Forty-one Icelanders are aged 100 and older. Two of them still have a spouse living. Read more
Bus commuters can expect the Expected Time of Arrival (ETA) system for buses to be mostly available by Wednesday (Jan 28) morning, although more time is now required for a full restoration, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA). In an update issued on Tuesday evening, the transport regulator said that its engineers and contractors have completed the manual updating of firmware for the 3,000 buses that were identified last week. «The availability of bus arrival timings will be restored to 85 per cent by tomorrow morning,» said LTA. The authority added that bus services will continue to operate as usual. System to be fully restored next week: LTAThe root cause, a memory cache build-up in the on-board system of some buses, had disrupted data transmissions between on-board bus systems and the central ETA processing servers. According to LTA, this led to the issue of missing bus arrival timings.
Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will make a two-day visit to the Philippines from Wednesday (Jan 28) to attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) retreat for foreign ministers and related meetings. In a statement on Tuesday, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the visit, from Jan 28 to 29, is at the invitation of the Philippines Secretary of Foreign Affairs Theresa Lazaro. Apart from the foreign ministers' retreat, Dr Balakrishnan will also attend the informal consultation on the implementation of the Asean Five-Point Consensus, and the extended informal consultation on the consensus. The consensus was issued by Asean leaders following their meeting in April 2021. It calls for the immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar; constructive dialogue to seek a peaceful solution; the appointment of a special envoy to facilitate mediation of the dialogue process; humanitarian assistance; and visits by the special envoy to meet with parties in the ongoing Myanmar conflict.
A brand of biscuits meant for babies aged 10 months and above is being recalled after the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) was informed of the potential presence of foreign matter in the form of soft plastic and/or paper pieces in the biscuits. Nestle Singapore, the importer of the affected product — Gerber's arrowroot biscuits — has been directed to recall the implicated product, the agency said in a news release on Tuesday (Jan 27). Three batches of the USA-made product are being recalled. Product nameBatch numberPackaging sizeExpiry dateGerber arrowroot biscuits5209565504155gOct 27, 2026Gerber arrowroot biscuits5252565505155gDec 9, 2026Gerber arrowroot biscuits5259565505155gDec 16, 2026SFA said that foods known to unsafe for consumption should not be sold, adding that consumers who have purchased the implicated products are advised not to feed it to their children.
The King may have made Andrew's ousting from the royal family official in the autumn, but a technicality means the 65-year-old can still use the Duke of York title.
The Traitors winner Rachel Duffy has announced her mother, who she planned to spend her prize money on, has died.
Europeans can and must take responsibility for their own security, Jean-Noel Barrot emphasized
Rachel Green was aboard the Delta flight to London from Minneapolis to conduct research for a novel she was writing about Eleanor of Aquitaine.
The new 'husband' of former glamour model Katie Price boasts of being a PhD who rubs shoulders with Elon Musk and Kim Kardashian.
Francis Dunne, 40, and Lee Farmer, 39, both from the UK, were drinking in a bar when intoxicated William Robinson, 46, allegedly slapped a waitress across the face
Shaun Thompson, 39, a respected black community worker, was wrongly flagged up as a criminal after being filmed at London Bridge station.
According to Igor Korotchenko, the capture of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy demonstrates the successful operation of Battlegroup West
The Hungarian PM recalled that EU leaders intend to provide multibillion-dollar aid to Kiev through a common loan from EU countries
Belarusian Security Council State Secretary Alexander Volfovich stressed that the country's leadership is taking steps to prevent the conflict from spreading to the country’s territory
«The goal of the Europeans is to accuse Moscow of 'aggression' and provoke confrontation,» Dmitry Belik said
The former Ukrainian PM was placed on the international wanted list in July 2024 and remanded in custody in absentia in December 2025
Damascus presses for reintegration, Washington hesitates, and the SDF confronts its most dangerous moment in a decade Read Full Article at RT.com
Google has been sued by smartphone users claiming its voice-activated assistant secretly recorded on their devices Read Full Article at RT.com
The agreement will enable Indian firms to participate in the Security Action for Europe program Read Full Article at RT.com
Several Asian nations have introduced airport screenings for the Nipah virus that has infected a handful of people in West Bengal Read Full Article at RT.com
Nigeria’s military has said an investigation found that some of its officers arrested last October attempted to overthrow the government Read Full Article at RT.com
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- The Federal Government of Somalia has confirmed that all goods taken from a warehouse affecting port expansion activities have been returned to the World Food Programme (WFP), the agency said.
[Premium Times] Blatter's comments, made on Monday via social media, lend high-profile support to a controversial warning issued by Mark Pieth, the Swiss anti-corruption lawyer who once worked with FIFA
[Premium Times] This is the second time in less than five days that Nigeria's national grid has suffered a disturbance resulting in a nationwide power outage.
This breakthrough radically changes the understanding of one of the oldest areas of mathematics, crucial to fundamental physics and economics
The EC remains committed to the REPowerEU policy launched by it earlier
Dong Jun noted that the talks demonstrated that the two countries were committed to developing strategic cooperation and their armed forces had very close ties
The Bank of Russia has set the official price per gram of gold at $158.27
The 2026 Australian Open tournament is being played on hard courts at Melbourne Park between January 18 and February 1
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.
