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Lead On Nov. 26, 2025, a fast-moving fire tore through Wang Fuk Court, a residential high-rise complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, killing at least 44 people and leaving 279 listed as missing. The blaze began in the mid-afternoon and spread across seven of the estate’s eight blocks, prompting a level 5 alarm and … Read more
Global equities were poised to wipe out November losses on Thursday as growing expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts lifted markets after a selloff driven by concerns over rich AI-related valuations. The MSCI All Country World Index rose for a fifth consecutive session on November 26, 2025, narrowing its month-to-date decline to about 0.5% after … Read more
Lead: A United Nations report published in November 2025 finds Jakarta’s metropolitan area now hosts an estimated 42 million people, surpassing Tokyo to become the world’s largest city by population. The World Urbanisation Prospects 2025 study applied a new, harmonised methodology to define urban extents and update global rankings. Dhaka ranks second with 37 million … Read more
Lead Japanese brewing group Asahi disclosed on Thursday that a ransomware attack in September has likely exposed personal information for more than 1.52 million customers and disrupted factory operations across Japan. The company said the breach was detected at a data centre on 29 September, and the incident forced staff to take orders manually and … Read more
Lead: A storm now over the West Coast is expected to track into the central Plains Friday and reach the Great Lakes region Saturday into Sunday, Nov. 29-30, likely bringing measurable snow to all of Lower Michigan. Forecast guidance from U.S. and European models has become more consistent, pointing to a prolonged 18-hour band of … Read more
Hong Kong police on Nov. 26, 2025 arrested three people tied to a construction company after a blaze at Wang Fuk Court that officials say became the city’s deadliest fire in decades. Authorities allege the company’s scaffolding materials and protective netting contributed to the rapid spread, and the suspects — two directors and a consultant … Read more
Nov. 26, 2025 — Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces announced they had taken control of the country on Wednesday, one day before the official announcement of presidential election results in the capital, Bissau. Gunfire was reported near the presidential palace and the national electoral commission, and a military spokesman said borders and airspace were closed and the … Read more
Lead: Millie Bobby Brown, 21, told The Hollywood Reporter she and David Harbour, 50, value their off-screen friendship after an online uproar following an alleged on-set complaint. The pair appeared together and amicable at the Stranger Things season 5 Los Angeles premiere on Nov. 6. A Daily Mail story on Nov. 1 suggested Brown filed … Read more
An Afghan national, identified by federal officials as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is the suspected shooter in a Nov. 26, 2025 ambush that wounded two National Guard members just blocks from the White House in downtown Washington, D.C. Law enforcement officials say the suspect was shot by a fellow Guard member at the scene and taken … Read more
LSU informed former head coach Brian Kelly on Wednesday that he has been terminated without cause, clearing the path for the university to pay the remaining $53 million on his contract. Kelly, 64, was dismissed by LSU on Oct. 26, eight games into his fourth season; he compiled a 34–14 record in three-plus seasons as … Read more
Lead: On Nov. 26, 2025 in London, Chancellor Rachel Reeves unveiled a budget that combined modest spending increases with tax rises aimed at higher earners and middle-income households. The immediate market response was positive: the pound strengthened against the dollar and government borrowing costs fell, easing short-term pressures on Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Labour MPs, … Read more
Lead: On Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, 2025, a Soyuz will lift three crew members from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). The crew—NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Mikaev—are scheduled to reach the orbiting lab about three hours after launch, with a planned docking to the … Read more
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy this week called on air travellers to show greater courtesy and to dress with more formality as part of a new Department of Transportation campaign launched ahead of the Thanksgiving travel surge. The campaign, titled “The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You”, juxtaposes archival footage of orderly airports with … Read more
Last month, a recorded phone call by White House envoy Steve Witkoff surfaced and, after Bloomberg published the transcript, set off intense debate in Washington about U.S. strategy toward the war in Ukraine. The conversation shows Witkoff telling a senior aide to President Vladimir V. Putin that President Trump would “give me a lot of … Read more
Lead: A three-judge federal panel ruled on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, that North Carolina’s new congressional map may remain in use for the 2026 elections, handing a legal victory to Republican lawmakers who drew the lines. The decision came in a nationally watched lawsuit challenging partisan mapmaking and follows similar fights in other states, including … Read more
