Singapore ruling party wins election in landslide
AFP : Voters have handed Singapore’s long-time ruling party a landslide election victory, offering Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate to navigate the trade-orientated...
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4 Iranians among 5 arrested in UK for ‘terrorism offences’: police
AFP: British police on Sunday said they had arrested five men, including four Iranians, on suspicion of “terrorism offences”. The arrests were carried out in...
6 crushed to death in India temple stampede
AFP : Six people were crushed to death at a Hindu temple in India’s coastal state of Goa, officials said on Saturday, after thousands gathered...
Lanka vows closer ties with China-India’s left
AFP : Sri Lanka’s government pledged closer ties on Thursday with Communist parties in China and India, two regional powers competing for influence in the...
Trump downplays recession as ‘transition period’
Agency : President Donald Trump said on Friday the US was in a “transition period” and was going to do “fantastically” while downplaying the impact...
S Korea conservative party names presidential candidate
AFP : South Korea’s conservative party on Saturday named its former labour minister as its candidate for June’s snap election to replace former president Yoon...
Zelenskyy says won’t play Putin’s ‘games’ with short truce
Al Jazeera : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Vladimir Putin of “playing games” after the Russian leader proposed a three-day unilateral ceasefire to coincide...
7 killed in highway crash near Yellowstone
Agency : Seven people were killed and eight others injured after a van carrying more than a dozen tourists collided with a pickup truck in...
Everyday plastics linked to heart disease
Deutsche Welle : The Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific are the most affected regions. Changing how household plastics are used may...
Australia’s Albanese claims election victory, riding anti-Trump wave
NN Online: Australia’s Anthony Albanese claimed a historic second term as Prime Minister on Saturday, in a dramatic comeback against once-resurgent conservatives that was powered...