- Singapore’s criminal justice system fell under the international spotlight as the authorities carried out the highest number of executions for drug-related offenses in over a decade, including the first woman put to death in almost 20 years. The government harassed, intimidated, and persecuted civil society activists and independent media practitioners in the lead-up to presidential elections in September, which saw the election of Tharman Shanmugaratnam, a former deputy prime minister and finance minister, to the largely ceremonial post.
- Mare Crisium (Wikipedia)
Mare Crisium /ˈkrɪsiəm/ (Latin crisium, the “Sea of Crises”) is a lunar mare located in the Moon’s Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. Mare Crisium is a basin of Nectarian age.