Lee Kuan Yew, the statesman who transformed Singapore from a small port city into a wealthy global hub, has died at the age of 91. The city-state’s prime minister for 31 years, he was widely respected as the architect of Singapore’s prosperity. But he was criticised for his iron grip on power. Under him freedom […]

39 Years Old Emmanuel Macron sworn in as France President, to name the Prime Minister tomorrow. The inauguration took place at Elysee Palace on Sunday and gave a moving first speech to begin healing his fractured country. Macron has shaken up French politics with his meteoric rise to the presidency, winning his campaign as an […]

The first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola suggests that it is safe and may help the immune system to combat the virus. Twenty volunteers were immunised in the United States. Scientists at the US National Institutes of Health described the results as “promising”. The research is published in the New England […]