- Unsafe netting used at Hong Kong fire site, officials say, as toll rises to 151 The Washington Post
- Hong Kong Contractors Used Unsafe Netting at Fire Site, Officials Say The New York Times
- Hong Kong to set up inquiry into deadly fire
Category: 4. World
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Indonesia’s flood victims pick up pieces as homes, livelihoods swept away | Floods News
Medan, Indonesia – As floodwaters burst into Nurdin and his wife’s home in Indonesia’s Aceh Province last week, the elderly couple crawled onto their bed.
Nurdin, who uses a wheelchair following a stroke, resigned himself to his fate.
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Bulgaria sees massive protests against budget, corruption – DW – 12/02/2025
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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, Sofia, as well as at least a dozen other cities on Monday evening in the biggest protests the Balkan country has seen for years.
In central Sofia, demonstrators packed…
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Polish-German tensions over WWII reparations mar leaders’ summit – POLITICO
But Tusk, under pressure from the opposition nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, took a harder line on the matter than he has in the past, criticizing Germany’s logic for refusing to pay war reparations to Poland.
“We in Poland all…
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Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia | Cybercrime
For days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out. When the bombs went off, they took down empty office blocks and demolished echoing, multi-cuisine food halls. Dynamite toppled a four-storey hospital, silent karaoke…
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Vladimir Putin’s visit ties India in knots
Good morning. As you have probably already heard,…
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OBR head’s resignation leaves potential landmines for Reeves
The shock resignation came for a very specific reason, but the OBR saga will continue with a series of decisions the chancellor will have to make over Richard Hughes’ replacement.
Firstly the Chancellor will have to find a respected and credible…
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