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2021-02-13 08:15:01 Tanjong Pagar car crash: The bodies of 5 people killed in the pre-dawn accident were identified by their next-of-kin at about 10.30am.

Here’s what we know so far about the accident: https://str.sg/JHZw

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2021-02-13 07:59:08 5 killed in Tanjong Pagar accident: The fiancée of one of the victims in the car tried to open the door to save him and suffered burns as a result, said a friend. https://str.sg/JHZU

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2021-02-13 04:55:05 5 people died and one was sent to hospital after a car slammed into the front of a Tanjong Pagar shophouse.

SCDF said it was alerted to a fire involving a car and the front of a shophouse at about 5.40am. https://str.sg/JHku

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2021-02-12 10:51:29 JUST IN: Singapore confirms 18 new Covid-19 cases, including 2 in the community. https://str.sg/Jrva

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2021-02-12 07:21:16 Singapore’s Covid-19 vaccination programme will enter its next phase on Feb 22, when seniors across the island will start getting their jabs, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. https://str.sg/Jrvg

ALSO: Singapore's economy should be able to rebound this year after taking hits from the pandemic, but some sectors like tourism and aviation will take longer to recover, he added. https://str.sg/JrvM

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2021-02-12 05:48:43 "I told myself if I found her, the first thing I would say to her is thank you for giving birth to me.”

(For subscribers) Mrs Germaine Littlewood found out she was adopted during a Chinese New Year dinner in 2015. She finally met her birth mother last month, a reunion that was 42 years in the making. https://str.sg/JrvU

For one Singaporean who flew in from Germany with her 2 children, the CNY reunion dinner was extra special after months of uncertainty amid Covid-19 travel curbs. https://str.sg/Jrvw

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2021-02-12 04:45:19 Wishing you good health and a happy and prosperous Chinese New Year from all of us at The Straits Times.

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2021-02-12 03:57:42 News for your morning!

Singapore
A Chinatown Complex shop owner and his son are among 3 new Covid-19 community cases in Singapore
READ: https://str.sg/Jrtr

A*Star scientist Jackie Ying has been elected to a prestigious US engineering academy based on her work in Singapore
READ: https://str.sg/JrtH

World
Democrats argued that former US President Trump incited the Jan 6 Capitol riot as they rest their case in the impeachment trial
READ: https://str.sg/JrtV

China pulls BBC World News off the air for violating its content guidelines after report on Uighur women in Chinese camps
READ: https://str.sg/Jrtj

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2021-02-11 11:01:50 JUST IN: Singapore confirms 12 new Covid-19 cases, including 3 in the community. https://str.sg/JrCv

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2021-02-11 09:03:12 Singapore's budget measures to combat Covid-19 last year helped cushion the recession, and saved or created some 155,000 jobs. https://str.sg/JrCQ

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