Brazil’s Lula launches reelection bid, aims to win back workers to his Workers Party

August 17, 2026 12:51 PM

Brazil’s Lula launches reelection bid, aims to win back workers to his Workers Party

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched his final reelection campaign on Sunday from a storied stadium where he stood on a table to address some 60,000 striking metalworkers in 1979 without a sound system. The homecoming in the "May 1" stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo, a once-thriving factory city on Sao Paulo's industrial outskirts, is a tribute to the labor movement that eventually propelled Lula from factory worker to Brazil's first working-class president. "I thank the work...

Blow for Singapore opposition as court finds leader guilty of lying to parliament

February 17, 2025 5:38 PM

Blow for Singapore opposition as court finds leader guilty of lying to parliament

A Singapore court on Monday found opposition party leader Pritam Singh guilty on two counts of lying to parliament, handing down fines that spared him a loss of his seat and a ban from this year's general election. Singh, leader of the Workers' Party, received two fines of S$7,000 ($5,231), which were below the threshold of S$10,000 per offence outlined in the constitution for a lawmaker to lose their seat and be barred from public office for five years. Singh, 48, said the verdict was disappo...