Joshua Kershaw, 21, had flown out to Bangkok, Thailand for a week's holiday on January 12 when he stopped replying to his mum Jenny's phone calls

An Ethiopian asylum seeker has been charged with sexually assaulting a member of staff at a hotel housing migrants.

The Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has revealed she's leaving the Channel 4 show after nine years of judging alongside Paul Hollywood.

Logan anchored the streaming service's coverage of Arsenal's 3-1 victory over Inter Milan, with Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott and Clarence Seedorf supporting as pundits.

A court heard how Amanda Wixon, 56, from Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, abused the victim for 25 years from 1996.

Delhi aims to boost its sewage treatment capacity to 1,500 MGD by 2028 to clean the Yamuna River. The government will complete drone surveys of drains by January and connect all unauthorized colonies to the sewerage network by 2028. Coordination with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh is deemed essential for the river's cleanup.

The EU Parliament has sent the Mercosur trade deal for judicial review amid opposition by farmers groups across the bloc Read Full Article at RT.com

William praised the role of local boozers in bringing people together and getting them off their phones, saying they were 'crucial' for 'human-to-human contact'.

His remarks to the annual World Economic Forum come as European leaders try to de-escalate tensions with the U.S. over Trump’s plan to acquire Greenland.

The office of the Leader of the Opposition (LO) will remain vacant until the Workers' Party (WP) is ready to nominate someone to take on the responsibility,  said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Wednesday (Jan 21).In response to WP's letter shared earlier on Wednesday, the PMO said that it accepts the party's decision.While agreeing with WP that the main opposition party in Parliament is «indeed the natural choice to serve», it said that Singapore is currently in an «exceptional situation» due to Pritam Singh's criminal conviction.«In Singapore, we place a high premium on honesty and integrity in our political system, and on respect for the rule of law,» the PMO said.MPs must exemplify these values and uphold the integrity of our system, it said.The PMO also said that in other jurisdictions, members convicted of crimes involving dishonesty or lying under oath would typically resign from their roles.«This has not happened here,» said the PMO, adding that the office of the LO will thus remain vacant until WP nominates another member to take the role.[[nid:728551]]

Tower Transit bus captain of service 858 Lim Chwin Chien, who was seen on video helping to put out a vegetation fire, had to rush home to register his marriage in Malaysia after his shift ended.The fire happened at about 12.10 am on Tuesday (Jan 20) behind a bus stop before Punggol Road and along the Tampines Expressway.

Chinese automakers have closed or rebranded hundreds of showrooms in Russia amid falling sales and rising costs, Kommersant has reported Read Full Article at RT.com

Emmanuel Macron has made another defiant yet empty speech at Davos Read Full Article at RT.com

President of the People’s Development Party (PDP), Kondwani Nankhumwa, has strongly condemned the latest fuel price increase, describing it as unprecedented, reckless and a direct economic assault on ordinary Malawians. The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) this week raised the pump price of petrol from K3,499 to K4,965 per litre, while diesel has gone up […] The post PDP President Nankhumwa Condemns Fuel Price Increase appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

Traditional and community leaders from Mzimba Hora Constituency have made an impassioned appeal to the Malawi Judiciary to fast-track the hearing of the appeal case by embattled lawmaker Martha Ngwira, warning that prolonged delays will cripple their area’s social and economic development. The High Court in Mzuzu nullified Ngwira’s September 2025 victory due to compromised […] The post Chiefs, community leaders plead with judiciary to dispense Martha Ngwira’s appeal case appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.

[New Times] All newly launched carbon market projects and transactions in Rwanda will be subject to newly introduced fees, while existing projects are exempt, the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has clarified.

[HRW] Kinshasa -- Authorities, UN Mission Should Act to Halt Abuses After M23 Withdrawal From Uvira

[MSF] Hermina lives in the Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria, and Sabera is a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh. Though they live in vastly different places, the struggles they have faced simply for being pregnant bring them closer together.

Daniil Getmantsev has mocked the IMF chief, who has called for Kiev to cut heating subsidies in the middle of a cold winter Read Full Article at RT.com

The UK has reportedly imported $2.15 billion worth of petroleum products made from Russian crude from refineries in India and Türkiye Read Full Article at RT.com

Soaring gold prices have generated over $216 billion in windfall gains for Russia’s central bank since early 2022, Bloomberg has said   Read Full Article at RT.com

Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has refused to deliver the customary address to the legislature, adding to a recent trend of gubernatorial disputes. This follows similar incidents in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where governors clashed with state governments over speech content and assembly proceedings. The Karnataka government is set to meet the governor to understand his reasons.

Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code services are now accessible in all 22 constitutionally recognized Indian languages, alongside English. Applicants can leverage AI assistance for guidance and registration, ensuring a smooth process. This multilingual platform, developed by ITDA, aims to simplify access to UCC rules and documentation, reflecting the government's commitment to ease of use and technological advancement.

Estranged son Brooklyn's bombshell reckoning with Brand Beckham last night was made inevitable,

Niceair’s planned flight from Akureyri to Copenhagen, scheduled for February, will not go ahead. This was to have been the relaunched airline’s inaugural flight.

A fire that started in an abandoned building on De Lorimier Avenue in Montreal has forced the closure of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge ahead of the Wednesday morning rush hour.

A Windsor man says he is being asked by the city to undo the repairs he made to his backyard. Robert Redmond says he took out the berm, worth 52 dump truck loads of dirt, from his backyard at about $6,700. Now, the city is asking him to put it back. But that could cost upwards of $50K.