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Indian-Origin Leader Is New Singapore President

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Indian-origin Tharman Shanmugaratnam is Singapore’s new President New Delhi: Singapore’s former Indian-origin Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected President on Friday, comfortably securing victory in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. “My fellow Singaporeans, I am truly humbled by the strong endorsement you have given…

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18 Suspected Robbers Killed In Shootout In South Africa, Say Police

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Eighteen suspected robbers were killed during a shootout with South African police. (Representational) Johannesburg, South Africa: Eighteen suspected robbers were shot and killed during a shootout with South African police in the Limpopo province, the police said on Friday. Addressing the media from the crime scene in Makhado in South Africa’s northernmost province, national police…

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Suicide attack by TTP militant in northwest Pakistan kills 9 soldiers

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In this picture taken on August 31, 2023, Pakistani army personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in the Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province about 61km from the border. | Photo Credit: AFP A suicide attack by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on a security forces convoy has killed nine soldiers and injured…

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Four Armenian troops killed in clash with Azerbaijan

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Four Armenian servicemen were killed and three Azerbaijani soldiers wounded on Friday, the two countries said, as they accused each other of engaging in a new round of clashes. Tensions between Baku and Yerevan have escalated sharply in recent months, as both sides accuse the other of cross-border attacks. “As a result of an Azerbaijani…

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Ukraine says drone attack on Russian airport launched inside Russia

September 1, 2023 admin

Ukraine’s military intelligence said on Friday that a recent drone attack on an airport in northwestern Russia which damaged several transport planes was carried out from within Russian territory. The claim came as Kyiv said the police in the Capital were responding to bomb threats as children returned to classrooms for a second academic year…

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Singapore ex-deputy PM Shanmugaratnam elected president: official results

September 1, 2023 admin

September 01, 2023 10:31 pm | Updated September 02, 2023 01:33 am IST – Singapore According to official results, Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as the President of Singapore, on September 1, 2023. Here he is seen meeting his supporters. | Photo Credit: Reuters Singapore’s former deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, earning…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank raid: ministry

September 1, 2023 admin

September 01, 2023 10:29 pm | Updated 10:29 pm IST – Al Aqaba, Palestinian Territories Palestinian gunmen wait to escort the body of Abdulrahim Ghannam, 36, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Aqaba, near Tubas, on September 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli forces on Friday killed a Palestinian in the…

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Denmark demands Russia limit embassy staff

September 1, 2023 admin

Denmark said Friday that it had told Russia to reduce the number of staff at its Copenhagen embassy following Russian requests for visas for “intelligence officers”. Denmark’s ministry of foreign affairs said the Russian mission would need to reduce its staff to match the level of the Danish embassy in Moscow, and that it had…

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Singapore’s Former Indian-Origin Minister Wins Presidential Election

September 1, 2023 admin

Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president. (File) Singapore: Former Singapore deputy prime minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected president Friday, according to official results, in the city-state’s first contested vote for the largely ceremonial position in more than a decade. The Elections Department declared the 66-year-old economist as the winner over two…

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Sri Lanka ends fuel rationing imposed at height of economic crisis

September 1, 2023 admin

People queue up to buy kerosene for domestic use at a supply station in Colombo on May 26, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka has formally announced an end to the fuel rationing scheme imposed one year ago during the height of the unprecedented economic crisis, a senior minister said on Friday, hinting at…

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