December 21, 2025 – Singapore Headlines

Story gist: A knife attacker killed at least three people in a Taipei metro station after deploying smoke bombs. A Singaporean passenger recounted smelling smoke while riding past the station as the incident unfolded.

Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like The Guardian frame the event as a ‘mass stabbing’ killing four, emphasizing the stabbing’s scale. Center outlets like BBC describe a ‘knife attacker’ killing three after ‘smoke bombing’ a Taiwan metro, stressing the sequence and method. Right-leaning coverage is absent, omitting any conservative perspective on motives or security implications.

Story gist: Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs held an MOU signing ceremony between SIM People Development Fund and Yellow Ribbon. Inmates serving sentences at halfway houses will soon access training at educational institutes.

Bias summary: Center outlets published a neutral transcript of Acting Minister Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim’s doorstop interview, focusing on official details of the MOU and rehabilitation program. Left-leaning coverage absent, omitting potential emphasis on social equity or inmate rights. Right-leaning coverage absent, lacking scrutiny on costs, security risks, or taxpayer burdens.

Story gist: About 200 volunteers took to the streets in Singapore to raise funds for Gaza residents.

Bias summary: Center outlet The Straits Times reports factually with neutral headline emphasizing volunteer action. Left-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential emphasis on humanitarian solidarity. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential scrutiny of aid to Gaza amid Israel-Hamas conflict. Coverage limited to center perspective.

Story gist: Sharif Osman Hadi, a youth leader, was assassinated in Bangladesh, sparking protests. During the protests, newspaper offices were set ablaze, with staff inside recalling gasping for air.

Bias summary: Left- and right-leaning outlets provided no coverage, omitting perspectives that might emphasize protest causes or lawlessness. Center outlet BBC frames the story through vivid, personal recollections of newspaper staff trapped and endangered by arson, highlighting human cost to media workers without addressing the assassination or broader protest context.

Story gist: Authorities state that gunmen at Bondi Beach in Sydney were inspired by ISIS and travelled to the Philippines. The incident occurred at the site of a prior tragedy.

Bias summary: Left-leaning Guardian frames story around a unity swim at Bondi, Sydney’s ‘darkest day’ site, contrasting beach harmony with ‘fraying’ land tensions, downplaying terror specifics. Center Straits Times uses neutral, factual headline on ISIS inspiration and Philippines travel. Right-leaning outlets absent, omitting potential emphasis on security threats or immigration angles.