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An arm of the Chinese government warned foreign media outlets Saturday against covering a Nov. 26 Hong Kong high-rise fire ...

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Newly released 911 calls from the deadly Texas Hill Country flood reveal desperate pleas for help as the waters rose, killing ...

Beijing’s effort to tamp down unrest ahead of the vote extended to foreign media who were issued a rare warning to temper ...

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In the Sorkam subdistrict of North Sumatra, the widespread devastation was visible from space. Imagery captured by the ...

Emergency crews are racing against time after catastrophic floods and landslides struck parts of Asia, killing more than ...

Nightclubs in Goa are fire hazards. Experts say many operate without fire department NOCs. Pyrotechnics and combustible ...