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Hong Kong fire (PTI image) The death toll from the blaze at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex has risen to 128, authorities said on Friday. A news conference was addressed in which the officials confirmed that fire alarms in the affected buildings had not been operating properly when the fire broke out.Security Secretary Chris…

Emirates offers travelers Emirati desserts, Arabic coffee, festive cabin lighting, and ice entertainment for UAE National Day/Representative Image Emirates is celebrating 54 years of connecting people, cultures, and destinations with a special UAE Eid Al Etihad event on 2 December. This year, the airline is bringing the spirit of the UAE to life in the…

UAE rulers pardon 1,079 inmates for National Day / Image: File In a beautiful display of compassion leading up to the 54th UAE National Day (Eid Al Etihad), the Rulers of Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman have granted freedom to more than a thousand prisoners. This generous royal gesture aims to provide a second chance,…

Riyadh Metro sets record as world’s longest driverless / Image: File Hey, have you heard the huge news coming out of Riyadh? It’s official: the Riyadh Metro has just been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s longest fully driverless train network. This isn’t just a record; it’s a massive statement about the Kingdom’s…

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, left, share a Thanksgiving meal with soldiers on base during a visit to Fort Campbell (AP photo) US vice president JD Vance told troops in Kentucky on Wednesday that he plans to deep-fry a turkey this Thanksgiving because “it doesn’t actually taste that good”.Saying that Thanksgiving…

Indian-American leader Nikki Haley’s son, Nalin, distanced himself from his Indian roots saying that he was not going to have any “weird loyalty” to a country he had never visited.“All I’ve ever known is America … I’m not gonna have any sort of weird loyalty to a country where I’ve never been,” the New York…

Tucker Carlson, Piers Morgan (File photos) Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson challenged Piers Morgan to say a gay slur on camera while discussing free speech in the United Kingdom.During Wednesday’s episode of The Tucker Carlson Show, the topic arose after Carlson referenced a story from The Daily Mail about Elizabeth Kinney, a 34-year-old woman who was…

DHAKA: Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment in three cases filed over the Purbachal plot scam in Dhaka by the special judge court here on Thursday. Her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul received five-year jail sentences each in one of the three cases.Hasina – in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP) Russian president Vladimir Putin has said a revised US proposal “could form the basis” of a future Ukraine agreement, but only if Kyiv pulls its troops out of areas Moscow claims as its own. If Ukraine refuses, he warned, Russia will take the territory by force. The comments come as…

US president Donald Trump said on Thursday that Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard soldiers shot near the White House a day earlier, had died of her injuries. The second soldier, he said, was “fighting for his life”. Trump called Beckstrom a “highly respected, young, magnificent person” and said he learned of her…