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2023-05-13 19:23:36 New initiative to help GPs better prescribe ‘social medicine’ to residents in Toa Payoh

May 13, 2023 11:50 PM

Care Corner and TTSH said a fifth of the residents in Toa Payoh are above 65 years old.

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2023-05-13 19:23:34 Charging of buggy suspected to have led to fire at Sentosa Cove house

May 13, 2023 4:20 PM

The fire involved the contents of a car porch on the first floor of a house, said SCDF.

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2023-05-13 16:40:15 Military coalition poised to be dislodged, says Thai opposition

May 13, 2023 8:25 PM

If an alliance of opposition parties wins more than half of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives, it will be able to get its nominee elected as PM.

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2023-05-13 16:40:13 India’s opposition Congress set for big win in Karnataka state, defeating Modi’s ruling BJP

May 13, 2023 8:03 PM

The defeat in Karnataka is a rare setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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2023-05-13 15:23:27 NTU Prof’s nanomechanics research leads to prominent Royal Society Fellowship

May 13, 2023 7:00 PM

Prof Gao took inspiration from nature and uncovered the secret behind the strongest biological material known to man.

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2023-05-13 15:23:25 Fire breaks out in Sentosa Cove house, possibly due to charging of electric vehicle

May 13, 2023 4:20 PM

The fire involved the contents of a car porch on the first floor of a house, said SCDF.

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2023-05-13 14:39:56 Experts downplay China debt trap concerns for Indonesia over HSR project overruns

May 13, 2023 7:10 PM

Concession for Jakarta-Bandung HSR extended from 50 to 80 years.

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2023-05-13 14:39:55 Anger, despair in Turkey’s quake zone on eve of vote to decide Erdogan’s fate

May 13, 2023 6:44 PM

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted government is fighting for its political life.

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2023-05-13 14:21:44 Temperature hits 40-year record high of 37 deg C in Ang Mo Kio on Saturday

May 13, 2023 6:28 PM

Temperatures also breached the 36 deg C mark in several parts of the island.

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2023-05-13 14:21:43 Malaysian woman caught at Woodlands Checkpoint for failing to declare over $20k cash

May 13, 2023 6:25 PM

Stacks of currencies were wrapped in a pink plastic bag and placed inside the vehicle’s centre console.

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