Singapore takes first key step toward holding 2025 election
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on Wednesday that he has convened a committee to review electoral boundaries, in a sign that the government may call for an early national vote in the Southeast Asian city-state.
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Brazil saw 79% jump in area burned by fires in 2024, says monitor
RIO DE JANEIRO - Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country continues to battle blazes often set by farmers and ranchers illegally expanding their territory.
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No home, no insurance: The double hit from Los Angeles fires
MALIBU — As he looks at the ruins of his home razed when deadly fires tore through the Los Angeles area, Sebastian Harrison knows it will never be the same again, because he was not insured.
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France holds off Spain as world's tourist favourite
PARIS - Olympic host France retained its spot as the world's top tourist destination in 2024 with 100 million visitors, holding off stiff competition from countries including Spain, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday.
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Musk salute at Trump rally celebrated by extremists online
WASHINGTON - Elon Musk's hand gestures at an inauguration event for US President Donald Trump, which quickly drew comparisons to Nazi salutes, appear to have resonated in some far-right extremist spaces online.
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WASHINGTON - Donald Trump was forced Tuesday to endure a sermon by a bishop begging him to have mercy on gays and bad immigrants as the Republican celebrated the start to his 2nd term as US president.WASHINGTON -Donald Trump was forced Tuesday to sit through a sermon by a bishop asking him to have mercy on gays and bad immigrants as the Republican commemorated the start to his 2nd term as United States president.
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