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Death toll climbs to 146 in Hong Kong high-rise fire, officials say
Li Peiyun/VCG via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The death toll following a massive fire that ripped through several Hong Kong high-rises has climbed to 146 people, the Hong Kong police on Sunday.Speaking at...
Nov 30, 2025
Ukraine delegation on way to US for more peace talks
Nikolas Mhtrousias/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Ukraine is sending a high-level delegation to the U.S. on Saturday for more talks on the Trump administration’s new peace plan, ahead of...
Nov 29, 2025
Zelenskyy chief of staff resigns after anti-corruption raids
Beyza Binnur Dönmez/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Andriy Yermak, his chief of staff, has resigned after anti-corruption searches on his hom...
Nov 28, 2025
UN official in Sudan sounds alarm over lack of lifesaving aid after visiting Darfur
Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images(LONDON) -- A month after a massacre that was reported in a war-ravaged city of Sudan shocked the world, the United Nations and others are warning that there's nowhere...
Nov 28, 2025
Shark attack in Australia leaves 1 dead, 1 injured
Ayush Kumar/Getty Images(LONDON) -- A woman has died, and a man was seriously injured after a shark attack off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday.Emergency services were called to a beac...
Nov 28, 2025
Police investigate after American man found fatally stabbed in Tobago
Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Authorities on the Caribbean island of Tobago say they're investigating the death of an American man who was found fatally stabbed on Wednesd...
Nov 28, 2025
Russia ready to 'fight to the last Ukrainian,' Putin says amid US peace drive
Contributor#8523328/Getty Images(LONDON and KYIV, Ukraine)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin said a U.S. delegation is expected to arrive in Moscow in the first half of next week to discuss the lates...
Nov 27, 2025
Why Putin might pump the breaks on Trump's Ukraine peace dash
Contributor/Getty Images(LONDON and KYIV, Ukraine) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared last week to be cautiously optimistic on the U.S. 28-point peace plan to end his invasion of Ukraine, bu...
Nov 27, 2025
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 55 people with fires still burning, officials say
VCG/VCG via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The death toll from the massive fire at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong rose to 83 as of Thursday, as search and rescue efforts continued.Fifty-one of ...
Nov 27, 2025
At least 13 dead as massive fire engulfs Hong Kong high-rise apartment buildings
Thick smoke and flames rise as fire engulfs high-rise residential buildings at the Wang Fuk Court complex on November 26, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. At least 13 people are dead and dozens of others inj...
Nov 26, 2025