Hundreds still missing as Hong Kong apartment blocks blaze kills at least 55

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Fire at apartment complex is still yet to be fully extinguished, with as many as 279 residents missing

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City’s leader says fire across seven buildings now ‘basically under control’

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High Court challenge says law imposing ban is ‘grossly excessive’ and infringes on ‘constitutional right of freedom of political communication’

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Live feed from scene shows firefighters dousing fierce flames at Tai Po high-rise complex

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Potential expansion appears in line with leader Kim Jong Un’s directive for ‘exponential growth’ of nuclear weapons

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Hakyung Lee attempted to kill herself and her children but woke up to find them unresponsive

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Activists denounce ‘egregious’ decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status that may force 4,000 Myanmarese citizens to return home

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Patients who listen to music during surgery need less propofol for staying unconscious and fewer additional doses of fentanyl to control spikes in blood pressure or heart rate

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Beijing says ‘shocking’ to see Tokyo sending wrong signal to Taiwan

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