SINGAPORE – One SMRT technician was killed and another injured when a car jack supporting a bus they were working on gave way on Sunday…
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Man seriously hurt after PMD catches fire in Woodlands lift
SINGAPORE – A fire broke out in a lift at Block 537 Woodlands Drive 16 on Thursday night (June 3), said the Singapore Civil Defence…
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Jail for van driver who seriously injured motorcyclist and drove off
SINGAPORE – A van driver who changed lanes abruptly on the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) on Sept 7, 2018, struck a motorcyclist and seriously injured him.…
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Singapore-flagged container ship ablaze off Sri Lanka threatens chemical, oil spill
COLOMBO (BLOOMBERG, XINHUA, REUTERS) – The Sri Lankan authorities were on Wednesday (May 26) trying to douse a massive fire that has raged for six…
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Catholic priest who survived cancer hit by van while jogging in Upper Paya Lebar, driver arrested
SINGAPORE – A Catholic priest from the Church of The Immaculate Heart of Mary in Kovan was hit by a van at a slip road…
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Two dead, dozens hurt in Israeli synagogue accident: Ambulance service
JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – At least two worshippers were killed and more than 100 injured on Sunday (May 16) when a grandstand collapsed in a synagogue…
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Singapore offers condolences to sunken Indonesian submarine victims' families
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen on Sunday (April 25) called his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto to offer condolences to the families of…
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Indian railway 'superhero' pulls off dramatic rescue
MUMBAI (AFP) – An Indian railway worker has been hailed a superhero after he sprinted more than 30m along a track to grab a boy…
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Taiwan train accident: Driver tried to pull truck with a rope after it got stuck in bushes before fatal crash
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan prosecutors on Friday (April 16) charged a truck driver with negligent homicide over his role in the island’s worst rail disaster…
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Taiwan crash investigators focus on how truck fell in train's path
HUALIEN (NYTIMES) – Two days after Taiwan’s deadliest rail disaster in decades, investigators were working on Sunday (April 4) to determine why a truck had…
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Truck's dashboard camera found at Taiwan train crash site
HUALIEN – The Taiwanese authorities have located what is believed to be the dashboard camera on a truck that caused a deadly train accident in…
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Stingrays common around Singapore and are known to be docile unless disturbed: Experts
SINGAPORE – Stingray sightings are a common occurrence in the waters around Singapore and they are known to be docile unless disturbed, said experts who…
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Taiwan train accident: Survivors, families mourn the dead and seek answers
HUALIEN – “Yun-ru, Mama is here to take you home!” cried out a middle-aged woman as she stood at a nondescript construction site on a…
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Man in crash that killed 13 migrants in California charged with smuggling
CALIFORNIA (NYTIMES) – Federal authorities in California charged a man Tuesday (March 30) with coordinating a smuggling attempt that resulted in the deaths of 13…
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