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At least 128 people dead in Hong Kong blaze as rescue efforts underway

Officials said firefighters were still working on a handful of apartments and trying to enter all of the units in the seven towers to ensure there were no further casualties

Magnitude 6.0 quake rocks Anchorage area of Alaska, largest since 2021

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state in the US and one of the most seismically active regions in the world, according to the USGS

Macron to unveil French voluntary military service amid Russia threat

Macron will stress the need to prepare the nation for growing threats, the president's office said ahead of his visit to the Varces military base, in the French Alps

Black Friday kicks off holiday shopping amid tariffs, economic uncertainty

Consumer confidence in the US economy fell this month to the lowest since April when Trump announced his tariffs in the aftermath of the government shutdown

Lax migration policies top security threat: Trump after 2 Guard troops shot

Trump's remarks, released in a video on social media, underscores his intention to reshape the country's immigration system and increase scrutiny of migrants who are already here

Asian shares rise, taking their cue from Wall Street's winning streak

Tech-related stocks advanced, with SoftBank Group jumping 2.8 per cent and Kioxia Holdings up 5.7 per cent following a nearly 15 per cent rout the day before

Thousands left homeless as fire in Bangladesh slum destroys 1,500 shanties

According to official data, about 60,000 families many of them climate refugees live in the slum which has an area of more than 160 acres (65 hectares)

Trump bars South Africa from participating in 2026 G20 summit in Miami

Trump chose not to have an American delegation attend the recent summit hosted by South Africa, saying he did so because white Afrikaners were being violently persecuted

Russia's frozen assets at the centre of Ukraine peace deal negotiations

A draft of Trump's 28-point peace plan seeks a US-run Ukraine reconstruction scheme funded by $100bn in frozen Russian assets plus $100bn from the EU, sending 50% of profits to Washington

US adds 500 more National Guard troops in Washington after 2 members shot

A suspect who was in custody also was shot and had wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening, according to a law enforcement official

UK Treasury chief Reeves set to raise taxes again in her second budget

Unfortunately for Reeves, the British economy, the world's sixth-largest, is not doing as well as she hoped, with many critics blaming her decision last year to slap taxes on business

36 dead so far in massive fire engulfs Hong Kong high-rise complex

Nine people were declared dead on the scene and four others who were sent to the hospital were later confirmed dead, authorities told reporters

Nasscom Foundation, IBM to upskill 87K marginalised youth in digital tech

Beyond self-paced learning, it includes mentorship and guided experiences to build technical proficiency and professional confidence

As Russia pummels Ukraine's energy systems, Kyiv hopes US gas will fill gap

Russia has targeted Ukrainian gas extraction this year in a bid to hurt morale and force Ukraine to import large quantities of expensive gas which it can ill afford

At least 10 dead, many missing as landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island

Floods and landslides also uprooted trees that killed a villager in South Tapanuli district and hurt another, destroyed a bridge in Mandailing Natal district and submerged 470 houses

China's pressure on Japan follows familiar tactics, could last for a while

China's government is turning to a well-used playbook to express its displeasure with Japan for refusing to retract a statement by its new prime minister on the hot-button issue of Taiwan

X's new location feature exposes many US political accounts as foreign-run

Researchers at NewsGuard, a firm that tracks online misinformation, identified several popular accounts run by Americans interested in politics that instead were based in East Europe, Asia, or Africa

Brazil's ex-Prez Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence

The former president and several of his allies were convicted by a panel of Supreme Court justices for attempted to overthrow Brazil's democracy following his 2022 election defeat

Trump sending his envoys to see Putin, Ukrainians after fine-tuning plan

Trump spoke after US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held talks late Monday and throughout Tuesday with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to discuss the emerging proposal

Four more arrested in $102 mn Louvre jewel heist, says Paris prosecutor

French media report that one of those arrested, a 39-year-old already known to police services, is believed to be the fourth member of the team thought to have carried out the daring daylight robbery