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1. Death toll in Hong Kong fire rises to 83 as city rallies to help victims

   The death toll in Hong Kong’s worst fire in seven decades climbed to 83 on Thursday as many remained missing and a grief-stricken city rallied as one with authorities, private companies, charities and ordinary folks donating hundreds of millions to the victims and their families. The towering inferno that tore through seven blocks at a Tai Po housing estate under renovation was gradually brought...

2. EU’s von der Leyen will not go to China with French President Macron

   European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will not join French President Emmanuel Macron on his state visit to China next week, the Post has learned, in a break from recent tradition. Macron has included the European Union on his last few engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This was seen as an effort to “Europeanise” his dealings with Beijing. Von der Leyen went to Paris last...

3. Afghan suspect drove across US to attack National Guard members, officials say

   An Afghan national who worked for the CIA in his native country and arrived in the US in 2021 drove across the country from Washington state to shoot two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House, US officials said on Thursday. Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to provide a motive for Wednesday afternoon’s brazen act of violence,...

4. Want to donate in cash or kind? How to help Hong Kong’s embattled fire victims

   In the wake of the fire at Wang Fuk Court that devastated seven blocks of the estate in Tai Po on Wednesday, the Hong Kong community has swiftly rallied to support displaced families, with organisations establishing collection points for essential supplies. Here’s where you can offer your donations – in cash or kind – to aid the relief effort. 1. Support Fund for Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po Chief...

5. 2 break out of French jail in ‘old-fashioned’ bedsheets escape

   Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bedsheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said on Thursday. France has some of the worst prison overcrowding in Europe, and staff unions have complained that the state is neglecting normal jails as it moves narco criminals into new supermax prisons. Guards noticed that the two men had escaped from the jail in the eastern...

6. Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades spurs outpouring of aid for victims

   People from all walks of life in Hong Kong rallied in support of victims of the city’s deadliest fire in decades, with aid ranging from millions in cash donations by major business groups to grass roots efforts by civilians delivering essential supplies. The fire that erupted in seven blocks in Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Wednesday, killing at least 83 people, left thousands of residents...

7. Putin says Russia will stop fighting when Ukraine withdraws

   Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would end its Ukraine offensive if Kyiv withdrew from territory Moscow claims at its own – otherwise they would take it by force. The Russian army has been slowly but steadily grinding through eastern Ukraine in costly battles against outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces. Washington has meanwhile renewed its push to end the...

8. Hong Kong families endure unimaginable loss as fire death toll hits 83

   Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has torn apart families as the death toll climbed to 83 early Friday morning, with many heavy-hearted relatives continuing to search for missing loved ones. Firefighters searched late into the night, combing flats across seven blocks of Wang Fuk Court and finding more bodies. Authorities were yet to release details about the deceased and injured as the blaze...

9. Pope warns ‘piecemeal’ third world war ‘threatening’ humanity

   Pope Leo lamented that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday, and he warned that a third world war was being “fought piecemeal”, with humanity’s future at risk. In his first speech given overseas since his election in May to lead the 1.4 billion-member Church, Leo, the first US pope, said “ambitions and...

10. Fire probe centres on widespread use of flammable material by building firm

    The investigation into a deadly fire at a Hong Kong housing estate has centred on the use of flammable material in the scaffolding that covered the residential blocks, officials said on Thursday. Police arrested three men from the maintenance firm responsible for the buildings on suspicion of manslaughter, while the city’s anti-graft agency said it was looking into a possible case of...