Highlights: Tharman elected Singapore’s next President after landslide victory
Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam won more than 70 per cent of the vote in Singapore’s Presidential Election.Read More
Live: Polls close in Singapore’s Presidential Election
Singaporeans voted for a new President on Sep 1. In the running are three presidential candidates: Ng Kok Song, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tan Kin Lian.Read More
Tourists from Morocco shot dead after straying into Algerian waters on jet ski- survivor
September 01, 2023 7:10 PM Algerian authorities shot dead at least one Moroccan tourist after a group of five strayed into Algerian waters on jet skis, according to one of…
Explainer-Who are the Haiti pastors fighting back against gang violence?
September 01, 2023 7:07 PM Hundreds of followers of a Haitian evangelical pastor, some armed with sticks and machetes, marched through a Port-au-Prince suburb on Saturday and confronted a gang…
Sniffer dogs search for clues in ashes of deadly South African fire
September 01, 2023 7:03 PM Police with sniffer dogs searched on Friday through the gutted remains of a Johannesburg apartment block as authorities stepped up investigations into the cause of…
Two more ships leave Ukrainian Black Sea port under temporary corridor
September 01, 2023 7:00 PM Two cargo vessels have left a port near Odesa, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said on Friday – the third and fourth to transit from deep-water…
Kremlin warns UK’s BAE Systems: Ukraine base could be target for Russian military
September 01, 2023 6:57 PM The Kremlin said on Friday it took a negative view of British defence contractor BAE Systems’ decision to establish itself in Ukraine, adding that any…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in West Bank
September 01, 2023 6:46 PM AQABAH, West Bank – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Friday after clashes broke during a raid on a…
Singaporeans living abroad cast their votes at overseas polling stations and by post
Some 6,649 Singaporeans who are living overseas registered to vote for the Presidential Election.Read More
Presidential candidates Ng Kok Song, Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Tan Kin Lian cast their votes
The counting of the votes to determine Singapore’s ninth President will begin once the 1,264 polling stations islandwide close at 8pm.Read More