Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Friday, Jan 15.
Para-veterinarian at Police K-9 Unit is sole Covid-19 community case in Singapore
The Singaporean man developed a fever on Monday and visited a GP clinic.
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Budget 2021 expected to be more targeted as Government dials down financial support
Overall spending will be reined in after extensive support measures were rolled out last year.
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9 new Nominated MPs and the issues they plan to raise in Parliament
The new NMPs speak to ST on the issues they plan to raise in Parliament.
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Inside Trump’s final days: Aides struggle to contain an angry, isolated president
“Everybody feels like they’re doing the best job they can to hold it all together until Biden takes over,” said a Trump adviser.
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Washington goes on lockdown as security threats mount ahead of Biden inauguration
More than 20,000 armed National Guard troops are being mobilised.
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Philippines’ Duterte says presidency no job for a woman
He dismissed speculation that his daughter will succeed him in 2022.
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Safety lapses found at Underwater World after diver killed by stingray in 2016
Chan Kum Weng and his colleagues were trying to catch a leopard ray when it suddenly attacked him.
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Singapore’s fourth telco TPG targets heavy data users with $18 for 80GB SIM-only plan
It is currently the most value-for-money of its kind in the market.
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How a team at A*Star played a big role in global fight against Covid-19 pandemic
Expertise Singapore provided enabled the rapid sharing of genomes of the virus.
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WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy
India is WhatsApp’s biggest market with 400 million users.
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