Thursday, November 27, 2025

World

UPDATE: Death toll in Hong Kong high-rise fire rises to 36

HONG KONG - At least 36 people were killed and 279 were missing on Wednesday after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades ripped through high-rise residential towers sheathed in flammable...

Trump says he would prefer not to extend Obamacare subsidies

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want to extend Obamacare...

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders Bolsonaro to begin 27-year prison term

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin his 27-year prison sentence for his failed coup he launched...

13 killed in Hong Kong high-rise housing complex blaze

A fire spread across multiple high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex on Wednesday, killing at least 13...

US to terminate deportation protection for Myanmar nationals

The United States announced it was ending deportation protection for those from civil war-torn Myanmar, the latest nation...

Fifty children escape after mass school abduction in Nigeria

Fifty of the 315 children kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in Nigeria's Niger State on Friday have escaped.The Christian Association of Nigeria...

Tourist tax expected to be introduced for London

The mayor of London has cautiously welcomed reports that he is to impose a tourist levy on visitors staying overnight in the capital.Chancellor Rachel...

Nigeria sees one of worst mass abductions as 315 taken from school

More than 300 children and staff are now thought to have been kidnapped by gunmen from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, making it...

Ukraine allies to hold talks on White House peace plan at G20

Ukraine's allies will seek to "strengthen" a US plan to end the war with Russia when they meet at the G20 summit in South...

Trump to meet incoming New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani

New York's incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and US President Donald Trump plan to meet on Friday at the White House, after months of trading...

Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board after Epstein emails

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers has resigned from the OpenAI board, he said on Wednesday, several days after Congress released documents that showed...