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Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore‘s first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state’s rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died on Monday (March 23), aged 91, the government announced. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office was read out on Channel News Asia. Although Lee had receded from the public and political scene over the past few years, he was still seen as an influential figure in […]
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for global solidarity and action to support a new 20-year strategy which aims to end the global tuberculosis epidemic. Recent years have seen significant progress in the fight against TB, with over 37 million lives saved, but WHO reminds that much more needs to be done. In 2013, 9 million people fell ill with TB, almost half a million […]
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama left Cambodia on Sunday (March 22) after a two-day visit to promote an education initiative to empower girls. Cambodia is one of the 11 countries included in the “Let Girls Learn” Peace Corps initiative. During the trip, Obama met with school girls, local community leaders, NGOs representatives and also Peace Corps volunteers involved in education projects in Cambodia. “The Ministry of Education Youth and Sport with the USAID will organize […]
The remains of King Richard III left the University of Leicester on Sunday (March 22) to make their final journey to Leicester Cathedral. Richard, the medieval English monarch whose remains were found under a car park three years ago, will be reburied on Thursday (March 26) nearly 530 years after he was slain in battle and dumped in a humble grave. He was the last English king to die in battle when he was killed […]
A battalion of female soldiers are fighting on the front line of the Syrian war, saying they were tempted to join their male counterparts to support their country during a time of need. The women are stationed in the capital Damascus and are fighting in the district of Jobar, an area of heavy fighting where most buildings have been reduced to a shells. After they have their morning breakfast to the soft tunes of Arabic […]
Tunisia‘s President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday (March 22) in Tunis that a third gunman involved in an attack that killed 23 people, mostly foreign tourists, at a Tunis museum last week was on the run. Confirming reports that there had been a third attacker along with the two shot dead by security forces, Essebsi also said that a monument would be built to commemorate the dead. “For sure there were three because they […]
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday (March 21) accused the Iranian-allied Houthi militia that controls the capital Sanaa of staging a coup against him, and said he would “raise Yemen’s flag” in the Houthis‘ northern stronghold. He said Yemen must return to the political situation in place before the Houthis took control ofSanaa, restoring its constitution and implementing the results of a national dialogue process and Gulf-sponsored political transition. In his speech, he denounced […]
Cyclone Nathan lashed the far north east of Australia’s Northern Territories on Sunday (Mar 22) with high winds and heavy rain, as it passed over the town of Nhulunbuy. The Category 2 storm recorded winds speeds of more than 65 mph (110kph) and gusts of more than 95 mph (155kph). On Elcho Island, about 110 kilometres (65 miles) south-west of Nhulunbuy, people sheltered in each others houses in a community still recovering from last month’s […]
President Ashraf Ghani publicly acknowledged for the first time on Saturday (March 21) that Islamic State was gaining influence in Afghanistan, as he prepared to leave for the United States to seek to slow the withdrawal of American troops. Reports have been growing that some commanders of the Islamist Taliban forces fighting theAfghan government are swearing allegiance to the radical Islamist network that controls swathes of Syria and Iraq, sometimes called “Daesh”. “Daesh’s characteristic is […]
Islamic State has posted online what it says are the names, U.S. addresses and photos of 100 American military service members, and called upon its “brothers residing in America” to kill them. The Pentagon said after the information was posted on the Internet that it was investigating the matter. “I can’t confirm the validity of the information, but we are looking into it,” a U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Saturday. […]
Iran and six world powers suspended negotiations on a historic nuclear deal and were set to convene again later next week to break a deadlock over sensitive atomic research and lifting of sanctions, Western officials said on Friday (March 20). While the negotiations have made progress over the past year and both sides appear determined to push for a deal, differences on major sticking points are still wide enough to potentially prevent an agreement in […]
Nearly 300 works by Pablo Picasso must be returned to the family of the late artist, aFrench court ruled on Friday (March 20), rejecting testimony from a retired Picasso employee who said the Spaniard’s last wife gifted them to him over 50 years ago. Pierre Le Guennec, 75, a retired electrician, and his wife Danielle, 71, were given a suspended sentence of two years in prison. They were also ordered to hand over the 271 […]
