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November 27, 2025

‘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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November 27, 2025

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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November 27, 2025

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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November 27, 2025

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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November 26, 2025

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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October 15, 2025

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...

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October 09, 2025

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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September 25, 2025

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...

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September 24, 2025

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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September 24, 2025

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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September 11, 2025

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...

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August 21, 2025

Supporting freedom of expression is not wrong, Jimmy Lai’s lawyer tells court

Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 daysA lawyer for Jimmy Lai has argued that...

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