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SINGAPORE: China has congratulated Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) on their victory in the recent 2025 General Election.   “China extends congratulations on the victory,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a daily press conference on Tuesday (May 6) evening.   “This year marks the 35th anniversary of China-Singapore diplomatic relations,” Mr Lin said, adding that China attaches importance to growing its relations with Singapore.  “We stand ready to work with the new Singapore government to strengthen communication and exchanges, deepen practical cooperation and elevate the China-Singapore all-round, high-quality, future-oriented partnership to a new…

Inter Milan take their Champions League semifinal in record-equalling 7-6 aggregate score against Barcelona at San Siro.Inter Milan substitute Davide Frattesi struck an extra-time winner to send his side into the Champions League final following a barnstorming 4-3 victory over Barcelona after Francesco Acerbi had rescued them from the brink of elimination with a stunning equaliser deep in added time. Frattesi’s goal and a string of stunning saves by goalkeeper Yann Sommer secured Inter a rip-roaring and record-equalling 7-6 aggregate victory in a semifinal for the ages, which finished with the Italian side reaching the Munich final.  They will later…

Ovidio Guzmán López, one of four sons of the infamous Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo, plans to plead guilty this summer to sprawling federal drug charges, according to court papers filed on Tuesday.If the plea goes through as planned on July 9 in Chicago, Mr. Guzmán López would become the first of El Chapo’s sons, who are known collectively as Los Chapitos, to acknowledge guilt in a U.S. federal courthouse.Jeffrey Lichtman, Mr. Guzmán López’s lawyer, said that his client had not yet reached a final plea deal with the government, but hoped to have one in place in…

A half brother of Vice President JD Vance who is running for mayor of Cincinnati advanced on Tuesday to compete in the general election.The candidate, Cory Bowman, a Republican coffee shop owner, won a small share of the votes in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary, according to The Associated Press. He came in second to the current mayor, Aftab Pureval, a Democrat.They will now face each other again in November. The results pushed a third candidate, Brian Frank, also a Republican, out of the race.Cincinnati mayoral elections are technically nonpartisan, but it has been decades since the city elected a Republican to…

By Marney Blunt Global News Posted May 6, 2025 9:00 pm Updated May 6, 2025 9:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size There are few who have witnessed the past century, but a seniors centre in south Winnipeg is celebrating eight people who have done just that. The Saul and Claribel Simkin Centre held a celebration on Tuesday for the Manitobans marking the milestone. The group ranges in age from 100 to 104 years of age.“We have had centenarian parties in the past where we have honoured two or three people, maybe five people,…

Port Adelaide admit they are “incredibly angry” about the Willie Rioli issue as more reports emerge about his behaviour, and the AFL reconsiders its position.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Derek Jeter delivered the commencement speech at the University of Michigan Saturday and spoke about the importance of fighting through failure. The New York Yankees legend would’ve played baseball at Michigan, the state he called home in Kalamazoo, if he didn’t turn pro right away as a first-round pick in 1992. But he did attend classes at the university and has always showed his fandom for its teams over the years. Jeter, who received an honorary degree from Michigan, spoke to the hundreds of students graduating and used his own failure in his message…

The Trump administration is planning to transport a group of immigrants to Libya on a U.S. military plane, according to U.S. officials, another sharp escalation in a deportation program that has sparked widespread legal challenges and intense political debate.The nationalities of the migrants were not immediately clear, but a flight to Libya carrying the deportees could leave as soon as Wednesday, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation.The decision to send deportees to Libya was striking. The country is racked with conflict, and human rights groups have…

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced charges Tuesday against five illegals in an alleged human smuggling attempt gone wrong that resulted in at least three deaths, including a 14-year-old boy from India.According to the attorney’s office, witnesses observed an overturned panga boat at a beach in Del Mar, California, on Monday. The statement said bystanders and San Diego lifeguards attempted rescue efforts, and law enforcement officials recovered three bodies, including a 14-year-old boy identified in court records as “P.P.B.”The boy’s mother and father and two others were rescued and are hospitalized. The father is in…

Americans in Honduras were being warned about a potential mass shooting on Tuesday and on May 16 at several locations in the Central American nation’s capital, Tegucigalpa. The U.S. Embassy issued a security alert on Tuesday, saying it had received information about a mass shooting threat for Tuesday and next week.WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BLUNTLY SHOWS WHERE PARTIES STAND ON IMMIGRATION AMID ABREGO GARCIA DEPORTATION Slums are viewed in the capital city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (Getty Images/File)”The U.S. Embassy in Honduras has received information of a threat of a mass shooting to take place today, May 6, in Tegucigalpa,” the alert states.…