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After spending 12 gruelling hours battling the Tai Po inferno, frontline firefighter Ah Fai* could not have imagined that, barely a year later, his department would find itself under the harsh glare of public scrutiny. The trauma of that night is still raw. He remembers burning debris from the bamboo scaffolding rai…
Charlie Levy soon bring another Happy Corner brand, Yalla Motek, to Madison Avenue.
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- E-commerce giant Coupang, Inc. said Wednesday it swung...
"Overpriced slop," one burger lover spat.
Barca took early lead through Lamine Yamal before Raphinha continued fine goal-scoring form with a second-half brace.
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- E-commerce giant Coupang, Inc. said Wednesday it swung...
Dr Simon Craig resigns from a health service at the centre of a years-long political storm over the controversial $558 million redevelopment of Albury's hospital.
Dramatic rescue footage released by fire department showed a first responder descending into the hole
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is playing with fire by launching a “special operation” on Russia’s border Read Full Article at RT.com
It has been nearly 130 years since SA's biggest earthquake, but after a tremor last week, authorities are staying prepared.
Authorities have released a frantic 911 call from the hero father who shot and killed a gunman after the killer opened fire at an Oregon elementary school, leaving a teacher and three children dead.
The warmer temperatures follow a string of thunderstorms overnight that brought strong winds and rainfall.
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook Baja California on Election Day Tuesday with some Californians also feeling the effects.
Physical Oil Flips From Bidding War To Fire Sale As Gulf Barrels Flood Back For much of the past two months, the most important oil price in the world was the one nobody saw on TV.While ICE Brent futures chopped around in a range, the price of actual, deliverable barrels went parabolic: as we noted at the time, Date…
Top officials from Israel's defense establishment, the Foreign Ministry, and the Finance Ministry all fell out of their seats when Trump suddenly announced the end of decades of US military support.
Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district Israeli air strikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Jabal in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district with artillery fire, the National News Agency reported. Israeli forces also opened machine-gun fire towards the entrance of Kunin, a town in the same…
The doomed $2 million aicraft, en route to the Bahamas from Texas, was flying through a storm when it suddenly stalled, likely between 35,000 and 37,000 feet, and began plummeting before crashing and exploding in a fireball near a trailer park in Palm Beach County, Florida.
SOME 190 housing units have been turned over to the municipal government of Caoayan, Ilocos Sur, providing permanent shelters for families displaced by a magnitude 7 earthquake and a series of typhoons that devastated Region 1 (Ilocos Region) in 2022, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD)…
First lady Melania Trump will host Russia-Ukraine peace talks at the White House in hopes of building upon a limited cease-fire she brokered for a besieged Ukrainian city.
"They kind of were the ones who lit that fire in me and reminded me that there’s so many people that are supporting me," Awbrey told "Virtual Reali-Tea."
A deadly cross-country storm is threatening 120 million people across 35 states with heavy rain and flash flooding on Election Day.
Green’s ejection 2 minutes into the second half Monday night awakened the sleep-walking Warriors.
Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono is at the centre of a social media storm after the death of Tenerife's Jesus de Miguel.
In late April, Liberty general manager Jonathan Kolb expressed a willingness of “being patient with the process” after hiring a first-time WNBA head coach in Chris DeMarco. Six months later, that patience has apparently worn out. The Liberty fired DeMarco on Tuesday after one season, The Post confirmed. When the Lib…
Renewed strikes on Black Sea shipping imperil grain exports, drive up food prices and deepen global food insecurity.
Live Wire lost no admirers in his brave second last start and trainer Douglas Whyte has high hopes for the progressive sprinter going one better at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Chasing a third straight win after a pair of Class Four victories, the Tassort four-year-old drew high praise from Whyte once again when…
Severe cyclonic storm uproots trees and downs power lines, days after another cyclone battered the same region.
An explosion followed by a fire at a metallurgical plant in Cameroon has left at least 4 people dead and 16 others seriously injured. The incident took place in Douala on Monday morning on the premises of Metafrique Steel in the Bassa industrial zone.
Western officials say possible Anglo-French force would also not rely on US systems or technology such as StarlinkBritish troops and their European allies would be allowed to fire back if attacked by Russians when potentially stationed as peacekeepers in Ukraine after a ceasefire, western officials said.The Anglo-Fr…
Beijing has formally removed Hong Kong’s housing chief, Winnie Ho Wing-yin, from her post, after she resigned last week to take political responsibility for the deadly Tai Po fire. According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, the State Council removed Ho from office on Tuesday on the recommendation of Chief Execut…
But then the defending champs woke up. OG Anunoby caught fire, Josh Hart provided a spark and the Knicks ultimately cakewalked to a 103-90 victory over the Nets Monday at MSG.
Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. Submissions should not exceed 400 words. The deadly blaze at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court exposed structural weaknesses in Hong Kong’s maintena…
KYIV— A massive amount of water from unusually heavy rain was flowing through flood-weary parts of the Southwest on Monday, forcing hundreds of evacuations and keeping swift-water rescue teams busy.
A trough over southern inland Queensland has already triggered a line of severe storms this morning.
An Adelaide council is under fire after choosing to spend $50,000 on building a single drinking fountain.
An explosion followed by a fire at a metallurgical plant in Cameroon has left at least 4 people dead and 16 others seriously injured. The incident took place in Douala on Monday morning on the premises of Metafrique Steel in the Bassa industrial zone.
Don't leave us hanging, Hollingsworth fam!
Rick Pitino and the nation’s No. 13-ranked Johnnies will peel back the curtains at Lou Carnesecca Arena Monday night.
Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson, who has come under fire in the past for antisemitic statements, claimed in a lengthy post on X that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pressuring Trump to nuke the Islamic Republic.
The weather service issued flood warnings and watches for nearly all of Arizona and parts of southern Utah, southwestern Colorado and western New Mexico, in addition to part of southern Nevada.
Fire and rescue teams are working to extinguish the fire, which involved lithium batteries that caused secondary explosions and thick smoke.
Charles, unlike his wife, was not immediately given an umbrella to shield him from the torrential downpour.
Leader Kim Jong-un called for faster development of drone and AI technology for military use.
A series of storms have dumped hail on communities across the south-east through Monday afternoon and evening.
The child was found dead after the fire at a home in Collie, in WA's South West, on Sunday afternoon.
“Debris was everywhere. Debris hit my house. Everything was on fire. The road was on fire," nearby resident Anthony Blackmon said.
This major Commonwealth meeting couldn’t have come at a worse time for the prime minister. His appearances will be carefully stage-managed.
In Sagada, lighting fires on graves serves as an act of remembrance meant to warm and guide the spirits of departed loved ones
Aguia Resources has posted a more than threefold increase in quarterly revenue to $639,000, signalling a turnaround as its South American gold and phosphate projects begin to deliver cash flow.
SAGADA Philippines — Tiny pinewood bonfires burned through the night at a mountain cemetery as the largely Christian Philippines remembered its dead, turning the fog-shrouded hilltop into a vast, fragrant altar of light.
