Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 146 as thousands pay respects
Authorities say they have completed searches of four of the seven towers as part of a criminal investigation.
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 146 as thousands pay respects
Authorities say they have completed searches of four of the seven towers as part of a criminal investigation.
Sri Lanka declares emergency as floods wreak havoc across Colombo
More than 25,000 homes destroyed, 147,000 displaced, in Sri Lanka's deadliest flood since 2017, affecting Colombo.
Is gen Z’s love of fried chicken pushing Britain to ‘peak pizza’?
Competition intensifies as former chief of Domino’s says days of ‘massive growth’ are over
Pizza has become ubiquitous on British dinner plates, with chains such as Pizza Express, Franco Manca, Domino’s and Goodfella’s dominating the market – but is its popularity starting to cool?
Domino’s Pizza Group announced this week that its chief executive of two years had stepped down with immediate effect, less than two weeks after he appeared to suggest the UK may be approaching “peak pizza”.
Continue reading...Ukrainian and US officials to meet in Florida to discuss proposals to end Russia’s war
Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner expected to meet Kyiv delegation, after another weekend of deadly Russian attacks in Ukraine
Ukrainian negotiators are preparing to meet US officials in Florida to thrash out details of Washington’s proposed framework to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, as Kyiv faces pressure on military and political fronts.
The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to sit down with a Ukrainian delegation on Sunday before planned US talks this week in Moscow with Vladimir Putin.
Continue reading...Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel’s president
He denies any wrongdoing in three ongoing trials over allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel’s president
"An immediate end to the trial would greatly help lower the flames and promote broad reconciliation," Israel's PM says.
Massive fire erupts at waste facility in western Sydney
A huge fireball exploded at a waste facility in an Australian suburb in western Sydney.
Qatar opens museum dedicated to exiled Indian artist MF Husain
Qatar has opened the world’s first museum dedicated to exiled Indian artist Maqbool Fida Husain.
Death toll in Hong Kong apartment complex fire hits 146
More than 100 people remain unaccounted for after seven high-rise buildings caught fire and burned for two days.
Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn
Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harms
The federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that oversees complaints about civil rights violations, including in immigration detention, has been gutted so thoroughly that it could be laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity”, experts warn.
Former federal oversight officials have sounded the alarm at the rapid dismantling of guardrails against human rights failures – at the same time as the government pushes aggressive immigration enforcement operations.
Border Patrol agents in Arizona forcibly removed a detained man from a cell, handcuffed him and then injected him with ketamine to sedate him in 2023, according to a CRCL document confirming the watchdog’s investigation into the allegation. A Guardian reporter had saved that document just weeks before it was scrubbed from the DHS’s website.
Guards at a privately owned Louisiana detention center systematically mistreated detained immigrants, according to a CRCL document. This included an investigation into a 2024 incident during which correctional staff pepper sprayed around 200 detained immigrants who were staging a hunger strike in protest of detention conditions. Guards then allegedly locked the men in the unit and cut the power and water for hours. A majority of the men were allegedly denied medical care, the original complaint, submitted to the CRCL by RFK Human Rights, said.
In a Florida jail, a 33-year-old immigrant woman with mental health problems was forcibly stripped naked, strapped to a restraint chair and mocked by male guards, according to a CRCL complaint submitted by the ACLU of Florida and RFK Human Rights. The woman was allegedly left with “contusions and marks on her body” after hours in the restraint chair. The whistleblower declaration said the CRCL had launched an investigation into the case.
Agents violated due process during the arrest and detention of Palestinian student and Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, according to the whistleblower complaint.
Continue reading...Hong Kong mourns as apartment fire death toll rises to 146
Rescue teams find more bodies in burnt-out buildings of Wang Fuk Court complex after Wednesday’s fire
The death toll in Hong Kong’s apartment complex fire has risen to 146 after investigators discovered more bodies in the burnt-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed bouquets of flowers at an ever-growing makeshift memorial at the scene of the disaster, among the worst in the city’s history.
The Hong Kong police’s disaster victim identification unit has been going through the buildings of the Wang Fuk Court complex meticulously and has found bodies both in apartment units and on the roofs, the officer in charge, Cheng Ka-chun, said on Sunday.
Continue reading...Netanyahu writes to Israeli president requesting pardon in corruption cases
Israeli leader is up against three cases of corruption, including receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts.
Week in Pictures: From deadly fire in Hong Kong to Russian attack on Kyiv
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.
Thousands of anti-corruption protesters in Manila say Marcos must resign
Tens of thousands of anti-corruption protesters in the Philippines call for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to resign.
War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting, control developments, November 2025
Sudan's army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces eye more territory as international stakeholders push for truce.
Kazakhstan tells Ukraine to stop Black Sea oil terminal attacks – South China Morning Post
- Kazakhstan tells Ukraine to stop Black Sea oil terminal attacks South China Morning Post
- Kazakhstan tells Ukraine to stop attacking CPC terminal after oil exports halted Reuters
- Russian oil terminal suspends operations after drone attack Euronews.com
- Naval Drones Halt Operations At Russian Oil Terminal Barron's
- CPC Reports Halts in Black Sea Oil Loading After New Attack Bloomberg.com
Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for years
Entire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital are flooded after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing.
Officials said the extent of the damage in the country’s worst-affected central region was slowly becoming clear on Sunday as relief workers cleared roads blocked by fallen trees and mudslides.
Continue reading...Nigerian villagers ‘too scared to speak’ after hundreds of schoolchildren kidnapped
Parents of kidnapped children know where the bandits hide out, but are too scared to inform the authorities.
Bridge to the past: JR to wrap Pont Neuf again, 40 years after artistic forebears
Exclusive: French artist planning to cover bridge over Seine in tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The enigmatic French artist JR will undertake what he says is his biggest ever challenge next year when he “wraps” Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge across the Seine River in Paris, in a tribute to a monumental art project by Christo and Jeanne-Claude.
For three weeks next June, the 232-metre (761ft) long bridge will be wrapped in fabric, 40 years after the married artists known for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations did the same thing.
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