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Two people were killed in violence at polling centres yesterday in the midst of Mexico's historic election; in Asia, strong earthquakes struck Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa that was hit by ...

3 Juni 20242min

In international news, U.S. Democrat Senators have asked the Attorney General to investigate allegations of collusion and price fixing between the oil industry and OPEC. In Asia, Hong Kong pro-democra...

31 Maj 20242min

Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Turning to Asia, North Korea fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles toward its eastern se...

30 Maj 20242min

A U.S. appeals court overnight, set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S, in Asia Hong Kong police have arrested s...

29 Maj 20242min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in Rafah; a rocket launched by North Korea to deploy the country’s second spy satellite e...

28 Maj 20242min

In world news, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the Conservative Party will introduce mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if it wins the national election. In Asia, Taiwan’s Pres...

27 Maj 20242min

With depression diagnosis among the young in Singapore growing four-fold between 2013 and 2018, something clearly needs to be done. But what? Howie Lim ventures into the dark recesses of the human min...

26 Maj 202421min

Britain kicks off a six-week election campaign in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is trying to overturn a widespread sense that it will be ousted from power. Turning to Asia, Tai...

24 Maj 20242min