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Brazil's Bolsonaro to undergo hernia surgery on Thursday

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi

Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over disappearance of murdered boys

Signs reading \"Neither forgiveness nor forgetting\" with pictures of four boys who disappeared and were later found dead, are displayed during a vigil on the one-year anniversary of their disappearance, in the Las Malvinas neighbourhood in Guayaquil, Ecuador, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos
Signs reading \"Neither forgiveness nor forgetting\" with pictures of four boys who disappeared and were later found dead, are displayed during a vigil on the one-year anniversary of their disappearance, in the Las Malvinas neighbourhood in Guayaquil, Ecuador, December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos

Tan Cheng Han to lead Law Society after consent resolution passed at EGM

Professor Tan Cheng Han was endorsed and accepted by the LawSoc council as president after a consent resolution.
Professor Tan Cheng Han was endorsed and accepted by the LawSoc council as president after a consent resolution.

Brazil's Bolsonaro to leave prison for surgical procedure

FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, leaving the house arrest after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/ File Photo

Ex-player Ebanks-Blake wins first stage of UK lawsuit against surgeon

FILE PHOTO:   Wolves' Sylvan Ebanks Blake looks dejected, January 1, 2013. Mandatory Credit: Action Images/ Carl Recine/File Photo
FILE PHOTO:   Wolves' Sylvan Ebanks Blake looks dejected, January 1, 2013. Mandatory Credit: Action Images/ Carl Recine/File Photo

Families of jailed pro-Palestinian activists on hunger strike urge UK government to act

What do we really expect from the Law Society?

The Law Society is not meant to be a trade union or lobby for Singapore's diverse legal profession. It is a professional body.
The Law Society is not meant to be a trade union or lobby for Singapore's diverse legal profession. It is a professional body.

A US grand jury again declines to re-indict New York attorney general Letitia James

It was the third time in just over two months that prosecutors had sought to lodge charges against Letitia James.
It was the third time in just over two months that prosecutors had sought to lodge charges against Letitia James.

How might Russia react to any EU decision to use its frozen assets for Ukraine?

Skyscrapers of Moscow-City International Business District and headquarters of Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank are seen during sunset time in Moscow, Russia, July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Skyscrapers of Moscow-City International Business District and headquarters of Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank are seen during sunset time in Moscow, Russia, July 24, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Law Society members strike compromise over election of new president

The group have called for an extraordinary general meeting on Dec 22 to protest Mr Dinesh’s election as president.
The group have called for an extraordinary general meeting on Dec 22 to protest Mr Dinesh’s election as president.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.