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More Arrests Made as Hong Kong Death Toll Hits 128

Search for victims of city's deadliest fire in decades is ongoing

(Newser) - Hong Kong firefighters found dozens more bodies Friday during an intensive apartment-by-apartment search of a high-rise tower complex, after a massive fire engulfed seven of its eight buildings. The death toll in one of the city's deadliest blazes is now at least 128.
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Hong Kong Fire Survivor: Our Windows Were Covered

And he says no alarm sounded

(Newser) - As the death toll continues to mount in Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades, the New York Times describes one survivor's chance escape. The Wang Fuk Court high-rise complex had been under renovation for more than a year, and Lau Yu Hung, 78, says most of his 19th-floor...

3 Arrested in Connection With Hong Kong Fire
3 Arrested in Connection
With Hong Kong Fire
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Nov 27, 2025 6:41 AM CST

3 Arrested in Connection With Hong Kong Fire

Construction company execs accused of gross negligence in high-rise fire that killed at least 55

(Newser) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades burned through the night, leaving at least 55 people dead and 290 missing as of 6pm local time Thursday, reports the Guardian . Police arrested three men on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the fire which began Wednesday afternoon in a housing complex...

Almost 300 Missing in Hong Kong High-Rise Fire

Death toll hits 36 in city's deadliest fire in decades

(Newser) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades blazed late into the night on Wednesday as the city's leader confirmed at least 36 people, including a firefighter, had died and another 279 people were reported missing. Hundreds of residents were evacuated as the blaze spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings...

Deadly Inferno Engulfs 7 Hong Kong High-Rises

At least 13 people have been killed and others are trapped

(Newser) - A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, including a firefighter, and leaving others still trapped. Authorities said nine people were declared dead at the scene and four others who were sent to the hospital were later confirmed...

Cargo Plane Skids Off Runway Into Car, Both Fall Into Sea

Tragedy kills 2 in Hong Kong

(Newser) - A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security patrol car before both fell into the sea early Monday, killing the two people in the car, authorities said. The plane's four crew members were unhurt. The Boeing 747, flown by Turkey-based ACT Airlines, was...

Beijing Has '4 Don'ts' for Top US Diplomat in Hong Kong

Julie Eadeh has been warned against meeting pro-democracy figures

(Newser) - Beijing's top diplomat in Hong Kong met with the city's new US consul general this week to warn her against interfering in the territory's internal affairs, his office said in a statement on Thursday. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Hong Kong office of China's foreign ministry,...

Massive Typhoon's Winds Jolted Hong Kong Out of Bed

Storm, which has already killed dozens in Taiwan, Philippines, rips through HK, southern China

(Newser) - Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest such storms in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned the seas rough along the southern Chinese coast on Wednesday, after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines. In Taiwan, 17 people died in a flooded township, while...

Boxes Labeled 'Plastic Animal Toys' Were Worth $1.4M

NY man pleads guilty to trying to illegally smuggle some 850 turtles to Hong Kong

(Newser) - A New York resident has admitted he tried to smuggle protected turtles worth more than $1 million from the United States to Hong Kong by shipping them in boxes labeled "plastic animal toys," reports the AP . Wei Qiang Lin, a Chinese national who lives in Brooklyn, pleaded guilty...

Buddha Relics Head Home After Auction Outcry

Sotheby's brokers a deal ensuring public access to ancient Piprahwa gems in India

(Newser) - Sotheby's has handed back to India a trove of 2,500-year-old jewels believed to be linked to the Buddha's remains following global outcry and an intense diplomatic campaign. The so-called Piprahwa Gems, unearthed in 1898 from a stupa near the Buddha's birthplace and considered one of...

China Sails Its Aircraft Carrier Into Hong Kong Waters
China Shows Off
Its Military Might
Jul 4, 2025 6:45 AM CDT

China Shows Off Its Military Might

It sails the Shandong into Hong Kong

(Newser) - China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday as part of a drive to drum up patriotism, days after the former British colony marked the 28th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. The Shandong entered the city's waters alongside another vessel from its battle...

