Updated: Jan 19th, 2026 At least 12 students were killed on Monday when a minibus carrying students collided with a truck south of Johannesburg, police said, in the latest deadly road accident in South Africa, according to reports. The crash reportedly took place near the industrial city of Vanderbijlpark, about 60 km south of Johannesburg....
Updated: Jan 19th, 2026 The Nobel Foundation on Sunday clarified that a Nobel Peace Prize cannot be passed on or symbolically transferred, following Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado’s claim that she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during a meeting at the White House. In a...
Updated: Jan 19th, 2026 US President Donald Trump has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi inviting him to be part of a proposed international body called the “Board of Peace”, aimed at working towards lasting peace in the Middle East, particularly Gaza. The letter, dated January 16, 2026, was shared publicly by the US Ambassador...
Updated: Jan 19th, 2026 At least 21 people were confirmed dead and more than 70 others injured after two high-speed trains collided near the city of Cordoba in southern Spain, authorities said. Thirty of the injured were in serious condition and hospitalised, Spain’s Transport Minister Oscar Puente said on Monday. Earlier media reports put the...