Birth Rate in Singapore falls to record low

Singapore’s birth rate hit a record low in 2022 with only 35,605 babies born in that year when the country also registered the highest number of deaths annually since 1960, according to media reports on Tuesday.

Flights disrupted at Moscow airport due to drone attack

Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Moscow, the Russian Defence Ministry said, forcing flights to be diverted from the Vnukovo International Airport, a media report said. Five drones were reportedly used in Tuesday’s attack, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the capital.

Trump calls for special counsel to be ‘defunded’

Donald Trump has called for special counsel Jack Smith, who is overseeing the twin criminal investigations into the former US President’s handling of classified documents and activities related to the January 2021 Capitol riot, to be “defunded”.

No other leader like Modi, says Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday said there is no leader like PM Narendra Modi. “The country is marching ahead under his (Modi’s) leadership.