Singapore: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s People’s Action Party (PAP) won the Singapore General Election Saturday by a landslide, securing 87 of the 97 parliamentary seats, local media reported. Mr Wong and the PAP had sought a new mandate from the general election in the midst of uncertainties to the global economy caused by the US…
LA PAZ, Bolivia — It was after their tiny plane crashed into the Bolivian jungle earlier this week that their ordeal really began. After smashing into the ground, the aircraft flipped over into a lagoon infested with anacondas and alligators, plunging the pilot and four passengers — including a 6-year-old boy — into a harrowing…
As a former Spitfire pilot who flew 60 missions over Nazi-occupied Europe during the Second World War, George Brewster is not one to be rattled easily. But he says experiencing the warmth and gratitude of the Dutch people who have come out to cheer him and other Canadian Second World War veterans this weekend has…
MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA – Driven from their ancestral lands in Chocó, Colombia’s Embera people have long battled poverty and displacement fueled by drug cartels and decades of violence. Now, a spark of hope is emerging through the faith of an American missionary couple, helping families rebuild their lives and preserve their culture, one handcrafted bead at…
Pakistan has test fired a ballistic missile as tensions with India continue to mount after a fatal attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region. The Pakistani military said the surface-to-surface missile had a range of about 280 miles (450km). There was no immediate comment about the launch from India, which blames Pakistan for the…
A former burger chain CEO under federal indictment on gun and fraud charges now faces another accusation: Allegedly spreading “smears” that reached the White House through conservative pundits, leading to the prosecutor who was handling his case getting fired. The latest claim was leveled by Adam Schleifer, formerly an assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles,…