[Leadership] The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has released the 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), the latest iteration of the biennial dataset assessing governance performance and trends. The index indicates that 33 54 African countries are not progressing in good governance.

[AI London] Online attacks against Uganda's LGBTQ communities have drastically increased, owing to overly broad laws that criminalize various aspects of the lives of LGBTQ people and entrench discrimination, Amnesty International said in a new report today.

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US President Joe Biden has called for Republican candidate Donald Trump to be locked up two weeks ahead of the election Read Full Article at RT.com

When Farah Charles was selecting a flat in 2017, one of her main considerations was being able to live near her mother and sister, who both have homes in Punggol.  She decided to buy a four-room Build-to-Order (BTO) flat for $317,000 at Sengkang's Rivervale Shores, an estate which was completed in 2023.  Farah and her husband are currently staying in their new flat over the weekends with their five-year-old daughter. The family plan to officially move into their new home when the school holidays begin next month.  Rivervale Shores comprises 2,500 two-room Flexi, three-, four- and five- room flats across 16 residential blocks on 10-hectares of land, making it HDB's biggest BTO project to date.  Speaking to AsiaOne, the 32-year-old homemaker shared that she was drawn to the estate.

It's no Romeo and Juliet, but this is a love story that many Singaporeans can sympathise with. TikTok user ntshatan's husband was seen shedding tears and hugging his car, reluctant to part with it, the user shared in a video uploaded on Oct 10. «My husband had to let go of his car today,» ntshatan wrote in the video. Throughout the video, her husband can be seen gently stroking his Honda Civic and hugging it, staring at it contemplatively. In another instance, he rests his chin on the roof of the vehicle, patting it lovingly. The man is visibly emotional as he inspects his vehicle for the last time, going around it as though to commit the car to his memory. «Breaks my heart to see him cry… but that's the reality of owning a car in Singapore,» ntshtan wrote, referring to the cost of having a Certificate of Entitlement (COE) for cars.

None of the more than 1,600 Canadians currently registered in Cuba have requested consular assistance in returning to Canada, Global Affairs Canada confirmed to CTVNews.ca.

Mounties in British Columbia say a second person has been found dead after two vehicles ended up in a river on Vancouver Island when a road washed out amid torrential rains over the weekend.

Canada is getting served a smorgasbord of weather this week. The West saw its first sign of winter, while the eastern half of Canada experienced summer-like temperatures on Tuesday.

A father and his two children who suffered severe burns in a Springfield, Ont. house fire have undergone surgery.

British Columbia's highest court has weighed in on a dispute over an inflatable hot tub a couple set up on their condo's patio – potentially bringing a close to the years-long conflict.

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SINGAPORE — The Court of Appeal on Oct 23 upheld the sentence of 16 years' jail that was handed down to a teenager who killed his schoolmate at River Valley High School with an axe in 2021. Singapore's highest court dismissed the teen's appeal for a jail term of between eight and 10 years. The assailant, who cannot be named for legal reasons as he committed the crime when he was 16 years old, had initially faced a murder charge. It was later reduced to a charge of culpable homicide after he was found to be suffering from major depressive disorder at the time of the killing. He had pleaded guilty to the reduced charge on Dec 1, 2023 and was sentenced to 16 years' jail by the High Court.

A relaxing afternoon break at a Serangoon coffee shop was ruined for one man who found an unwelcome visitor in his pants. The incident occcured at about 2pm last Saturday (Oct 19) at a coffee shop at Block 3 Lorong Lew Lian, reported Shin Min Daily News. The diner surnamed Liang said he had felt something worm its way into the leg of his long pants. «My pant leg felt peculiar, then I realised that something had made its way up to my crotch area,» he recounted. The frightened man immediately stood up, shaking his leg while frantically pulling on his pants. To his surprise, a rodent fell to the ground. «I was shell-shocked and very tense,» he told the Chinese evening daily. «The diners at the next table who witnessed this must have been shocked too.» According to Liang, a female coffee shop employee caught the rodent with tissues and tossed it away. He added that when he requested an explanation from the manager, he was told the rodent may have scampered into the coffee shop from elsewhere. The man said he has also reported the matter to the authorities.

