The Swiss bar owners facing prison following the New Year fire in which 40 people died have firmly blamed their young staff for causing it and blocking an escape exit, it emerged today.

The black and white images, discovered 89 years on, show the record breaking American pilot standing outside of her Lockheed Electra 10e aircraft.

Julian Johnson-Muinday, who was headteacher at Culford independent school in Suffolk, pleaded not guilty to fraud by false representation when he appeared before magistrates today.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed 281 small boat migrants have been deported back to France under the deal, but 350 admitted.

Nigel Farage paraded Suella Braverman at a press conference yesterday - although Kemi Badenoch shrugged off the loss of the former home secretary.

The cost of importing Chinese cars to Canada is set to drop steeply with a recent cut in tariffs. How will that impact EV sales? Are our EV charging infrastructure and our grid ready for those extra cars? Here's a closer look at the potential impact.

Canada is a party to an agreement to work with U.S. and Finnish counterparts to produce icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard. Those ships will give the U.S. greater ability to operate in the Arctic. Will they also be used to threaten Canada's sovereignty in the North?

The equipment failure that left thousands of Montrealers without power during this weekend’s bitter cold originated at a substation that Hydro-Québec has been aiming to replace since at least 2018.

Eleven children were hospitalized following an incident at a local hotel's pool. One child was transferred to Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary in serious but stable condition.

Max Deller-Lestage and Marie Pascal wanted to transfer the registered education savings plan they set up for their children to a new bank — but the transfer wouldn't go through. That's because their kids' last names didn't match what was on the original investment account.

Forty-one Icelanders are aged 100 and older. Two of them still have a spouse living.

The Trump administration’s rush to defend the officers and accuse the victims of attacking them has sparked widespread outrage and demands for accountability.

The retired Army officer who testified during Trump’s first impeachment is jumping into electoral politics as a Democrat in a state Republicans have recently dominated.

How the Trump administration is pressuring states to capitulate on several fronts — including voting issues and “sanctuary city” policies — and using officers and agents in the streets as leverage.

The three-bedroomed home was left in a shocking state of repair after Louis Scudder launched into a frenzied one-man demolition missionwhich led to a 24-hour stand-off with police.

Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor described the interventions as 'goal-line saves' and said 1,000 dangerous extremists are currently being monitored.

Parent company Revel Collective which owns the 62 bars across the UK put itself up for sale last October after facing what it called 'a continued period of external challenges'.

After rushing to wake his wife, and their adult son, the three fled the boat, powerless to do anything but watch in horror as the canal continued to give way and a second boat fell into the opening chasm.

The government insisted the change will save many people £4,000 over the course of their lease, and free up householders who have struggled to sell because of charges.

The new carrier rocket will be capable of placing into low-Earth orbit up to 780 kilograms of payload

According to the security service, the detainees actively contacted an employee of the Ukrainian special services via the Telegram messenger

Batyr Berdyklychev emphasized that the WHO’s approach to longevity is not about simply extending lifespan at any cost but about increasing the number of years lived in good health, maintaining functional capacity

According to DTEK, an emergency situation occurred on the equipment of another energy company in the morning, leaving some consumers in the city and region without electricity

According to Claudio Pitillo, European politicians are changing their rhetoric after a long period of confrontation with Russia, which can have the opposite effect

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has reminded all schools in Vanuatu not to charge parents any extra fees that are not officially approved. This comes as students get ready to return to school for the 2026 year.

A new Cash Exportation and Importation Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for financial institutions was launched yesterday to mark World Customs Day.

Reports from Pentecost say an agent of the Api La Savate alleged pyramid scheme was barred from entering her own village to conduct awareness of the scheme.

The Supreme Court will hear three major criminal cases in early 2026, involving two Members of Parliament (MPs) and one State Minister.

A sworn statement filed in the Supreme Court records claims that the Government of Vanuatu acknowledged liability for unpaid student allowances owed to hundreds of government-sponsored students.

The National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) has been exposed as a major financial failure after revelations that years of poor management under the previous administration left the institution with over K206 billion in unpaid loans. As of January 26, 2026, beneficiaries owed NEEF about K206 billion, money that was meant to help Malawians start businesses […] The post K206 Billion Missing as NEEF Exposed for Massive Mismanagement appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Youngsters have often received flak from older generations for being perceived as wilting under pressure easily, but Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong was impressed with one student’s response at being part of the «strawberry generation». It refers to those born from 1990s onwards, and is labelled as such due to the perception that they are easy bruised, entitled and pampered. During the Institute of Policy Studies’ (IPS) annual Singapore Perspective conference at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Monday (Jan 26), IPS director Janadas Devan, who acted as the moderator in a dialogue with DPM Gan, gave the label to students in the audience.«Don’t you want to object to a 'strawberry generation' label put on you?» DPM Gan then asked one of the students. To his surprise, Darren, who introduced himself as a Nanyang Polytechnic student, simply replied: «No, it doesn’t bother me.»«The self-confidence,» said the impressed DPM Gan to Janadas. «This is our hope for the future». Darren had asked DPM Gan on how the Government can engage foreigners without sidelining Singaporeans. 

Steven Pang Chee Wee and Yip Wei Kiat have been appointed Singapore's ambassador to Cambodia and high commissioner to Brunei respectively, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on Tuesday (Jan 27).Pang, who previously headed the ministry's consular directorate, has served in various appointments since joining MFA in 1999.He was formerly Singapore's consul-general in China's Chengdu from 2017 to 2019, and had also served as Singapore's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations' office in Geneva.A graduate of The University of Tokyo, Pang is married to Lynn Cha Siew Yen. They have one daughter.

PropertyLimBrothers chief executive Melvin Lim's name has been removed from the website of the real estate agency, amid allegations of adultery which surfaced over the weekend.Lim, 45, is the co-founder of the agency — under the PropNex umbrella — along with Adrian Lim, 48.Allegations that Melvin — said to be married with four children — is having an affair with a colleague began circulating online on Sunday (Jan 25).Videos of him leaving an office unit with another woman, alleged to be in a «senior management role», went viral on social media. She is apparently an influencer and is married, according to the contents of an email received by AsiaOne on Sunday.Video of alleged affair recorded in office unitVideos circulating on social media platforms and posted to Reddit were allegedly recorded from the office unit facing Melvin's office. Moaning could be heard in the clip, as the people behind the video attempt to get closer to the source of the sound.