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When Singapore was thrust into independence in 1965, its founding prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, called the moment “unviable.” With limited resources, no army, and not even a reliable water supply – the island relied heavily on Malaysia for drinking water – the odds of national success were slim. “Now it was our unenviable task to make it work,” stated Kuan Yew.

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Wearing his presidential baseball cap and white shirt above a cheering crowd in Cali’s Plaza de San Francisco, Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered a speech defending his decision to bypass Congress and call for a national popular consultation on August 7, 2025.

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Eight people were killed and more than 75 injured in a wave of 24 coordinated attacks launched early Tuesday across southwestern Colombia by dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The explosions mark one of the deadliest escalations of violence since President Gustavo Petro took office in August 2022.

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