LONDON -- Former British Foreign Secretary and ex-mayor of London Boris Johnson was elected the leader of the ruling Conservative party on Tuesday and set to become the country's prime minister.

Johnson won 92,153 votes against the 46,656 received by his rival, Jeremy Hunt, the current foreign secretary. (UK-Prime Minister-Boris Johnson)

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SINGAPORE -- Singapore has recently seized 8.8 tonnes of elephant ivory, the largest of its kind so far, according to a joint statement issued here Tuesday.

The ivory were found on Sunday when the Singapore National Parks Board worked with Singapore Customs and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to inspect a shipment from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Vietnam. (Singapore-Elephant Ivory)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's fighter jets on Tuesday fired warning shots at a Russian military aircraft that violated South Korea's airspace above the eastern waters, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) cited by local media reports.

The Russian bomber reportedly trespassed in territorial skies early in the morning near the South Korea-controlled islands of Dokdo (Takeshima), disputed territory between South Korea and Japan, marking the first time that a Russian military airplane violated "the airspace of South Korea." (South Korea-Russia-Aricraft Waring Shots)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Mark Esper as secretary of defense, ending a nearly seven-month period that the Pentagon has been without a permanent chief.

Senators voted 90-8 in favor of the nomination of Esper, which was officially announced by the White House earlier this month. (US-Secretary Of Defense-Mark Esper) Enditem

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