Haze Hits Unhealthy Levels Across Singapore, Anthropic Warns of Existential AI Risk and Malaysia Repatriates Myanmar Nationals

Headline news for September 29, 2026: Singapore's PSI hits 155 in the central region as haze enters the unhealthy range. Anthropic warns IPO investors that advanced AI could pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity dedicating eighty pages of its prospectus to risk factors. Malaysia begins repatriating fifteen hundred Myanmar nationals in the first phase of a five-thousand-person programme.

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