Zahid Mirza skipped bail before he was jailed in absentia for two-and-a-half years over his role in what was then Britain's largest ever counterfeit drugs conspiracy.

ISRO is exploring the possibility of establishing physical infrastructure in orbit Read Full Article at RT.com

South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham has said US President Donald Trump has ‘greenlit’ a Russia sanctions bill Read Full Article at RT.com

Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto has slammed Kiev’s Western European backers over plans to deploy troops to Ukraine Read Full Article at RT.com

According to Chernichuk, the Ukranian attacks pose a serious threat to nuclear safety

According to Sachs, Washington’s actions represent «a particularly egregious case»

Singaporean R Shanmugaratnam and Briton James Henry O'Sullivan were sentenced to jail on Tuesday (Jan 6) for falsifying accounts in relation to collapsed German payments company Wirecard, according to police on Thursday.Shanmugaratnam, 59, received 10 years' jail time, while O'Sullivan, 51, got 6.5 years.Both were convicted on Sept 22, 2025, following a joint trial between July 31, 2023 and Feb 21, 2025 over 26 days, police stated.Shanmugaratnam is a director of a local accounting and auditing company, Citadelle Corporate Services Pte Ltd, who was alleged to have issued 13 balance confirmation letters to Wirecard entities between March 2016 and April 2018.The letters were found to have fraudulently represented to Wirecard, its subsidiaries, and its auditors that Citadelle held over €1.1 billion ($1.6 billion) in Wirecard funds in escrow accounts.Shanmugaratnam was subsequently convicted of 13 counts of falsification of accounts.

Effective consumer protection policy ensures that the single market functions properly. It safeguards consumers’ rights against traders and provides extra protection for vulnerable consumers. Consumer protection rules can boost market outcomes overall. They promote fairer markets and, with better consumer information, foster greener, more social outcomes. Empowering consumers and safeguarding their interests are key EU policy goals. Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

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Over 57,000 Malaysians renounced their citizenship and moved to Singapore within a five-year period up to Dec 17 last year, Harian Metro reported on Wednesday (Jan 7).Speaking with the Malaysian publication, Malaysia's National Registration Department director-general Badrul Hisham Alias said that a total of 61,116 Malaysians relinquished their citizenship within the time frame, with 93.78 per cent of them (around 57,315) heading for Singapore, 2.15 per cent to Australia and 0.97 per cent to Brunei.He added that women were the majority of those relinquishing their citizenships — totalling 35,356 — while an average of 10,000 Malaysians give up their citizenship each year.«The decision to relinquish Malaysian citizenship is largely driven by economic and family factors,» he explained in an interview with Harian Metro.«In the case of Singapore, many Malaysians are employed there, and employment prospects and income levels make it easier for them to obtain citizenship.»Most Malaysians who marry foreign spouses and migrate overseas cite family reasons for changing their nationality, Badrul explained.

The Ministry of National Development (MND) and HDB will be studying the voting process for the Home Improvement Programme (HIP), said Minister for National Development Chee Hong Tat.Speaking to the media on Thursday (Jan 8) after a visit to ParkEdge @ Bidadari, Chee said that the voting threshold for HIP is an issue that the ministry is «studying heavily», after recent voting exercises for upgrading estates failed to proceed when they did not meet the threshold. «We want to help the estates that are older to go through HIP,» the minister said, emphasising that the ministry has observed that reaching the threshold may be significantly more challenging for blocks with fewer units. Launched in 2007, HIP helps upgrade older HDB flats and address common maintenance issues. For HIP to proceed, at least 75 per cent of a block's eligible Singaporean households will have to vote for it. 

«China opposes and fights all forms of hacking in accordance with the law,» Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the US, stressed

In his opinion, such incidents are happening is because radical left activists are resisting and targeting US law enforcement officers on a daily basis

According to him, «the whole illusion has shattered in the past four days»

Police have not yet arrested the suspect

According to Japanese Prime Minister Minoru Kihara, Japanese-Russian relations are currently in a difficult situation

Des compteurs EDT nouvelle génération pour les familles de Tahiti. Ce vaste chantier d’installation a été lancé depuis 2024. Il devrait se poursuivre jusqu’en 2030 pour la zone de Tahiti nord allant de Papara à Papenoo.  

Le gouvernement polynésien a entériné la liste des substances et procédés interdits dans le sport pour l’année 2026. Une décision qui inscrit la Polynésie française dans le cadre du Code mondial antidopage en vue des Jeux du pacifique de 2027 et renforce les outils de prévention et d’information à destination des sportifs. 

Après la période festive et son lot de gourmandise et d'abus... Place, pour certains, au Dry January : le Janvier sans alcool. Un mois sans la moindre goutte, c'est le défi, une expérience bénéfique aussi bien pour la santé que pour le portefeuille

US President Donald Trump has spoken over the phone with Colombia’s Gustavo Petro amid a diplomatic row Read Full Article at RT.com

Clean, safe water is as precious as gold for many residents of Blantyre. While essential for human health, a reliable tap supply remains a distant reality across much of the city. Numerous neighborhoods have now endured five to seven days without piped water, forcing a return to drawing water from wells and boreholes for daily […] The post Water Crisis Deepens in Blantyre as Residents Endure Days Without Supply appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda has launched an all-out legal offensive against what his lawyers describe as blatant abuse of state power, filing an urgent appeal in the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal to challenge a controversial 90-day remand warrant that has kept him behind bars. In a move that signals […] The post Chimwendo Banda Takes the Fight to the Highest Court, Vows No Surrender in Battle for Justice appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Public anger is boiling over following revelations that six police officers convicted of the brutal murder of Buleya Lule are believed to be among 222 inmates quietly pardoned by President Peter Mutharika, a move that critics say shreds the very fabric of justice and mocks the rule of law. Highly placed government sources have confided […] The post Outrage as Convicted Buleya Lule Killers Walk Free Under Presidential Pardon Cloud appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

The already explosive Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Constitution (Amendment) Bill of 2025 is heading back to Parliament—but now under the shadow of open political confrontation, with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) declaring it will flatly refuse to support any attempt to revive the bill. The bill is expected to return to the National Assembly after […] The post CDF Bill Heads Back to Parliament Amid Political Warfare as DPP Vows to Block Any Revival appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Millions of Britons taking weight-loss jabs may need to stay on them for life, experts have warned.

Good was named by her mother Donna Ganger on Wednesday afternoon.

The grieving wife of a woman shot dead by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota appeared to blame herself for the tragedy.

A woman was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

A gospel singer and pastor who claimed that God rid him of his homosexuality and once performed for Barack Obama has been accused of sexually abusing a younger man for more than a decade.