About 8,800 villagers around Chikwawa in Malawi are receiving the equivalent of £433 each - and the Foreign Office insists the best way to send the money is directly to each of them.

Dressed in her smart blue uniform with a navy cardigan and NHS lanyard, and getting out of a pristine white SUV, her day job is a world away from the boggy fields of Diddly Squat.

Reportedly worth £308 million, Hirst forged the Young British Artist (YBA) art scene of the 1990s and shot to fame after displaying sharks and other animals suspended in formaldehyde.

The search for missing teenager Pheobe Bishop has taken a grim turn.

Il y avait du monde pour accompagner la petite Ayden, 7 ans, vers sa dernière demeure. Elle repose désormais au 9ᵉ étage du cimetière de l’Uranie. Ce samedi 24 mai, famille et amis sont venus nombreux lui rendre un dernier hommage, même des personnes qui ne connaissaient pas Ayden. Une inhumation particulière et douloureuse, mêlée à de nombreuses questions, surtout celle-là : pourquoi ?

1 500 tonnes de déchets plastiques et métalliques, c'est ce que produit la Polynésie en un an selon le syndicat Fenua Ma. Depuis 2022, tout type de sacs plastiques est interdit. Le 1er juillet prochain, ce sera au tour des gobelets, couvercles et assiettes. Si la nouvelle circule depuis des mois, consommateurs et commerçants sont-ils prêts ? La question leur a été posée.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said on Saturday (May 24) that it will be conducting a review of safety measures following an accident at Woodlands Checkpoint earlier in the morning. The accident occurred at about 5.28am when a departing Singapore-registered car collided with an arriving Malaysia-registered bus along the Causeway. ICA said that preliminary investigations found that the contraflow operation was activated before barriers were put in place, which was not in accordance with safety procedures. «This accident should not have happened. ICA is treating it very seriously, and we are assisting the traffic police who are investigating the accident,» it added. After the accident, ICA officers immediately rendered help and managed the traffic situation and alerted the Singapore Civil Defence Force and police. The police told AsiaOne that the car driver, a 48-year-old man, and his three passengers aged between 14 and 78 were taken to hospital. Investigations are ongoing. ICA said that there were no reported injuries among the bus passengers, while the bus driver declined medical assistance.

five unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in Migalovo District

Such talks became more active in the light of low ratings of the party

Opposition party Red Dot United (RDU) on May 24 said it wants to move beyond being a check and balance on the ruling PAP, and is aspiring towards being an “alternative government” instead. To do this, it wants to work with other “like-minded” opposition parties to build a digital platform, tentatively called altgov.sg, to flesh out policy positions. “We want to make ourselves better known, so if the PAP fails, people will know there is a shadow government in place to take the country forward,” RDU secretary-general Ravi Philemon said. He was speaking at an event at the party’s headquarters in Ubi Crescent to thank volunteers after the 2025 General Election. “I think that is the responsible thing to do. We do not want to be checks and balances any more,” said Mr Philemon as he addressed the media while flanked by his RDU teammates Sharon Lin, Ben Puah and Harish Mohanadas. RDU in its media invitation to the May 24 event said that there is a necessity to change its outlook and how it approaches politics in Singapore.

SINGAPORE - Some of the richest people in the world, such as American hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, Indonesian coal king Low Tuck Kwong and Brazil-born Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, have set up foundations in Singapore to give to charitable causes in the past three years. This comes as the Republic positions itself as a financial and philanthropic hub for Asia, driven by a flourishing wealth management sector and attractive tax incentives. On May 5, it was announced that the Gates Foundation, one of the world's largest philanthropic foundations, will set up an office in Singapore. Founded in 2000 by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his former wife Melinda, the foundation aims to fight poverty, disease and inequity around the world. Gates, an American who turns 70 in October, is ranked 13th on Forbes' World's Billionaires List 2025, with an estimated wealth of US$108 billion (S$139 billion).  The Commissioner of Charities (COC) told The Straits Times that about five new charities each year have been registered under the Grantmaker Scheme in the past three years.

Restrictions introduced earlier for Domodedovo and Zhukovsky Airports in the Moscow Region were lifted

The central topic of the Forum this year will be «Investment Path: Past. Present. Future»

In total, six drones flying to Moscow were destroyed after midnight

Restrictions for arrivals and departures of aircraft were lifted for Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo Airports

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A man is in police custody following the seizure of an illegal firearm and 161 rounds of ammunition during an operation in Logwood, Yallahs, on Friday. The Yallahs police reported that around 5:23 p.m., officers searched a premises in the...

A 25-year-old labourer has reportedly admitted to breaking into and stealing from a business establishment in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, last weekend. He is Jamario Jarrett, otherwise called ‘Oreo’, of Hyman Town, Brighton district. Jarrett was...

A man already on bail for another offence has been charged in connection with a predawn robbery in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, earlier this year. Collin Brown, otherwise called ‘Eye Ball’, of Seaton Crescent in the parish, has been charged with...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a man was the source of his misfortune in a 2013 road crash, dismissing his personal injury lawsuit against a taxi driver and the vehicle owner. 

Oil deliveries from the Hamada Oilfield over this pipeline were halted immediately, NOC noted

Specialists of emergency services are working on the crash site," Sergey Sobyaninwrote

Drones were downed over the territory of Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol, Kaluga, Tula and Moscow Regions and the Republic of Crimea

The military will undergo treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the Russian Defense Ministry

Almost 21.5 mln voters will decide, who will take offices in local authorities

Va'a et drogue ne rament pas ensemble. C'est le slogan prôné par Billy Tupea, l'organisateur de la course Te va'a o te ora. La 4ème édition se tient ce samedi 24 mai depuis 8h à Mataiea. 300 rameuses, rameurs et kayakistes âgés de 6 à 20 ans sont inscrits. Au programme de cette journée réservée exclusivement aux jeunes : deux parcours de vitesse pour les athlètes et des ateliers d'initiations gratuits pour les spectateurs.

Quatre journalistes de Polynésie la 1ère ont vécu les émeutes de Nouvelle-Calédonie de l'intérieure il y a tout juste un an. Aiata Tarahu, Lucile Guichet, Axelle Mésinèle, et Miri Tumatariri reviennent sur leur expérience dans ce climat de tension. Un éclairage inédit sur la crise calédonienne.

Police say thieves allegedly used a false pretence to approach their would-be victim, like asking for directions, and then would offer a worthless necklace or ring as a token of appreciation. That's when they would allegedly steal the jewelry worn by the victim.

With fewer Canadians heading to the U.S., local tourism operators are hoping for a good summer. And the smaller cities and towns could see the greatest benefit.