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The New Paper Giant tree collapses on Tanglin CC, no one hurt The tree was more than 24m tall with a girth of 4.6m. The debris was cleared by 5pm on Monday. PHOTO: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS Students at a pottery lesson in the Tanglin Community Club had just left when a huge tree fell and damaged the roof of its Ceramic Room last Saturday. A pottery teacher and an assistant who were in the room were unhurt. The National Parks Board was alerted to the fallen West Indian locust tree at Malcolm Park besi...

US President Joe Biden delivers his inauguration speech. Photo: AFP Here are some of the people Biden has called on to run the US government. Director of the Central Intelligence Agency: William Burns Photo: Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP During more than three decades as a US diplomat, including as deputy secretary of state under President Barack Obama, Burns honed specialties in Russia and the Middle East and was ambassador to Russia. Attorney General: Merrick Garland Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP A fed...

WHYY By It’s not easy to recognize important historical moments while they’re happening. But 2020 has been a year marked by disaster and debacle. It has featured a deadly global pandemic, a reckoning over racism in the wake of several Black Americans killed by police, and a tense, litigious election. Looking back, historians, political insiders, and on-the-ground organizers agree that the last 12 months or so will leave an indelible impression. “I don’t know a historian right now who is...