Good morning! Here are our top stories to kickstart your Wednesday, Feb 7.
Video: At least 2 dead, over 200 injured in Taiwan quake
A 6.4-magnitude quake on the east coast of Taiwan has left two dead and more than 200 injured after buildings crumbled and trapped people inside, with a hotel and a residential block in the port city of Hualien the worst hit.
Video: Parliament - Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act that allows detention without trial extended after heated debate
A law that allows the detention of criminal suspects without trial has been extended for another five years from Oct 21 next year - but not without heated debate in Parliament.
Commentary: Government, Workers' Party spar over criminal detention law
It was a telling moment during the debate on changes to the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act when Mr K. Shanmugam said: "I was coming to deal with one set of issues and, suddenly, a different set... was raised."
Asean defence chiefs to increase cooperation against terrorism, hold maritime exercise with China
Identifying terrorism as the region's most serious security threat, Asean defence ministers on Tuesday agreed to step up cooperation to fight it.
Video: US stocks close with solid gains after volatile session, Dow up 2.3%
US stocks posted sharp gains in another wild trading session on Tuesday, as indexes rebounded from the biggest one-day drops for the S&P 500 and the Dow in more than six years that stalled the market’s record run.
Video: SpaceX launches world's most powerful rocket towards Mars
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy blasted off Tuesday on its highly anticipated maiden test flight, carrying chief executive Elon Musk's cherry red Tesla roadster to an orbit near Mars.
NUS ranked Asia's top university for the third year running while NTU is fifth
Singapore's flagship university has been ranked the top university in Asia by the London-based Times Higher Education magazine for the third year in a row, improving its scores in almost all areas.
8 ways to help push Singapore's digital drive
A theme which is currently prevalent across most of the world, but more so in Singapore, is that of digitisation and how to create a more accessible and efficient environment for all users.
Video: The Lives They Live - Low-wage worker got his break at 59
Now 68, Mr Tan Leng Buck spent nearly 45 years doing manual work as a spray-painter and car washer at various car workshops, earning less than $1,000 a month.
New Star Wars films from Game Of Thrones creators on the way, Disney says
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce the new series, which will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently announced trilogy being developed by director Rian Johnson.
