US President Donald Trump has accused the allocation of $21 million for voter turnout in India as a 'kickback scheme.' The BJP echoed these claims, alleging the funds were used to support 'deep-state assets' in India. GOP leaders are calling for an investigation to determine if the Congress party benefited from these kickbacks.

Scheduled to open in 2026, hotel is owned by Somali investors and will be managed by Dubai's Aleph Hospitality

Kismayo (HOL) — The Jubaland administration has initiated a mediation process to resolve a violent clan conflict in Luuq District, Gedo region.

Dhusamareb (HOL) – Somali army forces, in coordination with local clan militias, killed six Al-Shabaab militants in a planned military operation in Dabagalo, a locality under Harardhere district in Mudug region, on Thursday night.

Last year, Singapore saw spikes in the number of fatal traffic accidents due to speeding as well as the number of speeding violations. Speeding-related fatal accidents rose by 43.8 per cent, from 32 cases in 2023 to 46 cases in 2024, said the traffic police in their annual Road Traffic Situation report on Friday (Feb 21). There was a 64.8 per cent jump in the number of speeding violations in 2024 as compared to 2023. The police noted 191,931 such cases last year, up from the 116,440 cases in the year before. Additionally, the proportion of fatal accidents occurring due to speeding was 33.1 per cent in 2024, a notable increase from 24.4 per cent in 2023, said the traffic police.

SINGAPORE — Four more individuals have been charged with having a role in the alleged sexual assault of a two-year-old girl in 2023. On Feb 21, three women and one man were charged after investigations revealed their alleged involvement in covering up another man's sexual assault on the child. The women, aged 48, 61 and 65, and the man, 58, cannot be named due to a court-imposed gag order to protect the identity of the pre-schooler. They were each given one charge of intentionally omitting information on the alleged sexual assault. The 48-year-old woman and 58-year-old man each face another charge of the obstruction of justice as they allegedly reformatted the pre-school's closed circuit television system on Nov 26, 2023, which contained a clip of the alleged offence. The two of them were also given a third charge of obstruction of justice between Nov 16, 2023, and Nov 17, 2023, after the woman deleted a video clip of the alleged sexual assault in her WhatsApp chat with the male co-accused who was in Vietnam at the time.

According to Elon Musk, the Ukrainian president «knows he would lose in a landslide»

Karol Nawrocki emphasized that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had not been able to influence the situation in any way before, and French President Emmanuel Macron «did not invite anyone to talks with [Russian President Vladimir] Putin himself»

The countries of the North Atlantic Alliance «view the seabed as another theater of warfare, along with land, air, sea, outer space, and cyberspace,» the council stressed

The Russian Foreign Ministry added that the sides «paid special attention to promising projects in the sphere of peaceful space exploration»

«We believe that the EU is already dedicating too many resources to this war; we cannot continue in this manner because the German economy is declining, and eventually, everything will be destroyed,» Alexander Sell pointed out

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, CBC's Jaela Bernstien gives us an inside look at how U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown is affecting science, we admire a new highly commended wildlife photo, and we discover what beautiful things can be crafted from trees killed by wildfires.

Ken Rekowski suffered a traumatic brain injury when his car went off the road during bad weather. He's never been unable to find suitable permanent care and remains in a hospital bed in Renfrew, Ont., a decade and a half after the crash.

Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi has denied reports that the federal government blocked former Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Rooble from obtaining diplomatic passport clearance to travel to South Africa.

Wouldn't it be great if your phone could just magically tell you whether the products you want to buy are Canadian or not? Well, now it can — thanks to savvy entrepreneurs across the country who've created apps to meant to help shoppers identify the origin of everyday staples.

The 007 films will no longer be produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, the daughter and stepson of Albert 'Cubby' Broccoli who launched the British spy franchise in 1962.

The tech billionaire's unfounded claim will deepen Washington's war of words with Kyiv after the White House revealed President Donald Trump was 'very frustrated' with Zelensky.

