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UN slams world's 'apathy' in launching aid appeal for 2026
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The United Nations on Monday hit out at global "apathy" over widespread suffering as it launched its 2026 appeal for humanitarian assistance, which is limited in scope as aid operations confront major funding cuts.
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's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 83, scores missing
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong authorities said on Friday the death toll from the city's worst fire in decades had risen to at least 83, with the blaze almost entirely extinguished and rescuers scouring torched high-rise buildings for scores of people still listed as missing.
What we know about Hong Kong’s deadly high-rise fire
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - A devastating fire tore through a Hong Kong high-rise residential complex, killing dozens of people with hundreds still missing.
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.
'Couldn’t do anything': deadly Hong Kong fire devours homes of thousands
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Residents anxiously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday at a temporary shelter as one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires in decades engulfed a 2,000-unit high-rise complex.
Indian workers replace Palestinians in Israel's building sector
AFP, Published on 30/12/2024
» BEER YAAQOV - Wearing a safety belt, helmet and work boots, Raju Nishad navigates the scaffolding, hammering blocks that will form part of a building in a new neighbourhood in central Israel's town of Beer Yaakov.
Macron: Notre Dame to reopen on time
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday that the restoration of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, would be completed in time for its planned reopening next December.
5 workers killed in German building site accident: fire brigade
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» BERLIN: At least five workers were killed in the northern German city of Hamburg on Monday when a scaffolding collapsed at a building site, a fire brigade spokesman said.
Beijing rains 'heaviest in 140 years'
AFP, Published on 02/08/2023
» FANGSHAN, China: Deadly rains that pummelled China's capital in recent days were the heaviest since records began 140 years ago, Beijing's weather service said on Wednesday, as a massive cleanup operation began.