Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on May 15, 2025

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TEL, CRL MRT lines to be extended to serve Changi Airport Terminal 5

The T5 MRT station will be located at the terminal’s ground transport centre.

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BYD is top-selling car in S’pore in first four months of 2025

BYD sold 3,002 cars versus 2,050 for Toyota and 535 for Tesla.

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Maid who stabbed boss’ mum-in-law 26 times has murder charge reduced on appeal

Her lawyer said a triggering statement amounted to grave and sudden provocation, which caused her to lose self-control.

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New drug offers hope for patients with rare genetic heart disease

About 150 people in Singapore have transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.

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Caregivers need more support. We owe it to them

Many are struggling and we, as a nation, should ease their load, say the writers.

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Your Singapore Story: A series to mark ST's 180th anniversary

The first set of 12 stories is available online, and more will be added in the coming weeks.

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‘When you build a bank for the underserved, you build for almost everybody’: New GXS CEO Lai Pei-Si

She joins a growing list of women who have been tapped to helm key financial institutions here.

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Putin not named in Kremlin’s delegation for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

A lower level team will attend the first direct Russia-Ukraine contacts on their conflict in more than three years.

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Sudden ceasefire with Pakistan stirs anger among hardline Indians

Some have even attacked India’s top diplomat Vikram Misri, accusing him of being a traitor.

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Jail for police superintendent who drove carelessly, had almost twice the legal limit of alcohol

Chan Hee Keong insisted on driving despite his wife suggesting she should drive or they could take a taxi.

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