Hong Kong authorities say at least 55 people have died killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday.

Hong Kong authorities say at least 83 people have died killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday.

Hong Kong authorities say at least 94 people have died killed in the fire that spread through a dense high-rise residential housing complex Wednesday.

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Leaked call transcripts between special envoy Steve Witkoff and a Putin advisor could derail Trump’s progress on peace in Ukraine. And, air travel is back to normal just in time for Thanksgiving.

Leaked call transcripts between special envoy Steve Witkoff and a Putin advisor could derail President Trump’s progress, as they show Witkoff coaching Moscow on pitching a Russia-friendly peace plan.

NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink about Ukraine’s posture toward a peace deal.

The European Commission chief said the EU would stand with Ukraine and support it “in every way”.

Pictures show the flames spreading on bamboo scaffolding on the outside of the high-rise buildings in the Tai Po district.

The US president said he had not heard the audio, but that it sounded like “standard” negotiations.

NPR’s Michel Martin asks former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul how the U.S. might advance a new peace plan for Ukraine with Moscow.

Video footage shows large plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky, as firefighters on cranes try and put out the blaze.

Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon, amid Mideast tensions and the media glare that will document history’s first American pope on the road.

Italy’s parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the international day for the elimination of violence against women.

Researcher Septian Andriki collapsed in tears upon discovering the rare Rafflesia hasseltii plant in Indonesia.

They argue the law – which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts – is unconstitutional.

Son of the late conservationist Steve Irwin, Robert was a fan favourite this season.

Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, from Florida, was detained by Israeli soldiers while on holiday in the occupied West Bank.

Being a famous singer can lower your life as much as occasionally smoking cigarettes.

Non-residents will soon have to pay a higher price to enter 11 of the United States’ most popular parks.