Good morning! Here are our top stories to kick-start your Thursday, Jan 7.
Woman shot inside US Capitol dies after pro-Trump protesters storm building
The city is under curfew and the National Guard has been deployed after protesters stormed barricades.
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Democrats gain control of US Senate with wins in Georgia
Jon Ossoff was proclaimed the winner in the second of two Senate runoff races.
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America’s toxic divide explodes and anger likely to remain
The US is a tinderbox with a population deeply divided, says US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh.
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Hongkongers shocked and divided by arrests of pro-democracy leaders
The city’s pro-Beijing lawmakers welcomed the arrests but others see it as a purge of the opposition.
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NUS had 71 complaints of sexual misconduct involving students in past five years
The number was highest in 2019, when 25 such reports were made.
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Korean man who works at Crowne Plaza Changi Airport among 2 new unlinked Covid-19 community cases in S’pore
A preliminary test showed he was positive for the more infectious UK strain of Covid-19.
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Plaza Singapura, Marina Bay Sands among new locations visited by Covid-19 patients while infectious
Covid-19 patients had visited Cold Storage and Spotlight at Plaza Singapura on Dec 29.
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Malaysia’s health chief calls for targeted lockdowns as Covid-19 cases surge
The number of active cases filled hospital beds to near full capacity.
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Family of Singapore’s richest billionaire, a co-founder of hotpot chain Haidilao, buys freehold bungalow for $42m
At $1,940 psf, the freehold good class bungalow in Gallop Road is the priciest per square foot for the area.
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No more long queues outside Lim Chee Guan outlets as orders for bak kwa move online
Long or overnight queues outside its outlets were a common sight in previous years.
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