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13 people killed in fire engulfing Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings, fire services say

HONG KONG (AP) — A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, the city's fire services said Wednesday.

Nine people were declared dead at the scene and four others who were sent to the hospital were later confirmed dead, authorities told reporters. At least 15 others were injured.

About 700 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters.

The raging fire sent up a column of flames and thick smoke as it spread quickly on bamboo scaffolding and construction netting... Read More

UK's Treasury chief delivers budget following unprecedented leak that outlined all her plans

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Treasury chief Rachel Reeves stood up Wednesday to deliver a crucial tax-raising budget statement to lawmakers following an unprecedented leak from the government's independent forecaster that basically laid out her measures.

The biggest change in terms of money raised, according to the leak from the Office for Budget Responsibility, is freezing the levels at which earners pay Britain’s different tax levels, meaning as wages rise, more people fall into higher tax brackets.

Other measures include a mansion tax on high-valued properties,... Read More

Kremlin confirms US envoy's visit as talks on ending war in Ukraine gain momentum

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Kremlin official confirmed Wednesday that U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow next week as efforts to find a consensus on ending the nearly four-year war between Russia and Ukraine pick up speed.

But Yuri Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser, insisted that Kremlin officials still haven't seen a U.S. peace proposal, even though representatives of the United States, Russia and Ukraine held talks earlier this week in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

“Contact is ongoing, including via... Read More

Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging the world-first legislation in court.

The Sydney-based Digital Freedom Project said it had filed a constitutional challenge in the High Court on Wednesday to a law due to take effect on Dec. 10 banning Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on specified platforms.

Communications Minister Anika Wells referred to the challenge when she later told Parliament her... Read More

Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As a general rule, it's difficult to sue the U.S. Postal Service for lost, delayed or mishandled mail.

But a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a Texas landlord who alleges her mail was deliberately withheld for two years is looking to challenge that, in a proceeding the cash-strapped Postal Service says could prompt a deluge of lawsuits over the very common, if frustrating, phenomenon of missing mail. That concern takes on particular resonance during the holiday season, when the volume of mail — billions of sentimental items from Christmas... Read More

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13 people killed in fire engulfing Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings, fire services say

UK's Treasury chief delivers budget following unprecedented leak that outlined all her plans

Kremlin confirms US envoy's visit as talks on ending war in Ukraine gain momentum

Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challenge

Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court

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