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Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Crowds of mourners gathered on Sunday across Hong Kong including thousands near the apartment blocks that were engulfed in flames earlier this week, killing at least 146 people in the city's deadliest fire in decades.
Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 128, dozens missing
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» HONG KONG - A sombre air hung across Hong Kong on Saturday, as residents prepared to honour the at least 128 people killed in a massive apartment complex blaze during condolence events and vigils across the Chinese financial hub.
Hong Kong high-rise fire kills at least 44, still burning
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Firefighters were still dousing a devastating fire Thursday which ripped through a Hong Kong high-rise complex, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds missing according to authorities.
Deadlines loom for Milan's Olympic village as Winter Games near
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» MILAN (ITALY) - Milan's 2026 Olympic village for the upcoming Winter Games risks not being fully ready for athletes with four months to go until the opening ceremony at the city's iconic San Siro stadium.
Explosions, fires rock Kyiv in deadly Russian barrage
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» KYIV — Kyiv was shrouded in dark smoke early Thursday after Russia hammered Ukraine's capital with its second large-scale drone and missile barrage in as many nights.
UK apologises to thousands of grooming victims as it toughens law
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» LONDON - The UK government announced Monday it would bring in tough new laws to "root out the scourge" of grooming gangs and apologised to thousands of victims believed to have been sexually exploited.
Car bomb kills Russian general near Moscow
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» BALASHIKHA, Russia - An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that resembled previous killings claimed by Ukraine.
'They want to destroy us': Kyiv hit in biggest Russian attack in months
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - As Russian missiles rained on Kyiv overnight in Moscow's biggest attack on Ukraine's capital in months, Anna Balamutova grabbed her children and ran to a shelter, saying they were saved by a "miracle".
Tajikistan launches crackdown on 'witchcraft' and fortune-telling
AFP, Published on 24/01/2025
» DUSHANBE, Tajikistan — In a block of flats in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe, a turbaned woman cautiously opened the door of her apartment a chink, letting out a waft of incense.
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 18
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» KYIV - Russia launched drone and missile strikes across Ukraine on Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding over a hundred in one of the most massive air attacks of the war.