The famous local juice bar in town providing fresh, organic, and healthy fruit drinks—Pikinini Bar—will reopen today after two months of lockdown following the destructive earthquake on December 17, 2024.

Mamara Centre School in South West Santo is pushing ahead with plans to introduce Year 9 and Year 10 classes, despite facing financial challenges and receiving no external assistance.

The Water Quality team of only two officers under the Department of Water Resources (DoWR) is working efficiently to carry out tests on water sources in various communities across Vanuatu.

The Government, through the Council of Ministers (COM), yesterday endorsed a VT2, 262, 800,000 stimulus package to restore confidence in the private sector and support economic recovery after the earthquake.

The Vanuatu Government has already paid over VT500 million for teachers' substantiated claims last year, according to the Minister of Education.

A total of 53% of those polled said they approved of the Russian government’s handling of the country, while 56% approved of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s performance

US President Donald Trump said on February 19 that Vladimir Zelensky had persuaded the United States to spend $350 billion on a war that could not be won

According to the survey’s results, 22% of respondents supported the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, and another 15% said they did not have a clear opinion on the matter

In particular, the company was fined for failure to remove extremist content, false information, materials encouraging unrest, concerning VPN services, and other illegal content on YouTube

The Israeli Prime Minister stressed that «Hamas will pay the full price for this cruel and despicable violation of the agreement»

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Mogadishu (HOL) – Somali government announced on Thursday that it is closely monitoring the legal and humanitarian conditions of Somali prisoners in Saudi Arabia, following a protest in Mogadishu by families of detainees on death row.

[UN News] Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic necessities, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

[HRW] A prominent civil society leader in Guinea, Abdoul Sacko, went missing in the early hours of February 19, 2025, after gunmen took him from his home in the capital Conakry, raising concerns about an enforced disappearance. He resurfaced that night bearing marks of torture.

Have you been passed over for a job role after being told you were too old for it? Or denied a promotion because you were planning to start a family? Read on to learn more about stronger protections for jobseekers and employees against workplace discrimination, and how this will promote fair and harmonious workplaces that benefit both employers and employees. To strengthen protections against workplace discrimination, while preserving our fair and harmonious workplace norms, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is introducing the Workplace Fairness Legislation (WFL) to complement the current Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TGFEP). Singapore's approach to Workplace Fairness Legislation to prioritise workplace harmony The legislation is particularly timely given Singapore's ageing population and tight labour market. Prohibiting discrimination based on age supports the employment of senior workers. Similarly, protections for caregivers and women aim to boost workforce participation and provide opportunities for career progression.

Hawkers must personally operate their stalls to prevent subletting, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) on Thursday (Feb 20). «Subletting would drive up rental prices and food prices to the detriment of Singaporeans,» they added. The agency was responding to AsiaOne's queries after a hawker's complaint went viral on social media this week. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Noorman Mubarak said that he was forced to make his heavily pregnant wife stand in their nasi lemak stall at Yishun Park Hawker Centre, after they received a warning for violating NEA's tenancy agreement.  Noting that it is «rightly so» that hawkers must personally manage the stall, he took issue with NEA saying that «personally means physically being in the stall». According to Noorman, he and his wife have been managing the original Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang stall since 2017.  After personally manning the stall for up to 18 hours daily for years, the couple now let their staff run the stall while they handle administrative work and other matters.

Spanish prosecutors are pursuing a murder charge against Mitchell Ong, who is suspected of killing a Singaporean woman in Spain. The body of 39-year-old Audrey Fang, who had been reported missing, was found with 30 stab wounds in a town 150km away from her hotel on April 10, 2024. Ong, who is also Singaporean, was arrested on April 16. Appearing in Spanish court on Thursday (Feb 20), prosecutors and lawyers asked for Ong to be charged with murder, reported local publication La Verdad. But the defence called for the case to be dismissed and asked for new proceedings, including an independent assessment of Ong's phone and a formal statement from the accused, who has remained silent after his arrest. The lawyer representing Fang's family maintained that the facts constitute a crime of murder, which Ong allegedly committed «in a treacherous and cruel manner», reported La Verdad.

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