by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
A group of military officers say they have seized control of Guinea-Bissau amid reports that the president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, has been arrested.Shortly after gunshots were heard in capital city Bissau, government sources told the BBC that Embaló had been...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories, Wednesday, Nov. 26 2025. Chan Long Hei/AP hide caption toggle caption Chan Long Hei/AP A fire spread across...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
Thick smoke and flames rise as a major fire engulfs several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday. Dozens of people were killed or were missing in the blaze. Yan Zhao/AFP via Getty Images hide...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. It was a quiet day in Jordan’s capital, Amman. The city had just endured nearly two weeks of frequent civil defense sirens,...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
The Chicago man who allegedly doused a woman in gasoline and lit her on fire on 17 November was a “career criminal”, the White House has said. Lawrence Reed who was arrested for the crime had 72 prior arrests that include eight felony convictions and seven...
by mgall74 | Nov 26, 2025 | World News
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