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday (Oct 21) for allegedly running a prostitution ring. He was arrested along with 16 other individuals in a series of raids conducted by the police within the vicinity of Airport Boulevard, Geylang Road, Dover Road, Jurong West Street 64, Minbu Road, Upper Serangoon Road and Upper Thomson Road. The 12 women and five men, aged between 20 and 50, were arrested for their alleged involvement in vice-related and illegal drug activities, according to a police press release. Two of the men — a 38-year-old and a 50-year-old — are also being investigated by the Central Narcotics Bureau for suspected drug-related offences. Investigations against the other individuals are still ongoing. During the raids, the police seized cash amounting to $6,100, mobile phones, vice-related paraphernalia, controlled drugs and drug paraphernalia.

Luis Arce plans to discuss a wide range of issues with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin

He stressed that Beijing and Moscow must protect the UN-centric international system and maintain global strategic stability

It is expected that Putin will meet with all delegation heads attending the summit

The summit is being held in a 10-member format for the first time

Guterres was greeted at the Kazan International Airport by Farid Mukhametshin, chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan

C'est la saison des carottes. Ou plutôt la récolte bat son plein à Tubuai. Beaucoup de travail pour les agriculteurs. Heureusement, la population vient leur prêter main forte.

Sa réputation n’est plus à faire : dans le monde de la cuisine c’est un des plus grands. Chef étoilé, Thierry Marx officie actuellement au lycée hôtelier de Punauuia. Autour de lui des élèves mais pas seulement ont dégusté ses précieux conseils.

Mardi 22 octobre, le directeur d’Aéroport de Tahiti a fait le point sur la fréquentation et les investissements concernant les plateformes aéroportuaires. D'une part, le trafic aérien se stabilise depuis 2022 avec une prévision d’environ 2,5 millions de passagers pour 2024. D'autre part, ADT sera le premier aéroport des DOM-TOM à bénéficier de passages rapides aux frontières. Côté domestique, la salle d'embarquement sera entièrement rénovée.

Les sociétés installées à Motu Uta et Fare Ute louent leur emplacement au Port Autonome de Papeete (PAP). Plusieurs de ces contrats de location (appelées conventions d'amodiation) devaient prendre fin en 2024 mais le port leur a accordé une année supplémentaire. Quarante-cinq entreprises sont concernées, soit plus de 1 500 emplois.

The Dutch Tutch in Potter Heigham started off as a helter-skelter at the end of the Britannia Pier in Great Yarmouth.

Archie York died at the scene as a result of the blast that tore through six flats in Violet Close, Benwell, in the early hours of Wednesday October 16.

Paula Attwood-Rees assaulted a Monmouthshire couple both inside and outside their home in May while using dangerous weapons during the attacks.

A man died and 15 others were rushed to hospital after the pair of public transport vehicles collided into each other on the Cambrian line near Llanbrynmair, Powys, on Monday night.

The police marksman who shot Chris Kaba dead now faces a lifetime under threat. Martyn Blake was this week cleared of murdering the 24-year-old during a police stop two years ago.

Mogadishu (HOL) — Amun Abdullahi, a former Radio Sweden journalist known for her fearless investigative reporting on al-Shabaab recruitment, was shot and killed by masked gunmen on Saturday in the town of Afgooye, northwest of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

A group of Black and Indigenous women say they want a national public inquiry into a recent spate of police-involved deaths after nine Indigenous people were killed in interactions with police in August and September.

Federal prosecutors at the sentencing hearing of a former student who went on a stabbing rampage at the University of Waterloo in southern Ontario last year told court on Tuesday that his actions were ideologically motivated.