38 people are dead and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry capsizes in the river Busira
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — 38 people are dead and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry capsizes in the river Busira.
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The IndependentTurkey hotel fire latest: 10-year-old among 76 killed in ski resort blaze that saw guests jump from windows
Cause of fire at the Grand Kartal hotel in Kartalkaya under investigation after dozens die at popular ski resort
- The Independent
12 dead after false fire rumours cause passengers to leap from train
Passengers climbed off after seeing sparks in a coach and were hit by a passing train
- AFP News
Indonesia rescuers search for survivors as landslide kills 19
Hundreds of rescuers were searching through thick mud and debris to find survivors Wednesday after a rain-triggered landslide in Indonesia killed at least 19 people and left seven missing.In November, flooding triggered by intense rains in western Indonesia killed 27 people.
- Reuters
LA fire insured losses estimated at $28 billion, KCC says
Since the fires broke out on Jan. 7, they have burned an area nearly the size of Washington, D.C., killed 28 people and damaged or destroyed nearly 16,000 structures, according to California's fire department. The estimated losses include damage from the fires, as well as smoke, time-element losses for residents in evacuation zones whose homes were not damaged by the fire, guaranteed replacement cost coverage and demand surge, KCC said in its report. These losses should be covered by typical insurance policies, it added.
- AFP News
11 people run over by train in India
Eleven people were killed Wednesday after rumours of a fire on their train caused them to jump off and were crushed to death by another incoming train, officials said.In 2023, nearly 300 people were killed when a passenger train and a stationary goods train collided, with the derailed compartments then striking another fast-moving passenger service. sai/dhc
- Associated Press
Death toll in deadly flooding and landslides in Indonesia rises to 21
Indonesian rescuers retrieved four more bodies after they resumed their search Wednesday for people missing after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s main island of Java, bringing the death toll to 21. Waters from flooded rivers tore through nine villages in Pekalongan regency of Central Java province and landslides tumbled onto mountainside hamlets after the torrential rains Monday. Videos and photos released by National Search and Rescue Agency showed workers digging desperately in villages where roads and green-terraced rice fields were transformed into murky brown mud and villages were covered by thick mud, rocks and uprooted trees.
- Malay Mail
Personalised car plate leads to fine for woman in Kedah
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — A woman driving a Honda City with a personalised car plate resembling her name has been fined by...
- Yahoo News Singapore
Singapore-born reality TV star Lynn Ban dies at 51; Workers in Singapore seek higher pay and career purpose: Singapore live news
Singapore-born Lynn Ban, renowned jewellery designer and star of Bling Empire: New York, has died. Meanwhile, Singapore workers are aiming for higher pay in 2025. Plus some of the biggest and fascinating news in Singapore and beyond.
- Malay Mail
Happier life a bet away or that crazy jackpot weekend
JAN 23 — The RM121 million all-time highest national lottery jackpot over the weekend caught more than cursory glances f...
- The Telegraph
Six-year-old girl and father found dead after she failed to turn up for school
The bodies of a six-year-old girl and her father were discovered after she failed to turn up for school, police have revealed.
- People
Plane Passenger Teaches Fellow Traveler a Lesson After They Try to Guilt Them Into Swapping Seats
“I relax in my seat with my smug smile and thinking my job here is done,” the passenger wrote in a retelling of the in-flight incident on Reddit
- Cinema Online
Chantel Yiu says winning TVB award was a surprise
The singer wasn't expecting her recording "This Home" in New Zealand would lead to winning Most Popular Theme
- The Telegraph
Bruno Fernandes spares Harry Maguire’s blushes with injury-time winner for Man Utd over Rangers
Harry Maguire’s own words must have been ringing in his ears after watching the Rangers substitute Cyriel Dessers take advantage of his dreadful blunder to rifle the ball hard and low into the bottom corner.
- Malay Mail
Muhyiddin pays RM1.4m judgment in Guan Eng defamation suit pending appeal
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has paid the RM1.4 million judgment sum to Lim Guan Eng in connection wi...
- Cinema Online
Missing Chinese model Yang Zeqi returns home after month-long ordeal
The model is now back with his family after going missing in Thailand
- Malay Mail
Resigning is ‘running away from the problem’, Najib tells court on 1MDB chairman Bakke quitting
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 23 — Defendant Datuk Seri Najib Razak today denied that he already knew there was trouble brewing at 1Mal...
- The Telegraph
Luxury watch salesman killed himself after ‘not putting up enough of a fight’ during £1.3m robbery
A luxury watch salesman took his own life after he was accused of “not putting up enough of a fight” with robbers who grabbed £1.3 million worth of jewellery from his shop, a court heard.
- The Telegraph
Carabao Cup final 2025: When is it, how to watch, latest news and odds
Four clubs are left in the battle to qualify for the 2024-25 Carabao Cup final, having already played the first instalments of the two-legged semi-finals. The tournament began back on Aug 13 and ultimately included all 72 EFL and 20 Premier League clubs in a knock-out format to win the 65th staging of the competition which was originally launched as the League Cup in 1960 and has been known, as well as taking the title of its sponsor, as the EFL Cup for the past nine.
- The Telegraph
The Hamas PR machine is in full swing. But are they really back?
Of all the images to have streamed out of Gaza on Sunday, perhaps the most telling was, ironically, that of a camera itself.
- The Independent
Air force officer killed after being sucked into fighter jet engine
Circumstances leading to the incident remain unclear as Taiwanese authorities start investigation