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Dubai’s RTA pilots a luxury shared transport service for students, offering 15% cheaper fees / AI Generated Image The traditional big yellow bus is getting a high-tech makeover. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has officially rolled out a pilot program that lets students trade the standard bus seat for a luxury SUV. Launched in mid-January 2026, this “pooled transport” initiative is designed for students aged 14 and above who attend schools in high-traffic clusters.Instead of a fixed, long-winded bus route that stops at every corner, these high-end vehicles use smart data from Yango Group and Urban Express to pick up students living in the same neighborhood. By grouping children heading to nearby schools into one premium vehicle, the RTA hopes to slash the number of private cars clogging up school gates every morning.How does it work?Dubai’s pooled system is a shared ride model designed to be efficient, safe and modern:Shared Rides with Tech-Enabled SUVs: Instead of every fa..

Source: X Lara Trump has recently bestowed upon social media participants a rare treat with a glimpse into the less familiar, more personal side of the Trump family. Through the sharing of just a few images on X, she has reached the hearts of many with this intimate family picture involving her young daughter's fun-filled golf game with her grandfather, US President Donald Trump himself, with whom she gets to spend quality time while playing their favourite game, golf. This is one instance where the family, known for its political fervour, has been accepted with such fervour not for their political ideology but for this common family experience that speaks volumes about their humanity despite their fame and power.Lara Trump shares viral golfing photos with Donald Trump and granddaughterThe photographs depicted Donald Trump behind the wheel of a golf cart, with his granddaughter sitting alongside him, looking happy and carefree. Moreover, there were no signs of poses or dramatic se..

AdvertisementPakistanAsiaSouth Asia11 dead, over 60 missing after Pakistan shopping centre fire smoulders for 24 hoursPolice say the market’s layout and presence of flammable materials such as carpets and blankets kept the blaze going throughout the weekend
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPReutersPublished: 2:36pm, 19 Jan 2026Firefighters in Karachi began searching on ‌Monday for more than 60 missing people after a massive fire destroyed a shopping centre in Pakistan’s most populous city, while the death toll from the disaster rose to 11.The fire started late on Saturday at the sprawling, multi-storey Gul Plaza in the city’s business district and ⁠burned for more than a day, hampering rescue efforts in the densely packed area.
After more than 24 hours of firefighting, crews moved to cooling and debris clearing on Sunday, although concerns grew that more victims could still be trapped inside.
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AdvertisementMalaysiaThis Week in AsiaPeopleMalaysian reporter’s sedition arrest casts doubts on Anwar’s reform recordRex Tan’s arrest for asking a ‘sensitive question’ shows how a colonial-era act continues to hold back Malaysian reforms, critics say
Reading Time:4 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP1Iman Muttaqin YusofPublished: 2:04pm, 19 Jan 2026Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s record on legal reforms has come under scrutiny after a journalist was detained under a colonial-era Sedition Act for asking a “sensitive question” linking the Gaza crisis to the treatment of ethnic Chinese in the Malay-majority country.Rex Tan, 31, a journalist for local news site Free Malaysia Today, was arrested early Saturday morning after he asked the question at a public debate five days earlier in Kuala Lumpur.
Tan is being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 505(c) of the Penal Code, which relate to statements intended to cause alarm, after three police reports were..