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Hong Kong says deficient netting spread deadly Wang Fuk blaze
Police say substandard fire-resistant netting was responsible for spreading the fire at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court.
![People pray as they lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near Wang Fuk Court housing estate to pay tribute to victims of the deadly fire at the housing complex, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, on Dec. 1, 2025. [Lam Yik/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764621522.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Police remove a protester (C) who was taking part in a demonstration in support of "Defend Our Juries" and their campaign against the ban on Palestine Action, outside the Royal Courts of Justice, Britain's High Court, in central London on Nov. 26, 2025. The co-founder of activist group Palestine Action challenged a UK government ban under anti-terror laws that has led to mass arrests, sparking free speech and civil liberties concerns. [Carlos Jasso/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/image-1764190392.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![French prosecutors dropped a similar case brought on against Apple subsidiaries in late 2024 [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-10-31T104337Z_1829598612_RC2OUGAO7XTU_RTRMADP_3_APPLE-STOCKS-1764176418.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Palestine Action’s legal challenge against UK government ban begins
Cofounder Huda Ammori says the ban is ‘one of the most extreme attacks on civil liberties in recent British history’.
FBI probes Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders
US lawmakers who warned military against following illegal orders slam ‘intimidation, harassment’, face FBI interviews.
Colombian court sentences Alvaro Uribe’s brother to 28 years in prison
A panel of three judges found Santiago Uribe guilty of homicide and criminal conspiracy for his ties to paramilitaries.
Brazil’s Supreme Court orders Jair Bolsonaro to begin prison sentence
The ex-president was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for trying to foment a coup after his election loss.
US judge dismisses criminal charges against James Comey, Letitia James
The court found that lawyer Lindsey Halligan had been illegally appointed to her role as acting US attorney under Trump.
Associated Press, Trump argue Oval Office access in federal appeals court
White House barred AP when it declined to refer to the ‘Gulf of Mexico’ as the ‘Gulf of America’ after Trump renamed it.
![Julie Pace, AP's executive editor said Trump’s decision to bar the AP “is a direct attempt to undercut the First Amendment” [File: Aaron Jackson / AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AP25324737259003-1764003073.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Brazil’s Supreme Court panel votes to keep Bolsonaro in police custody
Four justices voted to keep the former right-wing president in police custody after his ankle monitor was damaged.
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Mamdani says Israel is ‘committing genocide’ in Gaza at Trump meeting
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza at a meeting with President Trump.
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Bosnia’s Republika Srpska votes for Dodik’s successor: What to expect
The vote occurs at a time of rising secessionist rhetoric in the Serb-majority entity, and with Europe in wider tumult.
![A man walks past an election billboard showing Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, and his SNSD party's candidate Sinisa Karan, for Republika Srpska's presidential election, in the town of Banja Luka, Friday, November 21, 2025 [Radivoje Pavicic/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AP25325551187904-1763779374.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Former President Jair Bolsonaro asks to serve house arrest in Brazil
The right-wing leader has sought to appeal his 27-year sentence for allegedly fomenting a coup after his 2022 defeat.
