SINGAPORE -- Sample count results indicate that the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has secured a simple majority in Singapore's general election, as the Elections Department releases results constituency by constituency on Saturday night.
The sample count provides only an early indication of the potential outcome. "As this is a sample count, the election result could be different. Counting is still in progress," the department said, urging the public to await the official announcement of the final results. (Singapore-Election)
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ADEN, Yemen -- Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak submitted his resignation to the Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) on Saturday, citing constitutional constraints and obstructions that hampered his reform initiatives.
In his official resignation statement, the outgoing premier revealed he had faced "lots of difficulties," including being unable to reshuffle the government and exercise his constitutional powers to implement necessary institutional reforms. (Yemen-PM-Resignation)
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CANBERRA -- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor Party has won a second term in power in Australia's federal election, according to projections from the national public broadcaster.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Saturday night projected that Labor will win more of the 150 seats in the lower house of the 48th parliament, where the government is formed, than the conservative coalition of the Liberal and National Parties.
It made Albanese the first leader of either major party to win consecutive elections since 2004. (Australia-Election)
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GAZA -- At least 30 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes targeting homes and tents sheltering displaced persons across the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defense in Gaza.
Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said 10 people died in an airstrike on the Ghattas family home in eastern Gaza City's Shuja'iyya neighborhood. Four others were killed in a drone strike on civilians in the Daraj neighborhood, and two more in Zeitoun, also in Gaza City. (Gaza Strip-Palestinians-Israel) ■
