S’pore hangs drug trafficker
Al Jazeera : Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United...
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226 health workers killed in Lebanon since October 7: WHO
AFP : Nearly 230 health workers have been killed in Lebanon since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza following the October 7 resistance campaign...
Trump picks Pam Bondi for US AG
Reuters : US President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he would nominate former Florida Attorney General (AG) and loyalist Pam Bondi to be US Attorney...
Smog improves Pakistan reopens Punjab schools
AFP : Punjab, home to more than half of Pakistan’s 240 million people, closed schools in its major cities on November 6 after dense smog...
Musk outlines plans for mass cuts as Trump ‘efficiency’ czar
AFP : Elon Musk outlined plans Wednesday for his new role as “efficiency” czar — signaling an assault on federal spending and staffing that would...
UK former deputy PM dies aged 86
AFP : Britain’s former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who served under Tony Blair and with him helped transform the country’s Labour party, has died...
Approx 100 death recorded
Al Jazeera : Israel has unleashed a series of air attacks on the Gaza Strip that killed nearly 90 people, including many children in their...
US vetoes a Gaza cease-fire resolution
Agency : The United States vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with the Americans saying they the...
G20 summit urges Gaza aid, Ukraine war resolution
Agency : Leaders of the world’s 20 major economies called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for war-torn Gaza and an end...
China’s economy progress amid global market confidence
Agency : Recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China showed that, according to preliminary calculations, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by...