getty images Pay growth in the UK slowed to 4.5% between September and November following a sharp slowdown in private sector pay growth, official data showed. Average wages, excluding bonuses, slowed from the 4.6% increase recorded between August and October. The pace of wage growth for people working in private businesses has fallen to the…
Wildfires erupted in central and southern regions of Chile. Panco, Chile — Wildfires that broke out in central and southern Chile on Sunday killed at least 18 people, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed hundreds of homes, officials said, as the South American country grapples with a heatwave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared…
Scattered pieces of debris have been found after an Indonesian plane carrying 11 people crashed. Rescue workers confirmed on Sunday that pieces of plane debris had been found in South Sulawesi, a day after it disappeared mid-flight. Wreckage of an aircraft found during search and rescue operations in Maros, South Sulawesi. Credit: EPA. Debris was…
getty images West Sussex is one of the councils requesting an election delay More than a third of eligible councils in England have asked to postpone their elections due in May, affecting more than 2.5 million voters. The government is making large-scale changes to local government structures. Twenty-four councils want to postpone their ballots to…
Microsoft Office has informed 400 million users about the rebranding exercise, which integrates their famous software suite with its AI tool, Copilot. Alan Johnson, social news reporter 13:44, 13 January 2026 Microsoft Office users have criticized the rebranding of the software (stock) (Image: HJBC/iStock via Getty Images ). Microsoft Office users have criticised the company’s…
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told parliament on Tuesday that the UK government believed “up to 2,000 people may have been killed, with many more dead. I fear the number could be much higher Information coming out of Iran on Tuesday suggests that the crackdown by authorities to end more than two weeks of widespread…
A married couple face questions about how they amassed their fortune before 40 people died in their bar in Switzerland, as questions grow over how they can afford to pay the lump sum for their real estate empire at an expensive ski resort. 13:51, 12 January 2026 Updated 13:53, 12 January 2026 The couple face…
