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A 1-year-old was among 159 killed in Hong Kong apartment fires. 30 others remain missing

HONG KONG (AP) - The death toll of Hong Kong's high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating some fire alarms during maintenance work at the housing complex. The youngest person who died in the fire ...
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Photos capture the moment 51 couples tie the knot in Indonesian mass wedding ceremony

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - There were sighs of relief and expressions of gratitude under the giant dome of a grand mosque in Jakarta on Wednesday as 51 couples exchanged wedding vows in a mass Muslim wedding. Most of the couples, who live in Jakarta, were ...
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EU updates asylum guidance for Syrians a year after Assad’s fall

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The European Union on Wednesday issued updated guidance for asylum applications by Syrian nationals that reflects new conditions in Syria a year after the fall of the Bashar Assad. The changes may influence the result of asylum requests of some ...
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Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini faces corruption accusations in fraud probe

LUXEMBOURG (AP) - The European Union's former foreign policy chief faces corruption accusations alongside two other people arrested this week as part of a fraud investigation, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday. Authorities in Belgium made the arrests on Tuesday after raiding the ...
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Zelenskiy says Ukrainian negotiator Umerov to hold talks in Brussels

KYIV, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Senior Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks in Brussels on Wednesday with European leaders' national security advisers and then visit the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. He was speaking after U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve ...
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Norway government secures budget backing, preventing cabinet fall

By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Norway's governing Labour Party said on Wednesday it had reached agreement with four left-wing parties in parliament on a 2026 fiscal budget, ending a standoff that had threatened to bring down Prime Minister Jonas ...
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India rolls back order to preinstall cybersecurity app on smartphones

NEW DELHI (AP) - India's telecoms ministry on Wednesday rolled back its order for smartphone manufacturers to preinstall a government-run cybersecurity app on new devices. The Ministry of Communications on Monday asked smartphone makers to install the government's "Sanchar Saathi" app within 90 days and ...
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Serbian parliament adopts 2026 budget, sets deficit at 3%

BELGRADE, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Serbia's parliament on Wednesday adopted the country's 2026 budget, setting a fiscal deficit of 337 billion dinars ($3.35 billion), or 3% of gross domestic product. The budget sets total revenues at 2,414.7 billion dinars and expenditure at 2,751.7 billion dinars. ...
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Thailand lifts ban on afternoon alcohol sales in time for year-end holiday festivities

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand on Wednesday lifted a 53-year-old ban on the afternoon retail sale of alcoholic drinks, a move expected to help boost year-end holiday tourism, as well as business at venues such as bars and convenience stores. The ban from 2 p.m. to ...
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Iran’s currency falls to a new low as nuclear sanctions squeeze its ailing economy

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's rial currency fell Wednesday to a new low of 1.2 million to a U.S. dollar as nuclear sanctions squeeze Tehran's ailing economy. Traders offered the new exchange rate as attempts so far to restart negotiations between America and Iran over ...
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Chinese former anti-graft official sentenced to 15 years for bribery

(Refiles to change date to Wednesday, not Tuesday in paragraph 1) BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China's former senior anti-corruption inspector, Li Gang, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for accepting bribes worth more than 102 million yuan ($14.44 million), state broadcaster CCTV ...
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Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159

HONG KONG, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The death toll in a fire that ripped through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong last week has risen to 159, police said on Wednesday. A total of 140 of them had been identified - 91 of them women ...
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