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Fifteen dead after ferry with 300 passengers sinks in Philippines
The local coast guard is still searching for 28 missing passengers of the MV Trisha Kerstin.
MONDAY, 26 JANUARY 2026, 06:58

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The local coast guard is still searching for 28 missing passengers of the MV Trisha Kerstin.
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Add a bit of crunch to a trio of cheeses for a delicious breakfast that’s cooked under the grill.

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Two people have been shot dead by federal agents in the city in recent weeks, leaving many angry and frustrated.
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South Africa
The case of alleged instigators of the July 2021 unrest is expected to resume.

South Africa
Rescue teams retrieved the bakkie that Nur Ali Nur was driving.

South Africa
Anthropic’s Economic Index offers a snapshot of how organisations and individuals are using large language models, based on the company’s analysis of 1 million consumer interactions on Claude.ai and 1 million enterprise API calls, all dated from November 2025. The report says its findings are based on observed usage patterns, rather than surveys or interviews […]

South Africa
Chikunga says parents have the right to their children’s safety by vetting suspicious transporters.

World
The twin cubs’ departure will leave Japan without any pandas for the first time since 1972.

World
As Trump points to Russia and China near Greenland, experts say the biggest Russian and Chinese activity is elsewhere in the Arctic.

World
BBC Verify has analysed footage of the shooting from multiple angles, piecing together a detailed picture of what happened.

World
The interior minister condemned the attack, which police say they are investigating.

Africa
The worst flooding in a generation hits Mozambique with teams from Brazil, South Africa and the UK helping with the rescue.

Africa
Reinforcements are sent to the town of Bor, a strategic staging post on the way to the capital, Juba.

Africa
The authorities tried to stop their export arguing they were part of the country’s heritage.

Africa
Orlando Magic’s Desmond Bane says he would be keen on representing Nigeria ahead of the 2028 Olympics and suggests other NBA players could do the same.

Business
Gold is seen as a so-called “safe-haven” asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates.

Business
A Johannesburg school has built a reputation as one of South Africa’s leading boys’ schools, producing pupils who get accepted into top universities in South Africa and around the world.
Business

Business
These are the 11 suburbs in South Africa where the country’s young ’emerging’ middle class are buying up property.

Politics
The ANC’s number one says he is waiting for the report detailing what happened.

Politics
ActionSA will make formal announcement at media briefing on Monday morning.

Politics
Officials from the office of the secretary general and the police are at the scene.

Politics
The committee says it has made contingency plans to ensure no time is lost in its last 10 days.

Sport
Uncapped Gabriel Hamer-Webb reveals how his Cardiff-born mother urged him to pick Wales over England for his international future.

Sport
Britain’s Kirsty Muir lays down a marker before the Winter Olympics with slopestyle gold at the X Games in Aspen.

Sport
Manchester City are keeping tabs on Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool get positive response after approaching Xabi Alonso, Chelsea recall Aaron Anselmino from Borussia Dortmund loan, plus more.

Sport
Arsenal’s winless run may normally be cause for concern – but the stats suggest they are still in control of the Premier League title race.
Education
Mayor Zohran Mamdani made use of his strong communication skills, and the Sanitation Department said every road was plowed at least twice by Sunday evening.
Education
The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.

Education
Inquiry finds class should become protected characteristic and calls for rise in number of apprenticeships
An inquiry into class representation in creative fields has recommended changes believed to be the first of their kind in Greater Manchester to increase the number of working-class people in the arts.
Class Ceiling, a report led by Nazir Afzal, the chancellor of the University of...
Education
Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.
Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Soccer fan Mama Joy wants to return her fan membership to Orlando Pirates, which she infamously ditched after 30 years of support.

Lifestyle
In an old interview, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa spoke about her traditional wedding and customary marriage to DJ Black Coffee…

Lifestyle
Was Enhle Mbali directing these comments about pain, trauma and betrayal to her ex-husband, DJ Black Coffee?

Entertainment
AfriForum slams delays as vaccination rollout stalls.

Entertainment
Eskom dismissed speculation that the shooting might have been a targeted hit.

Entertainment
Mckenzie’s party gives DA a bloody nose in its traditional Western Cape stronghold.

Entertainment
If you’re old enough to take your driving test, you’re old enough to face the potential consequences of your actions.

Science/Tech
Eskom and the Government of the Netherlands and key provincial partners will officially launch the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at Grootvlei Power Station in Mpumalanga. The Centre is a pilot initiative under Eskom’s Just Energy Transition (JET) Programme and marks an important step in linking South Africa’s energy transition […]
Science/Tech
Brax Technologies just announced “a privacy-focused alternative to locked-down tablets” called open_slate that can double as a consumer tablet and a Linux-capable workstation on ARM. Earlier Brax Technologies built the privacy-focused smartphone BraX3, which co-founder Plamen Todorov says proved “a privacy-focused mobile device could be designed, crowdfunded, manufactured, and delivered outside...
Science/Tech
KDE’s “Plasma Login Manager” is apparently dropping support for FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, reports the blog It’s FOSS. They cite a recently-accepted merge request from a KDE engineer to drop the code supporting FreeBSD, since the login manager relies on systemd/logind:systemd and logind look like hard dependencies of the login manager, which means the software is built to work...
Science/Tech
Adafruit managing director Phillip Torrone (also long-time Slashdot reader ptorrone ) writes: Washington State lawmakers are proposing bills (HB 2320 and HB 2321) that would require 3D printers and CNC machines to block certain designs using software-based “firearms blueprint detection algorithms.” In practice, this means scanning every print file, comparing it against a government-maintained...
Motoring

Motoring
Wanatu has made significant changes to its operating model, reducing the basic salary for drivers while introducing a new incentive programme.

Motoring
Mahindra’s impressive 2025 sales figures were boosted by the performance of two of its most-popular models.

Motoring
SARS is making changes to the system that allows businesses to reclaim tax on their fuel spend in South Africa.

Health
It took Jessica three years to get diagnosed as a report says the Welsh government is failing women.
Health
The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people.
Health
Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who leads the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said a person’s right to refuse a vaccine outweighed concerns about illness or death from infectious diseases.

Health
Tessa Marshall has shared the experience to highlight issues such as women’s rights and sex education.