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Singapore will hold a general election on September 11, more than a year before a deadline for the next polls, the government said on Tuesday, seen riding the feel-good factor of the city-state’s 50th birthday amid slowing economic growth.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned yesterday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece’s creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.

In Berlin, the government said it expected Athens to press ahead with its reform agenda and the finance ministry said aid disbursements would be delayed should the elections cause any delay in an examination of the programme.

“I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of an endorsement”, Earnest told reporters at a White House briefing, after he was asked if Obama would express his preference in the race.

His U-turn in accepting the demands by the country’s creditors led to outrage among hardliners in his Syriza party, with dozens voting against him during the bailout’s ratification in parliament last week.

Tsipras was to make an announcement Thursday night, another government official said, while he was expected to also visit the country’s president – a necessary formality in calling early elections, for which he would have to step down as prime minister. With a...

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The NDP under Mulcair is promising a national cap-and-trade program aimed at meeting Canadas commitments on reducing GHGs by toughening environmental reviews for pipelines to ensure they are in line with those obligations.

The fifth parliamentary elections in six years look like a near certainty to take place next month, with reports of September 20 being the preferred date. It would be the third time this year that Greeks vote, after January elections and a July 5 referendum on reforms proposed by...

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“I call for a strong mandate for a stable government, ” Tsipras declared, noting that the approved bailout program includes measures to reduce the burden of the recession that will be brought on by the anticipated austerity plan. Elections will be held within a month, with...

In an address to the nation, Mr Tsipras said that he would shortly meet with the “president of the republic” and present his and his government’s resignation.

According to media reports, if Meimarakis fails, Greece could hold snap parliamentary elections as early as on September 20.

Mr Tsipras had delayed a decision on whether to call a new election until after Greece received its first instalment from the new bailout and made a debt repayment to the European Central Bank; it did both on Thursday.