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Lead: Hong Kong officials said the deadly blaze that swept a public housing estate in Tai Po has killed 128 people and left up to 200 unaccounted for, with 79 injured, after firefighters contained the fire 42 hours after it began. Authorities identified the initial outbreak in Wang Cheong House, Block 6 of Wang Fuk … Read more

Lead: On Nov. 28, Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office carried out searches at premises linked to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, as part of the Energoatom corruption probe. The investigation centers on alleged graft tied to the state nuclear operator, and eight suspects have already been … Read more

Lead Google CEO Sundar Pichai joined a growing chorus of tech leaders in late 2025 arguing that orbital data centers could be a practical response to surging AI compute needs. Speaking about Project Suncatcher on Google’s podcast and in November announcements, Pichai said he hopes a Google TPU will be in space by 2027. The … Read more

Lead: The digital edition of Stranger Things: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series, Season 5 — Volume 1 — was released on Nov. 28, 2025, delivering classic pop and rock cuts heard in the first four episodes. The collection features tracks by Michael Jackson, ABBA, The Psychedelic Furs and Tiffany, among others. Physical formats for the … Read more

Updated November 28, 2025 Lead Black Friday 2025 has produced deep discounts and unusual promotions across Apple products, with major retailers and carriers rolling out limited-time offers. Highlights include AirPods 4 hitting their lowest-ever price ($69), multiple carriers offering an iPhone 17 at no upfront cost with new unlimited plans, and bargains on Mac mini … Read more

On Nov. 28, 2025, a devastating fire tore through the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong, leaving 128 confirmed dead and roughly 200 people unaccounted for. Fire crews worked through smoldering floors and pockets of embers while authorities suspended nonessential activities to concentrate on rescue and recovery. More than 70 residents … Read more

Lead: For Friday, November 28, 2025, the Moon is in Pisces and the daily Moon Alert notes there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. Still, the lunar placement forms tense angles with Mars and the Sun, making conversations and shared finances vulnerable to friction across many signs. Readers in work, family or … Read more

On Thanksgiving, Nov. 28, 2025, Joe Burrow returned from a nine-game absence and the Cincinnati Bengals beat the Baltimore Ravens 32-14 in Cincinnati. Burrow completed a high-volume first half and finished with 261 passing yards, two touchdown passes and no interceptions as Cincinnati built a second-half margin. The Bengals’ defense created five turnovers and provided … Read more

November 28, 2025 — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that one member of the West Virginia National Guard who was shot near the White House has died after being critically wounded the previous day. The soldier, identified as US Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, from Webster Springs, West Virginia, was shot on Wednesday and later … Read more

Financial Times reports that a group of OpenAI’s commercial partners and backers have accumulated about $100 billion of debt to finance AI-related investments and expansion. The report frames the figure as a collective exposure tied to financing arrangements intended to accelerate model development, datacenter capacity and product roll-outs. The story raises questions about balance-sheet risk, … Read more

Updated 2:56 AM EST, November 28, 2025 — CNN Underscored’s shopping team has rounded up 13 standout Black Friday laptop and desktop bargains currently available online and in stores. The list covers budget Chromebooks and ultraportable MacBooks to high-performance gaming rigs, and it highlights price drops verified by editor testing and price-tracking tools. Notable examples … Read more

On November 27, 2025, Asian markets eased as a global equity advance ran into a pause after trades were disrupted by a technical fault at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. S&P 500 futures signaled the U.S. benchmark would post its first monthly loss since April before the outage affected交易 flows. The disruption, traced to a data-center … Read more

Lead: Deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived in neighbouring Senegal late on Thursday after being released by the military that overthrew his government this week. Senegal’s foreign ministry said he landed on a chartered military flight and was ‘safe and sound’. The coup in Guinea-Bissau took place on Wednesday, a day before provisional results from … Read more

On Nov. 28, 2025, a Soyuz MS-28 rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and delivered three astronauts safely to the International Space Station, but the facility’s only operational crewed launchpad, Site 31/6, sustained significant blast damage during liftoff. Post-launch footage released by Roscosmos shows large structural elements displaced into the pad’s flame trench and … Read more

On Nov. 27, 2025, a shooting in Washington that wounded two National Guard members and left Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom dead became a focal point of presidential remarks and policy moves over Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. President Trump, during a video call thanking military personnel, announced the death and described the attack in stark terms, while … Read more