HONG KONG: A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left nearly 300 missing may have been spread by unsafe scaffolding and foam materials used during maintenance work, police said on Thursday. Working through the night, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped

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RIO CAUTO: Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history. By day, families walk toward the nearest river to fill plastic containers with water and by night, they squeeze together to sleep under

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VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkiye and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast tensions and the media glare that will document history’s first American pope on the road. Leo is fulfilling a trip Pope Francis planned

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has warned Afghanistan that its recent tensions with Islamabad will cause the country to be totally isolated globally and ultimately result in its “collapse” as bilateral tensions surge again.  Asif was reacting to Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid, who accused Pakistan of launching overnight airstrikes in Afghanistan on

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BERNALILLO: Unconditional love. That’s what Vangie Randall-Shorty felt the moment she first held her son. She still feels it — even though Zachariah Shorty is now gone. “I carry him in my heart every day,” she said, while trying to find the words to describe the wave of emotions that washed over her Monday when

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National parks announce ‘America-first’ upcharges for foreign visitors  The Washington Post Department of the Interior Announces Modernized, More Affordable National Park Access  U.S. Department of the Interior (.gov) Trump Administration Will Raise Prices for Foreign Tourists at National Parks  The New York Times US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans  The Guardian Trump admin

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NEW DELHI: Indian airlines Air India and Akasa Air said on Tuesday they were canceling some flights after ash plumes from a volcano eruption in Ethiopia disrupted operations.Air India said it had canceled 11 flights on Monday and Tuesday to make precautionary checks on aircraft that had flown over some locations after the eruption, following

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ISLAMABAD: The Afghan government on Tuesday accused Pakistan of carrying out overnight airstrikes in three eastern provinces that killed at least 10 civilians, including nine children and a woman, as Pakistan’s military separately announced it had killed 22 militants in an intelligence-based operation in its northwest region bordering Afghanistan. The Taliban regime in Kabul said

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49ers def. Panthers: Final score, takeaways, highlights and reaction from MNF  CBS Sports Ways to Watch and Listen: Panthers vs. 49ers | Week 12 ‘Monday Night Football’  49ers.com 49ers top Panthers, as Christian McCaffrey beats former team  ESPN How to watch, listen and follow: Carolina at San Francisco 49ers in Week 12  Panthers.com Panthers vs. 49ers MNF Highlights: 49ers

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Trump designates chapters of Muslim Brotherhood ‘foreign terrorist organizations’  The Washington Post Trump begins process of designating Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist groups  The Guardian Trump orders blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood branches as ‘terrorist’ groups  Al Jazeera Trump Moves Toward Labeling Parts of Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorists  The New York Times Trump signals plan to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist

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