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Hong Kong high-rise fire toll climbs to 128 as authorities widen arrests tied to renovation work

A deadly fire in a dense Hong Kong housing complex has claimed at least 128 lives, after emergency crews located additional victims while searching the upper floors of seven interconnected residential towers. Local officials say dozens of people are still unaccounted for as firefighters work through badly damaged units. Authorities in Hong Kong have now arrested eight more individuals linked to renovation activity in the buildings, including scaffolding subcontractors and project managers. Investigators are examining whether construction materials – including bamboo scaffolding and foam insu...

Hong Kong high-rise blaze leaves 13 dead as residents flee massive overnight fire

Hong Kong authorities say 13 people have died after a fast-moving fire swept through a cluster of high-rise residential towers in the Tai Po district of the New Territories. Emergency officials confirmed that nine residents were found dead at the scene, while four others later died in hospital. Officials say roughly 700 people living in the affected housing complex were forced to leave their homes and have since been moved to temporary shelters. Local authorities are assessing the safety of nearby buildings, as several structures were wrapped in construction scaffolding and netting that helped...

Indian national wanted in murder case arrested after being refused entry at Canada–U.S. border

U.S. border officials say a 22-year-old Indian national was taken into custody at the Peace Bridge crossing at Fort Erie after Canadian officers refused him entry over the weekend. The case is drawing renewed attention to cross-border screening practices that affect travel between Ontario and Western New York, a corridor frequently used by travellers from Ontario’s South Asian communities. According to a statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the man – identified as Vishat Kumar – had previously entered the United States without authorization in 2024 and did not appear for a ...

Russian strikes on western Ukraine kill 25 as Zelenskyy seeks support in Turkey

Ukrainian officials say at least 25 people have been killed, including three children, after a wave of Russian drone and missile strikes hit residential areas in the western city of Ternopil. Local authorities report that two apartment buildings were heavily damaged and more than 70 residents were injured during the overnight barrage. Ukraine’s military says air defence units intercepted most of the hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles launched across the country. The attack marked one of the largest overnight assaults in recent weeks and comes as communities with Ukrainian ties in Albe...

Cloudflare outage triggers service disruptions for ChatGPT, X and online gaming platforms

A technical failure at Cloudflare caused widespread service interruptions on Tuesday, affecting access to ChatGPT, social media platform X and several online gaming services. The company, which provides security and traffic management tools used across the internet, said it was working to identify the source of the disruption. Users across Canada, including in Metro Vancouver and parts of Alberta, reported repeated 500 error messages and an inability to load web-based tools that rely on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. The outage also limited access to Cloudflare’s own dashboard and API, which...

Australian Paralympic champion Paige Greco dies at age 28

Australian para-cyclist Paige Greco, a gold medalist from the Tokyo Paralympics, has died following what officials described as a sudden medical episode at her home in Adelaide on Sunday. She was 28. Greco, who lived with cerebral palsy, captured international attention in 2021 when she won the first gold medal awarded at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, breaking her own world record on the track. She went on to earn two bronze medals in the road race and individual time trial. Paralympics Australia and the national cycling federation said her family is grieving the unexpected loss, remembering her...

Bangladesh tribunal issues death sentences against ousted prime minister in student-protest crackdown case

A special tribunal in Bangladesh has imposed death sentences on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and ex-home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, holding them responsible for a violent state response to a student uprising last year, according to the court’s decision released Monday. Both former officials were tried in absentia after leaving for India, which has said it will not extradite them. The International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka ruled that the pair authorized actions that contributed to widespread casualties during nationwide demonstrations over a contested public-sector quota system. The pr...

Trump signs funding bill to end record 43-day U.S. government shutdown

President Donald Trump has signed a long-delayed government funding bill, formally ending the United States’ record 43-day shutdown that left hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay and disrupted key public services...

Pakistan probes deadly Islamabad court bombing that killed 12

Authorities in Pakistan are investigating a suicide bombing that left 12 people dead outside a district court in Islamabad, an attack that has renewed concerns about the country’s fragile security situation. Officials said forensic experts and police teams were examining the blast site on Wednesday, while families gathered at a local hospital to claim the bodies of their relatives. The explosion occurred a day earlier near the court complex, striking one of the capital’s busiest judicial areas. The bombing comes as Pakistan continues to face a wave of militant violence, particularly from g...

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Fifteen people accused in B.C. extortion cases file refugee claims, CBSA confirms

Canada’s border agency says 15 foreign nationals linked to ongoing extortion investigations have submitted refugee claims, a move that has drawn concern from local officials in Surrey as the region continues to grapple with a surg...

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