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Dozens killed in Hong Kong fire
More than forty people have died and hundreds are missing after a fire engulfed high-rise apartment blocks in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. Firefighte…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Taiwan to boost defence spending
Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te says China is stepping up military preparations to take the island by force. He's announced a $40 billion supplementa…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Brazil's Bolsonaro begins jail term
The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to begin his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup after the last election. Th…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Has the Ukraine conflict reached a turning point?
The Ukrainian authorities say Kyiv has reached a common understanding with the United States on the key terms of a peace agreement with Russia. Mosco…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Criminal cases against Trump critics dropped
A federal US judge has dismissed the criminal cases against the former FBI director James Comey and the New York Attorney General Letitia James, who'…
7 months ago
Nigeria to recruit extra police officers after abductions
The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria says 265 people are still missing after a mass kidnapping from a school in Niger state on Friday. Among those un…
7 months ago
US hails 'tremendous' progress at Ukraine talks
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has given an upbeat assessment of talks with Ukrainian officials about how to end the war with Russia. Mr Rub…
7 months ago
The Global Story: The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
The American lawyer, oil lobbyist and master strategist Don Pearlman is said to have chain-smoked his way through almost every UN climate gathering f…
7 months ago
COP30 deal fails to mention fossil fuels
The UN climate summit in Brazil has closed with a commitment to triple adaptation funding for developing countries, but there was no explicit mention…
7 months ago
The Happy Pod: Donating my kidney transformed a child's life
We hear about a rare meeting between a living organ donor and the child whose life was transformed by receiving her kidney. Aly Coyle says she was de…
7 months ago