SINGAPORE -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday submitted his resignation to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, saying he and his government will resign on Wednesday.

Lee said in the letter that he advised the president to invite Lawrence Wong to form the next government. (Singapore-Politics-Cabinet)

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GAZA -- The Hamas-run health authorities on Monday warned that the health system in the Gaza Strip could collapse within hours due to a severe fuel shortage.

"As a result of the failure to bring the needed fuel to power hospital electricity generators, ambulances, and transport employees to their workplaces, the health system will collapse in a few hours," the health authorities said in a press statement. (Gaza-Health System-Collapse)

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NAIROBI -- The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Kenya, triggered by heavy rains, has risen to 277, according to a government announcement.

The update came as schools across the nation cautiously resumed classes for the second term, following a two-week delay due to the adverse weather conditions. (Kenya-Floods)

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JAKARTA -- At least 44 people were killed and 15 others went missing after cold lava floods struck Indonesia's West Sumatra province on Saturday night, a senior official of local disaster agency said on Monday.

Although many big stones and waste materials from the flooding hampered the searching for the victims, rescuers discovered another seven bodies in the affected areas, said Fajar Sukma, head of the emergency unit of disaster management and mitigation agency of West Sumatra province. (Indonesia-Floods-Deaths) Enditem

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