Saudi Arabia said two of its oil tankers were attacked while sailing toward the Persian Gulf, adding to regional tensions as the U.S. increases pressure on Iran. Crude rose as much as 2%.

: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-12/u-a-e-says-4-cargo-ships-sabotaged-near-regional-waters

1:00 AM ET Wed, 8 May 2019 *New Zealand central bank cuts interest rates to 1.5 pct. Elsewhere in the markets, the New Zealand dollar hit its weakest in half a year after the country’s central …

: https://www.cnbc.com/new-zealand/

Réunion (French: La Réunion, pronounced [la ʁe.ynjɔ̃] (); previously Île Bourbon) is an overseas department and region of France and an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and 175 km (109 mi) southwest of Mauritius.As of January 2019, it had a population of 866,506.. The island has been inhabited since the 16th century, when people from France and Madagascar settled there.

: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9union

The French colonies of Senegal and French Sudan were merged in 1959 and granted independence in 1960 as the Mali Federation. The union broke up after only a few months.

: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sg.html

More information about Singapore is available on the Singapore Country Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.. U.S.-SINGAPORE RELATIONS. For more than half a century, the United States and Singapore have forged an expansive and enduring relationship based on mutual economic interests, robust security and defense cooperation …

: https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2798.htm