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Police investigating after GetGo car is seen perched on slope in Bishan carpark

In a video of the incident uploaded online, the GetGo car is seen with a part of its right front wheel attached to a tow truck.
In a video of the incident uploaded online, the GetGo car is seen with a part of its right front wheel attached to a tow truck.

Spanish train drivers call for strike after deadly derailments

Workers operate heavy machinery as removal works continue following a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Ana Beltran
Workers operate heavy machinery as removal works continue following a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Ana Beltran

Malaysian government to license KL malls as transport hubs for express buses from Singapore

Express buses operating the KL-Singapore route previously stopped at locations considered unsuitable and unsafe for passengers to disembark.
Express buses operating the KL-Singapore route previously stopped at locations considered unsuitable and unsafe for passengers to disembark.

Surveillance plane which crashed was airworthy, says Indonesian official

Search-and-rescue teams were activated after a fisheries surveillance airplane crashed in South Sulawesi on Jan 17.
Search-and-rescue teams were activated after a fisheries surveillance airplane crashed in South Sulawesi on Jan 17.

Passengers tell of terror, screams and darkness after Spain train crash

Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Members of the Spanish Civil Guard, along with other emergency personnel, work next to one of the trains involved in the accident, at the site of a deadly derailment of two high-speed trains near Adamuz, in Cordoba, Spain, January 19, 2026. REUTERS/Susana Vera

Dubai air taxis to begin commercial flights by end-2026

The air taxi is designed to be both eco-friendly and quiet enough for commercial use in dense urban areas.
The air taxi is designed to be both eco-friendly and quiet enough for commercial use in dense urban areas.

US civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin dead at 86

Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. February 3, 2005. Mickey Welsh/USA Today Network via REUTERS
Claudette Colvin, who was attending Booker T. Washington Magnet High School in 1955 when she was arrested for not giving up her seat on a Montgomery city bus, visits the school in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. February 3, 2005. Mickey Welsh/USA Today Network via REUTERS

Electric vehicle charging in Singapore must not become a local monopoly

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Electric vehicle (EV) charging points in T41 car park near Block 828 Tampines Street 81 behind Soka Gakkai Singapore (SGS) Headquarters on Oct 24, 2025.
More than 8 in 10 HDB carparks have been equipped with EV charging points, with around 150 more carparks to join the pack.
Deployment for the remaining 150 carparks will be completed after 2025 due to factors such as technical constraints and taking in community preferences to balance the parking needs of various users, said LTA.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)
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Electric vehicle (EV) charging points in T41 car park near Block 828 Tampines Street 81 behind Soka Gakkai Singapore (SGS) Headquarters on Oct 24, 2025.
More than 8 in 10 HDB carparks have been equipped with EV charging points, with around 150 more carparks to join the pack.
Deployment for the remaining 150 carparks will be completed after 2025 due to factors such as technical constraints and taking in community preferences to balance the parking needs of various users, said LTA.
(ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Europe faces transport chaos as deadly cold snap persists

An ambulance on a snow covered street in Nazareth-De Pinte, near De Pinte in Belgium on Jan 7. Europe is reeling from the most bitter cold snap of the winter so far.
An ambulance on a snow covered street in Nazareth-De Pinte, near De Pinte in Belgium on Jan 7. Europe is reeling from the most bitter cold snap of the winter so far.

NYC taxis and buses pick up speed with congestion pricing toll

Public buses and taxis in New York City are travelling at faster speeds after the start of a congestion-pricing programme.
Public buses and taxis in New York City are travelling at faster speeds after the start of a congestion-pricing programme.

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