bareilles had a miscarriage this year.

The 46-year-old singer has been open about her fertility struggles, and she has now shared that after undergoing multiple rounds of IVF with husband Joe Tippett, she tragically experienced a pregnancy loss.

She told the New York Times newspaper: "It sucks. Of course I wish I didn't have a miscarriage."

However, the Love Song hitmaker admitted that, after a tough period — which included the 2024 death of her close friend Gavin Creel, who partly inspired her new album Good Grief — it was a bit of a "relief" not to be pregnant because this era of her life "would be really, really, really hard" if she was carrying a child.

Air quality in Singapore returned to the unhealthy range again at noon on Monday (Sept 14)

At 12pm, the 24-hour Pollutant Standard Index (PSI) reading in central Singapore was 102. A reading of between 101 and 200 denotes the unhealthy range.

Elsewhere in the Republic, 24-hour PSI reading was between 79 and 91, still within the moderate range, with the next highest reading of 91 recorded in eastern and western Singapore.

Meanwhile, the one-hour PM2.5 — an indicator of fine micro-pollutants in the air — is in the elevated range across the city state.

Hyrox China has carried out disinfection of affected areas after Australian elite athlete Joanna Wietrzyk reportedly suffered faecal incontinence during the Hyrox Beijing fitness race on Saturday (Sept 12).

Wietrzyk, who is from Melbourne and in her early 20s, continued and managed to finish the competition.

Photos and videos circulating on Chinese social media apps on Saturday (Sept 12) showed Wietrzyk continuing with exercises, including burpee broad jumps, despite faecal matter reportedly being visible on her legs and parts of the course.

The incident raised concerns among other participants and members of the public over hygiene and possible contamination of the race course and equipment, Hong Kong media outlet HK01 reported.

Lisa knows she always has the support of her Blackpink "sisters".

The As If It's Your Last hitmaker is joined in the K-pop group by Jennie, Jisoo and Rose, and amid their various solo endeavours, there is no rivalry because they just want to see one another do well.

Lisa told E! News at the premiere of her documentary Always LaLisa at the Toronto International Film Festival: "They're like my sisters. They're like my family. And of course, even though we are doing all solo stuff, we still text each other.

"And even though Always LaLisa is gonna be out soon, they texted me, and they're like, 'Oh, can't wait to watch it!'"

SINGAPORE — With hundreds of gym-goers left in the lurch following the abrupt closure of True Fitness and True Yoga, rival operators across Singapore are wrestling to capture a slice of the pie.

Over the weekend, competing fitness brands have announced incentives for customers of True Group — which operates True Fitness, True Yoga and TFX, as well as Yoga Edition — to make the switch, with perks ranging from sign-up fee waivers to free classes.

Several branches of Anytime Fitness took to Instagram on Sept 12 to advertise a gym membership sign-up promotion priced from $99 per month, with True Fitness, True Yoga and TFX members entitled to a waiver of the first month’s membership fee.

“When one door closes, 163+ purple doors open,” they quipped in a post, in a reference to its number of gyms islandwide.

TOKYO — A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government won Okinawa's gubernatorial election on Sunday (Sept 13), ousting an opponent of Tokyo's military build-up across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and China.

Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term incumbent Denny Tamaki, 66, with 59 per cent of the vote in a result announced early on Monday. His victory, after a campaign dominated by concerns over rising prices, ends 12 years of rule by governors frequently at odds with the central government.

Tamaki's defeat could weaken local efforts to halt the relocation of some US Marines from the busy Futenma air base to a more remote facility at Henoko, on Okinawa's main island. Opponents want the troops moved out of the prefecture instead.

Japan's government said on Monday it would press ahead with the relocation.