67 h. ago Dozens killed in landslides and flash flooding as rescue crews struggle to find victims

More than 3,200 homes and buildings have been submerged

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4 d. ago Hong Kong fire live updates: rescue crews search apartment blocks for survivors; dozens killed and hundreds missing after blaze – latest

Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district. Follow the latest updates liveFull report: Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missingWhat we know so far about the blazeBamboo scaffolding may be to blame for spread of Hong Kong tower block fireThe death toll has risen again to 44, fire officials say.Officials said they are still having difficulties proceeding into the upper floors in some of the buildings in the residential complex as the fire continues. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Florida lawyer arrested for allegedly attacking senior on board Norwegian Cruise Line ship

Cruise passengers performed CPR on the elderly man following the incident on Norwegian Encore

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5 d. ago Dozens of rescuers search for a grandmother and 3 grandchildren missing on a hike in South Carolina

Dozens of rescuers are looking for a grandmother and three grandchildren who authorities believe got lost while hiking in a South Carolina state park

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1 week ago Indonesian rescuers search for nearly three dozen people after landslides killed at least 18 people

Rescue workers are digging through tons of mud and rubble as they searched for 34 missing people after two separate landslides in two different regions on Indonesia’s main island of Java that killed at least 18 people

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2 w. ago Marks and Spencer's 'cosy' jumper available for £6 looks so smart 'I wore it on a cruise'

"Really looks beautiful, I bought to wear during a winter cruise up the Norwegian coast. I know I will be warm and it will look good."

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2 w. ago Works for sale for 100 euro in Irish art’s ‘best kept secret’

One hundred of Ireland’s top artists are to make one of their original works available for 100 euro in a bid to make the art world more accessible.

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3 w. ago A boat from Myanmar with hundreds of migrants capsizes off Malaysia, 1 body found and 10 rescued

Malaysian authorities say a boat carrying about 300 migrants from Myanmar capsized last week in the Indian Ocean close to the border between Thailand and Malaysia, with at least one body recovered floating in the sea, 10 rescued and dozens missing

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3 w. ago Civil rescue groups in Mediterranean cut ties with Libyan coastguard

Accusations of violent interceptions and human rights violations levelled at EU-funded Libyan services by NGOsMore than a dozen NGO rescue vessels operating in the Mediterranean have suspended communication with the Libyan coastguard, citing escalating incidents of asylum seekers being violently intercepted at sea and taken to camps rife with torture, rape and forced labour.The 13 search-and-rescue organisations described their decision as a rejection of mounting pressure by the EU, and Italy in particular, to share information with the Libyan coastguard, which receives training, equipment and funding from the EU. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Norwegian Cruise ship diverted to rescue dozens of people near Greek island

Norwegian Epic altered its course to assist with the rescue mission, cancelling its port call in Santorini

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