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In Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, thousands of mourners lined up for nearly two kilometres to honour the victims of the Wang Fuk Court fire. Residents carried flowers, bowed in silence and visited memorial sites established across all 18 districts. The Hong Kong Jockey Club held races behind closed doors at Sha Tin as a mark of respect, with proceeds dedicated to affected families. At Sha Tin Fire Station, tributes continued to grow for the firefighter who died, while local associations launched donation efforts for his family.
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Published on 01/12/2025 – 17:16 GMT+1 Each year, the 16 Days of Activism campaign runs from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day. In 2025, the UN’s global campaign focuses on ending digital violence against all women and girls. Kazakhstan supports the UN’s 16 Days to End Gender-Based Violence. The country emphasises the importance of upholding human rights and encouraging open discussions about violence. Across Kazakhstan, landmarks in Astana and Almaty were lit in orange to show solidarity throughout the campaign. The color serves as a visible reminder of…
LONDON — Richard Hughes resigned as Office for Budget Responsibility chair Monday afternoon after the U.K economic watchdog’s fiscal analysis was published before the budget last week. In a letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Treasury Committee Chair Meg Hillier, Hughes said it was “in the best interests of the OBR for me to resign as its chair” following a damning report into the leak. This developing story is being updated.
Published on 01/12/2025 – 17:12 GMT+1 A South African radio presenter appeared in court on Monday accused of recruiting men to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Nonkululeko Mantula, 39, was arrested alongside four men after a tip-off, South African police said. She is accused of recruiting the four men and organising for them to join the Russian army. South African police said three of the men were detained while trying to board a flight to Russia via the United Arab Emirates. Police said they believed another person had already travelled to Russia after being recruited by Mantula.…
“The twice-yearly task of publishing a large and sensitive document is out of scale with virtually all of the rest of its publication activities,” said the investigation, which was hastily carried out by peer Sarah Hogg and OBR board member and City bigwig Susan Rice. It called for “completely new arrangements” to be put in place for the publication of market-sensitive documents, and urged the Treasury to pay “greater attention” to the need for adequate support when funding the OBR. The watchdog said that given its small size, it used an outside web developer to upload its contents. It found…
Nicola Pietrangeli, the Italian tennis champion of the 1950s and 1960s, has died at the age of 92. The Italian Tennis and Padel Federation announced Pietrangeli’s passing on Monday, without providing a cause of death. The federation noted that Pietrangeli is the only Italian player who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Rafael Nadal, who was often awarded the Italian Open trophy by Pietrangeli when he won the Rome tournament a record 10 times, posted in Italian on X: “I just heard the sad news about the passing of an Italian and world tennis great. My sincerest…
Published on 01/12/2025 – 16:08 GMT+1 Germany’s most influential family business association has shifted its stance on the decision to invite members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to one of its flagship political events. The Family Business Association (Der Familienunternehmer) said on Sunday that the move was a mistake, following a wave of criticism from members and the withdrawal of several companies. “The opposite of what we intended has happened,” president Marie-Christine Ostermann said in a statement published after an internal committee meeting. “We invited AfD members of parliament to our parliamentary evening so they could hear…
By Jakub Dutkiewicz Published on 01/12/2025 – 11:21 GMT+1 Visitors to the Italian capital can now visit and tread a hidden walkway in the Colosseum used by Roman emperors to safely and discreetly travel to the pulvinar, their reserved honour box directly above the arena. The passage, constructed somewhere between 90 A.D. and 98 A.D., allowed emperor’s to get to their seats without having to use the main entrances, the vomitoria, through which the masses would spew forth into the Colosseum. This vaulted walkway was discovered in the 1810s and once featured lavish decorations, marble panels and stucco ornaments depicting scenes…