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HONG KONG: The death toll in a major fire that tore through a residential area in Hong Kong from Wednesday afternoon has risen to 94, said the Fire Department.

HONG KONG: The death toll in a major fire that tore through a residential area in Hong Kong from Wednesday afternoon has risen to 55, said the Fire Services Department (FSD) in a press briefing on Thursday.

NEW YORK: A local court in Georgia has dismissed a case, plagued by a prosecutorial scandal, against US President Donald Trump, charging him with conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results, which he lost.

NEW YORK: As the carnage continued in the Ukraine War, US President Donald Trump said that his peace plan has been “fine-tuned” with inputs from the two countries, and he is sending envoys to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to finalise a deal.

CANBERRA: The Australian government on Tuesday announced an almost 40 per cent funding boost for the national domestic, family and sexual violence support service in response to growing demand for support services.

TORONTO: A 51-year-old man from Punjab, visiting Canada on a six-month tourist visa, has been convicted of criminally harassing two teenage girls outside a high school in Sarnia, Ontario. Jagjit Singh, who arrived in July to meet his newborn grandchild, is now set to be deported and barred from re-entering Canada following the court’s ruling. 

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump met with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House, saying that he felt “confident” that Mamdani can do a “good job.”  

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump met with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House, saying that he felt “confident” that Mamdani can do a “good job.”

ISLAMABAD: At least 15 people were killed and several others injured after a gas explosion at a factory near Malikpur area in Pakistan's Faisalabad on Friday, the local media reported.