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Singapore to vote for new govt on Friday; elections to test PM Lee Hsien Loong's handling of COVID-19
•The general election, the first in Southeast Asia since the outbreak, is being held at a time when Singapore is heading towards its worst-ever recession in nearly two decades
Speculation over Kim Jong-un's health isn't a foreign conspiracy, it's fuelled by North Korea's own secrecy
•Kim, 36, last appeared publicly in the North’s state media April 11, when he presided over a meeting of the Politburo of the ruling Workers’ Party. It is not unusual for senior North Korean leaders to stay out of public view for weeks at a time
North Korea votes in ‘rubber stamp’ election with two parties as token Opposition; no dissent evident towards Kim Jong-un's party
•North Korea and its leader Kim Jong-un’s Workers’ Party went to the polls on Sunday, for an election in which there could be only one winner
WhatsApp flooded with fake news in Brazil election: Here's why it matters
•WhatsApp has more than 120 million users in Brazil, a country of nearly 210 million.
Argentina government’s latest deal with International Monetary Fund stirs nationwide strike from public service unions
•Argentina ground to a halt on Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail, and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government's latest deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
UN allows sanctioned North Korean official Choe Hwi to attend Winter Olympics after South Korea's request
•UNSC gave permission for a North Korean official under international sanctions to travel to Pyeongchang Winter Olympics along with Kim Jong-Un's sister
Hwang Pyong-so, Kim Jong-un's key aide and top North Korean military official, 'disappears' following bribery allegations
Fp Staff •Hwang Pyong-so, one of Kim Jong-un's top aides in North Korea, has reportedly disappeared from public life, and speculation is rife that he may have been executed
Thousands of Pyongyang residents gather in North Korea capital to laud Kim Jung-Un's remarks on Donald Trump
•On one side of the square in Pyongyang a giant poster depicted innumerable red missiles plunging towards a collapsing US Capitol, with the slogan "Korea's Answer".
Rio 2016: Olympics overshadowed by protests demanding Dilma Rousseff's impeachment
•Protesters turned out Sunday for demonstrations in Rio against embattled President Dilma Rousseff five days before the start of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Brazilian ex-chief of staff jailed for 23 years in Petrobras case
Ians •The Operation Car Wash, an investigation, has uncovered a broad corruption scheme in the government-run company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras)