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The fire at the Wang Fuk Court apartment building in Tai Po district, Hong Kong - China took many lives, especially at the ...

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High in the clouds of India's northeast lies Meghalaya, a land where mist drifts through valleys, villages and towns and forested mountains grace the landscape. Known as the Abode of Clouds, this ...

November 14th is the death anniversary of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives at Hang Tam Co. After 53 years lying in the ...

The best thing I read: Natalia Ginzburg’s novel Family and Borghesia (translated by Beryl Stockman) portrays the “ordinary” ...

Hong Kong's deadliest fire in three decades has spotlighted its risky use of flammable bamboo scaffolding and mesh for ...

The fire began at one of Wang Fuk Court's eight 32-story towers, then spread rapidly across seven buildings. It’s clear that ...