Ng Kok Song concedes defeat, says low vote share was the price needed to give Singaporeans opportunity to vote
Mr Ng congratulated fellow candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam on a “magnificent victory” following the release of the sample count which gave the latter a commanding lead in the Singapore Presidential Election.Read…
Poland’s ruling party spurns election debates on U.S.-owned station
September 02, 2023 12:01 AM Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will not take part in election debates organised by private broadcaster TVN 24, it said on Friday,…
Tan Kin Lian congratulates Tharman, says he expected to do better in Presidential Election
Tan Kin Lian received 14 per cent of the votes, according to a sample count, compared with Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s 70 per cent and Ng Kok Song’s 16 per cent.Read…
Baltic Sea drills to focus for first time on repelling Russian attack
September 01, 2023 10:59 PM Major naval drills about to start in the Baltic Sea involving some 30 ships and more than 3,000 Western service members will for the first…
Tharman Shanmugaratnam to be Singapore’s 9th President after 70.4% landslide win
Ng Kok Song finished second with 15.72 per cent of the vote, followed by Tan Kin Lian, who received 13.88 per cent.Read More
Tharman Shanmugaratnam ahead with 70% of votes in sample count for Singapore’s Presidential Election
Ng Kok Song and Tan Kin Lian are trailing with 16% and 14% respectively. Counting is still in progress.Read More
South African police: 18 suspects killed in shootout with police
September 01, 2023 10:27 PM Eighteen suspects were shot and killed during a shootout with South African police in the Limpopo province, the police said in a statement on Friday.…
Drone strikes on Russian soil will increase – senior Ukraine official
September 01, 2023 10:19 PM A senior Ukrainian official said on Friday that drone strikes on Russian soil were set to increase and that recent such attacks showed that the…
Libyan forces mobilise against protest call
September 01, 2023 10:09 PM Armed forces in the Libyan capital mobilised a massive security presence on Friday, apparently to prevent any further protests over the interim government’s meeting with…