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Hong Kong blaze spotlights enduring role of city’s foreign domestic helpers

By Nicoco Chan, Mei Mei Chu and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Indonesian domestic helper Fita spoke of the confusion inside the Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex as it was engulfed in flames on Wednesday in the city's deadliest fire since 1948. Amid ...
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Pope removes shoes but doesn’t pray on visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

By Joshua McElwee ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of ...
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Australian PM Albanese marries partner in private ceremony

SYDNEY, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Anthony Albanese became the first Australian prime minister to tie the knot while in office when he married his partner Jodie Haydon in a private ceremony on Saturday. The wedding was widely expected to be held this year after Albanese ...
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Thai family trapped by floods clings to furniture for 48 hours to survive

By Athit Perawongmetha HAT YAI, Thailand, Nov 29 (Reuters) - When floodwaters swept into Amphorn Kaeophengkro's home in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai last Saturday, there was no time to escape. Instead, her family of eight rushed to the second floor as ...
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Death toll from floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka rises to 123, with 130 people still missing

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - The death toll from heavy floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka rose to 123, with 130 people still missing, authorities said Saturday. Nearly 44,000 people have been displaced and are in temporary shelters, the South ...
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Grateful to be alive, residents who escaped the Hong Kong apartment blaze wonder what comes next

HONG KONG (AP) - It was just after 3 p.m. when William Li received the unusual call from his wife, who was at work, saying she'd heard from a friend that their building was on fire. There were no alarms, no signs of smoke ...
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Russian attacks kill 2 in Kyiv as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least two people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said. The attacks came just before a second round of peace negotiations was set to begin, as ...
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Olympics-Britain hockey great Sherwani dies aged 63

(Reuters) -Imran Sherwani, who sparkled with two goals in Britain's 3-1 field hockey final against West Germany at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, has died aged 63, his family announced on Thursday. Sherwani's second goal and Britain's third in the clash in the South ...
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Authorities probe corruption and negligence in Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades has raised questions about corruption and negligence in the renovations of the apartment complex where at least 128 people died. An intense fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court complex in Hong Kong's northern suburbs ...
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Death toll from floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island rises to 248, authorities say

AGAM, Indonesia (AP) - Rescue workers in Indonesia struggled on Saturday to reach victims in several devastated areas that were hit by an earthquake and tsunami, and authorities feared the confirmed death toll of 248 would rise further. The areas were largely cut off by ...
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This African nation built its development on diamonds. Now it’s crashing down

GABORONE, Botswana (AP) - In a village outside Botswana 's capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career - and an entire nation's economy - built on diamonds had fallen so far, so fast. For 17 ...
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Hong Kong mourns victims of apartment blaze that killed 128 and counting

By John Geddie and Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong's leaders oversaw a ceremony on Saturday to mourn the at least 128 people killed in a high-rise apartment complex fire, a toll that is likely to rise further with 200 others still unaccounted for ...
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