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As PAP triumphs again in Singapore, Workers’ Party emerges as main opposition

4 May 2025

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said the convincing re-election of his People’s Action Party would help the city-state face turbulent times, as analysts said the weekend poll also showed one party emerging as the main opposition group. The PAP’s 14th successive election victory was never in question. Instead, the focus was on …

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North Korea’s Kim visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks

4 May 2025

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected an “important” tank factory and touted “great progress in the core technology of Korean-style tanks,” state media KCNA said on Sunday.  He said producing cutting-edge tanks and armoured vehicles is key to modernizing the army and reaching the ruling party’s plan for “the second …

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Malaysia Prime Minister confident on resolving Petronas-Petros dispute

4 May 2025

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister said on Sunday he was confident that a dispute between energy company Petronas, owned by the federal government, and Petros, owned by the state of Sarawak, will be resolved through discussions with the Sarawak premier. The two companies’ long-running dispute over gas distribution rights escalated last week, with …

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Singapore’s ruling party extends monopoly with decisive election win

4 May 2025

By Xinghui Kok and Jun Yuan Yong SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s People’s Action Party won its 14th successive election on Saturday to extend its unbroken six-decade rule, delivering a strong mandate to its new premier as the city-state braces for economic turbulence from a global trade war.  The PAP, which has ruled since before Singapore’s 1965 …

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Israeli military issues thousands of call-up notices, local media report

3 May 2025

TEL AVIV (Reuters) -The Israeli military was issuing call-up notices to thousands of reservists on Saturday to support an expansion of its offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported, after the prime minister announced that his upcoming visit to Azerbaijan was postponed. The reservists will be deployed to Israel’s border with Lebanon and in the occupied …

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South Korea’s conservatives pick hardline Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate

3 May 2025

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s conservative People Power Party on Saturday picked former labour minister Kim Moon-soo as its candidate for the June 3 presidential election, which was called after the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law. Kim will face liberal Democratic Party candidate Lee …

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Singapore’s PAP on course for election win, preliminary vote count shows

3 May 2025

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Samples from official vote counting in Singapore’s election on Saturday showed the People’s Action Party was on course for victory, as the party looked set to win its 14th successive ballot and extend its six-decade rule.   Samples of voting in nine of the 32 constituencies being contested showed the PAP had won …

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Magnitude 6.0 quake hits Indonesia’s Sulawesi region, no tsunami potential – Geophysics Agency

3 May 2025

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Sulawesi region on Saturday, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency reported on the X platform, adding that there was no potential for a tsunami. The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) estimated the earthquake at magnitude 5.9, at a depth of 109 km (68 miles). There were no immediate …

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Vietnam opposes China, Philippines acts on disputed South China Sea reef

3 May 2025

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has sent diplomatic notes to China and the Philippines to protest against their activities in contested South China Sea waters, and urging them to respect its territorial claims, it said on Saturday. The statement follows activities by China and the Philippines in Sandy Cay, which Vietnam considers part of its territory, …

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