Section: Singapore
Portugal wins Eurovision Song Contest for the first time
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday performing a jazz-style ballad written by his sister, taking the top spot for the first time in the country’s history and celebrating with a call to “put emotion back into music”. Along with singers from Italy and Bulgaria, Sobral was a favourite going...
Ukraine’s president skips Eurovision after shelling kills four
May 14, 2017 5:19 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday (May 13) cancelled his planned appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Kiev after a shelling attack in the war-torn east reportedly killed four civilians. …read more Source: The Straits...
Four civilians killed in artillery shelling in eastern Ukraine
2 hours 6 min agoKIEV – Ukrainian authorities said four civilians were killed on Saturday in renewed a …read more Source:...
NBC exclusive – Trump: I was going to fire Comey ‘regardless,’ he was a ‘showboat’
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was going to fire “showboat” FBI Director James Comey “regardless” of what the Justice Department recommended, directly contradicting what the White House said a day earlier. In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, Trump said the FBI had been in...
NBC exclusive – Trump: I was going to fire Comey ‘regardless,’ he was a ‘showboat’
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was going to fire “showboat” FBI Director James Comey “regardless” of what the Justice Department recommended, directly contradicting what the White House said a day earlier. In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, Trump said the FBI had been in...
Donald Trump urges peace between Russia and Ukraine in tweet
May 12, 2017 9:28 AMWASHINGTON (AFP) – Donald Trump on Thursday (May 11) urged Russia and Ukraine to “make peace,” in a tweet accompanied by two photos of the United States president posing with top diplomats from the rival countries. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ex-rebel leaders detail role played by Putin aide in east Ukraine
MOSCOW – A top aide to Vladimir Putin decides how the pro-Moscow administration of eastern Ukraine is run and who gets what jobs there, three former rebel leaders said, challenging Kremlin denials that it calls the shots in the region. … …read more Source:...
Italy’s cool karma chameleon is hot Eurovision tip
ROME – With his gravelly voice, catchy choruses and chatty good nature Francesco Gabbani has already conquered Italian fans and is now chasing full-throated glory at Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest. The slicked back hair, snazzily snug outfits and a slightly Freddie Mercuryesque moustache certainly help to explain his visual...
What’s Next: May 10, 2017
May 10, 2017 5:00 AMRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson today in Washington, where the two are slated to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and how to “set the state for a political settlement” in Syria, according to the US State Department. …read more Source: The...
Besides Macron, here are the youngest leaders of the world
Paris – Emmanuel Macron, 39, who won the second round of the French presidential election on Sunday, according to estimates, will be one of the world’s youngest leaders. Here is a look at those who were still a little wet behind the ears when they attained high executive office: Young leaders Hungary: Viktor Orban became prime...
