Bloomberg Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned against “foreign actors” and interference campaigns fueling divisions in the city state as global geopolitical tensions escalate. China-US relations have become “very troubled,” Lee said in his annual National Day Rally speech Sunday, adding that Singapore is among those trying “our best to avoid being caught up in the major power ...

  Bloomberg The violent siege by extremists at a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, ended around midnight Saturday, local police said. A final death toll is pending from Somalia’s ministry of health. Earlier estimates suggest at least 20 people died when members of al-Shabaab stormed the Hayat Hotel on Friday night after first setting off bombs outside. “As our ...

Bloomberg Drought and extremely high temperatures made worse by climate change across Europe have led to record levels of fire activity in the continent, with blazes burning through an area roughly equivalent to one-fifth of Belgium. Wildfires in the European Union have consumed 660,249 hectares (1,631,511 acres) of land for the year through August 13, according to data from the ...