21 h. ago Hong Kong drones hunt illegal filling stations, diesel worth HK$6 million seized

Hong Kong has started deploying drones to detect illegal refuelling stations in the city, with the Fire Services Department having seized diesel worth more than HK$6 million (US$772,362) in the past month during a crackdown on 23 locations. Bradan Kwok Chi-kwan, divisional officer for dangerous goods enforcement, said the department introduced drones to help uncover illicit operations last month and conducted 41 flights. “When our drone squad detects suspicious activity, it alerts task force...

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4 d. ago Man found dead by hiker 200 metres from summit of Hong Kong’s iconic Lion Rock

A man was found dead about 200 metres from the summit of Hong Kong’s iconic Lion Rock on Saturday morning, police said. Police received a report at 10am on Saturday from a hiker, who had spotted the man collapsed in a mountain area near the popular peak. Responders from the Government Flying Service and the Fire Services Department arrived at the scene, but the man was pronounced dead. His body was later airlifted by helicopter to the Government Flying Service headquarters in Chek Lap...

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4 d. ago Man found dead by hiker 200 metres from summit of Hong Kong’s Lion Rock

A man was found dead about 200 metres from the summit of Hong Kong’s Lion Rock on Saturday morning, police said. Police received a report at 10am on Saturday from a hiker, who had spotted the man had collapsed in a mountain area near the popular peak. Responders from the Government Flying Service and the Fire Services Department arrived at the scene, but the man was pronounced dead. His body was later airlifted by helicopter to the Government Flying Service headquarters in Chek Lap Kok. Earlier...

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8 d. ago Hong Kong authorities reviewing strategy in search for 2 missing Filipinas

Hong Kong authorities are reviewing their strategy for finding two missing Filipino domestic helpers after calling off a search along the hiking trail where the women were last seen about 10 days ago, the Post has learned. Two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday that the Fire Services Department had stopped searching along the Lung Mun Country Trail near Tsuen Wan at around 10.15am that day. Department officers and police began their search for Imee Mahilum Pabuaya, 24, and Aleli...

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8 d. ago Hong Kong authorities reviewing strategy in search for 2 missing Filipinos

Hong Kong authorities are reviewing their strategy for finding two missing Filipino domestic helpers after calling off a search along the hiking trail where the women were last seen about 10 days ago, the Post has learned. Meanwhile, the Philippines’ local consulate has contacted city authorities on the matter. Two sources said on Tuesday that the Fire Services Department had stopped searching along the Lung Mun Country Trail near Tsuen Wan at around 10.15am that day. Department officers and...

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9 d. ago UN accreditation ‘will give Hong Kong’s rescue team greater global role’

Hong Kong’s urban search and rescue team is gearing up to win UN accreditation early next year, the city’s retiring deputy fire chief has said. This would allow it to play a more significant role in international rescue efforts, according to Angus Wong Chun-yip, the Fire Services Department’s outgoing deputy director of operations. Accreditation would allow the team to work independently for seven days. Wong said that while the nature of the job had remained constant over his 31-year career,...

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1 week ago State Department Fires Diplomat, Citing Relationship With Chinese National

State Department Fires Diplomat, Citing Relationship With Chinese National  The New York Times

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1 week ago US diplomat fired over romantic relationship with Chinese woman with ties to Communist Party: Report | World News

US diplomat fired over romantic relationship with Chinese woman with ties to Communist Party: Report | World News  Hindustan Times

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1 week ago US diplomat fired for romantic relationship with woman with ties to Chinese Communist Party

US diplomat fired for romantic relationship with woman with ties to Chinese Communist Party  Fox News

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1 week ago US diplomat fired over relationship with woman accused of ties to Chinese Communist Party

US diplomat fired over relationship with woman accused of ties to Chinese Communist Party  AP News

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1 week ago US man arrested as suspect in setting California’s deadly Palisades Fire

A Florida man has been arrested on charges that he intentionally ignited the devastating Pacific Palisades Fire in Los Angeles that killed 12 people and wiped out neighbourhoods at the start of the year, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday. Jonathan Rinderknecht is facing federal criminal charges related to the fire after an investigation by the Los Angeles field division of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the Los Angeles Fire Department; and the Los...

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2 w. ago Labour 'undermined Chinese spy probe to protect relationship with Beijing'

Labour 'undermined Chinese spy probe to protect relationship with Beijing'  GB News

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3 w. ago At least one killed in shooting at Dallas ICE office; gunman dead

A shooter killed at least one person and wounded others in a shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local and federal authorities said. Police responded to reports of the shooting at the office in northwest Dallas at about 6.40am local time, the Dallas Police Department said on social media. The suspect opened fire on the office from an adjacent building, according to the preliminary...

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4 w. ago Firefighters battling fire raging for 7 hours at Hong Kong recycling site

Firefighters have been battling a blaze at a recycling site in Hong Kong’s Tsing Yi for about seven hours since it broke out, two days after another fire erupted near the same spot. The Fire Services Department was alerted at 4.12am on Tuesday that a fire had broken out at a recycling site at the junction of Tsing Sheung Road and Hong Wan Road in Tsing Yi in the New Territories. The No 1 alarm fire was 50m (164 feet) long and 50m wide, the department said. It sent 11 fire engines, two fire boats...

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