Fire in packed Hong Kong building kills five, dozens in hospital
Hong Kong Reuters A fire broke out in a densely populated residential building in Hong Kong’s bustling Kowloon district on Wednesday, killing five people and injuring 35 others, the city’s hospital authority and fire services said. People inside the 16-storey building waved towels at windows to signal for rescue, broadcaster RTHK said, adding that the […]
Seven killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine says
Odesa, Ukraine Reuters A Russian drone attack that killed seven people including an infant and a two-year-old on Saturday could have been avoided if Ukraine was not facing delays to weapons supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. The drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa. A general view shows an […]
Death toll in strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia rises to 11 – officials
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters The death toll from a Russian missile strike that hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia rose to 11 on Saturday after a woman’s body was found in the debris, the state emergency service said. One child was among those killed in Thursday’s early-morning strike on the five-storey […]