HK Teachers: We're Getting 'Friendly Reminders' for July 4

Educators say they've been warned not to engage in Independence Day celebrations with students

(Newser) - If kids in Hong Kong are fascinated by Independence Day festivities in the US, that doesn't appear to be a fascination that educators can indulge. Teachers throughout the autonomous region say they've been receiving warnings to steer clear of July Fourth celebrations with their students, ostensibly to protect...

Report: Iran Is Importing Key Missile Chemicals From China

Ammonium perchlorate shipments are set to arrive in coming months, per WSJ

(Newser) - Iran is importing thousands of tons of ballistic missile ingredients from China, according to sources familiar with the transactions, with shipments of ammonium perchlorate, a key missile propellant, set to arrive in Iran in the coming months, reports the Wall Street Journal . The materials could produce hundreds of ballistic...

Rubio: 'The World Will Never Forget' Tiananmen Square

China has been trying to erase June 4, 1989, massacre from history

(Newser) - For most Chinese, the 36th anniversary of a bloody crackdown that ended pro-democracy protests in China passed like any other weekday. And that's just how the ruling Communist Party wants it. Security was tight Wednesday around Beijing's Tiananmen Square, where weeks of student-led protests shook the party in...

Top 10 Countries for Life Expectancy

Monaco has world's highest life expectancy, at 88.6 years on average, per Visual Capitalist rankings

(Newser) - Life expectancy in the United States is an average of 78.6 years , but that doesn't hold a candle to how long people can expect to live in some other nations. Using data from the UN's World Population Prospects portal, Visual Capitalist looked at life expectancy at birth...

Hong Kong Suspends Parcels to 'Bullying' US
Hong Kong: No More
Parcels to the US
Apr 16, 2025 11:33 AM CDT

Hong Kong: No More Parcels to the US

Hongkong Post cites 'exorbitant and unreasonable fees' tied to tariffs

(Newser) - Hong Kong's post office will stop shipping small parcels to the United States after Washington announced plans to charge tariffs on small-value parcels from the southern Chinese city, the government said Wednesday, per the AP . The US government earlier announced that it would end a customs exception allowing small-value...

The 10 Richest Cities in the World
The 10 Richest
Cities in the World
Apr 12, 2025 9:00 AM CDT

The 10 Richest Cities in the World

New York is No. 1, while Chicago comes in at No. 10

(Newser) - One way to define a rich city is to count how many rich people live there. Conde Nast Traveler draws from the latest data to anoint New York City the richest in the world, given that it has more than 380,000 millionaires (up 45% in a year) and 66...

Pyrotechnics Drone Show Is for the Pandas

The spectacle, designed to build support and awareness, is Hong Kong's first

(Newser) - Hundreds gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to watch the city's first pyrotechnics drone show, as part of a campaign to raise support and awareness of panda conservation. The 10-minute drone show featured 1,000 drones, some of which were equipped with fireworks, flying over Hong Kong's Victoria...

This TV Family Caused Quite a Ruckus on Hong Kong Airline

Cathay Pacific apologizes for airing Tiananmen Square episode of Family Guy over national security

(Newser) - An in-flight showing of Family Guy might irk parents of younger kids due to its often-adult-themed content. But an episode of the Seth MacFarlane show recently offered on Cathay Pacific has prompted an apology from Hong Kong's flagship carrier to more than just parents, after a customer complained about...

Hong Kong Sentences 45 Pro-Democracy Activists

Jail time is seen as a warning against dissent

(Newser) - In Hong Kong's largest-ever national security trial, 45 former politicians and activists were sentenced to jail Tuesday. They are among the so-called "Hong Kong 47," the 47 people arrested in 2021 during a crackdown related to the national security law China imposed on the special administrative region...

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