Top stories from The Straits Times on Sunday, April 8

Good morning! Here are our top stories to kickstart your Sunday, April 8.


They can collect a wide range of data, which can be used to direct driverless cars, catch speeding e-scooters and even analyse faces, down to race, gender and age.

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Themed "Make My Country Great With BN", the manifesto was unveiled at a launch event where nearly 40,000 supporters packed a stadium in Bukit Jalil.

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The interracial love story of how Mr Koh Leng Kiat - who died in March - took care of an Indian widow with eight kids touched many Singaporeans.

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All eyes will be on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the 4G team as a new phase of leadership transition starts in May.

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Today sees the first leadership transition since 2001 of Singapore's most successful opposition party, with Mr Low not seeking re-election as secretary-general. We look at his 17 years at the helm.

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Comprising traditions, rituals, crafts, expressions, knowledge and skills, the list was released by the National Heritage Board on Saturday.

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Most of the Singaporeans - aged between 19 and 81 - suffered light injuries when their bus rammed into another vehicle.

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The vehicle ploughed into people seated at tables outside the Grosser Kiepenkerl eatery in the old city centre of Muenster , a popular destination for tourists.

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Ms Charmaine Leung, whose mother ran a brothel in Keong Saik Road, wrote a book last year as she sought to shed the pain and shame that shrouded her childhood.

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In the news recently over a crime committed in 1980, the bar is a torchbearer for the old ways, before KTV lounges, Thai discos and girly bars arrived here.

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