2025 • Nov 28
Rescue operations at Hong Kong apartment complex ‘almost complete’, as death toll reaches 128
Firefighters comb through high-rises with as many as 200 people still missing, officials announce
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2025 • Nov 27
‘There should have been an alarm’: in air thick with acrid smoke, people in Hong Kong are reeling and angry
As apartment complex still blazes more than 24 hours after fire began, police suspect cause is owing to ‘grossly negligent’ action
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2025 • Nov 27
Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 44 with hundreds still missing
Three arrests made after huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday
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2025 • Nov 27
Hong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors after 55 killed and hundreds reported missing
Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district. Follow the latest updates live
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2025 • Nov 27
Hong Kong fire: police blame construction firm’s ‘gross negligence’ as death toll rises to 55
Three construction industry employees arrested after police allege unsafe scaffolding materials may have been behind fire’s rapid spread
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2025 • Nov 26
Bamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fire
Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is widely used by construction workers
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2025 • Oct 15
Exiled Hong Kong dissidents fear UK plan to restart extraditions will put them in danger
Legislative change comes five years after treaty suspended in response to city’s crackdown on pro-democracy activistsExiled Hong Kong dissidents say they fear UK government plans to restart ...
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2025 • Oct 09
HSBC makes £10bn bet on Hong Kong as ‘super-connector’ for China and west
Deal will mean Hang Seng Bank’s shares are taken off local stock exchange as HSBC doubles down on Asian business
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2025 • Sep 25
Weakened Super Typhoon Ragasa heads towards Vietnam after battering China and Hong Kong
Huge clear-up efforts start after storm leaves trail of destruction, with 25 reported dead in Taiwan and the Philippines Huge clear-up operations were under way in southern China and Hong Ko...
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2025 • Sep 24
Super Typhoon Ragasa: at least 14 killed in Taiwan as Hong Kong and southern China brace for impact
Strong winds, rain and flooding in Hong Kong after typhoon causes lake to burst in Taiwan’s Hualien county
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2025 • Sep 24
Typhoon Ragasa live: Two million people evacuated in southern China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines
Schools and businesses closed in Hong Kong and Guangdong as powerful winds and rain set to hit after destruction across Taiwan and Philippines
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2025 • Sep 11
Hong Kong criticised for rejecting bill giving ‘bare minimum’ rights to same-sex couples
Legislative council voted down a bill that was introduced to comply with an order from the city’s top courtHuman rights groups have accused the Hong Kong government of failing to provide the...
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