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Hong Kong firefighters battled a blaze early Friday that broke out at a construction site in the city’s popular shopping district. The fire erupted at the site of The Mariners’ Club redevelopment project in the densely populated Tsim Sha Tsui district at about 11 p.m. on Thursday night. Multiple floors …

A skyscraper erupted into flames in Hong Kong on Friday, local time. The fire broke out in the early morning of March 3 in Tsim Sha Tsui at the site of an under-construction skyscraper in one of the city’s shopping districts. 13 HOSPITALIZED AFTER FIRE ERUPTS AT HONG KONG’S WORLD …

A painting by Wassily Kandinsky that spent decades in a Dutch museum after its Jewish owner was murdered in the Holocaust has sold at auction for $44.9 million. “Murnau mit Kirche II” (“Murnau with Church II”) set a record price for the Russian artist in a sale at Sotheby’s in …

President William Ruto of Kenya criticized a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows an activist to register an LGBTQ rights organization, reiterating Thursday that the country’s stance on same-sex marriage remained unchanged. The national board that oversees non-governmental organizations had denied the activist’s registration request. Kenya’s High Court and the …

A Pakistani court on Thursday released an anti-government retired army general after the man was arrested on charges of inciting the public and government employees against national institutions, his lawyer said. The release of retired Lt. Gen. Amjad Shoaib, a vocal supporter of ousted premier Imran Khan, reflected the government’s …

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un announced his regime will take stronger control of the nation’s agricultural sector amid the ongoing food shortage.  Kim revealed the plan for more state intervention during a four-day conference with Workers’ Party of Korea officials, according to state media.  NORTH KOREA HOLDS CONFERENCE TO …

flash Albania’s prime minister on Thursday denied that he had bribed or given preferential treatment to a former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official who has been indicted in the United States. Edi Rama, leader of the ruling Socialists, told Parliament that the opposition wanted “to politically exploit a legal process in …

Australian police in the northeast city of Cairns charged Indian national Rajwinder Singh with murder Thursday, two years after Australia first applied for his extradition from India. Singh, 38, has denied killing Toyah Cordingley, 24, as she walked her dog along Wangetti Beach north of Cairns in October 2018. He …

UNITED NATIONS, New York — Estonia has criticized NATO allies for not doing enough to continue supporting Ukraine as Russia’s invasion drags on past the one-year mark, and it also raised concerns that the U.N. may not be able to fulfill its duty in holding those in power responsible for …

Iran’s president on Wednesday ordered authorities to investigate a series of incidents in which noxious fumes have sickened students at girls’ schools, which some officials suspect are attacks targeting women’s education. Hundreds of girls at around 30 schools have been sickened since November, with some winding up in hospital beds. …