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29/11/2025

Hong Kong anti-corruption watchdog arrests 8 over deadly fire

HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog said it arrested eight people on Friday in connection with a housing estate fire that killed at least 128 people, the world’s deadliest building blaze since 1980. The group of seven men and one woman include “consultants, scaffolding sub...

29/11/2025

Arteta says ‘special’ Rice has even more to offer Arsenal

LONDON (AFP) – Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is adamant that there is more to come from Declan Rice ahead of the England international’s confrontation with Chelsea’s formidable midfield duo of Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo. The trio, who between them cost more than £300 million ($397 milli...

29/11/2025

Guardiola warns that Man City have little room for title race errors

LONDON (AFP) – Pep Guardiola believes that his Manchester City side cannot afford many more slip-ups in the race for the Premier League title. Last weekend’s loss at Newcastle — City’s fourth of the campaign — has left them seven points behind leaders Arsenal. The Gunners have been in supe...

29/11/2025

Hjulmand has rebuilt Leverkusen firing again ahead of schedule

BERLIN (AFP) – Bayer Leverkusen coach Kasper Hjulmand has the 2023-24 double winners firing in what looked certain to be a rebuilding year after a turbulent summer and a brief, ill-fated spell with Erik ten Hag. Leverkusen host Borussia Dortmund today and are staking a claim as the best of the res...

29/11/2025

South Korea, Japan mull joint bid for 2035 men’s Asian Cup

SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea and Japan are mulling a bid to co-host the 2035 men’s Asian Cup, officials from both countries said yesterday, joining forces again after staging the World Cup in 2002. A Korea Football Association official told AFP that the country’s football chiefs are considering v...

29/11/2025

Russia threatens total ban on WhatsApp

MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia said Friday it was considering banning popular messaging service WhatsApp, accusing it of failing to prevent crime, and urged its tens of millions of users to switch to domestic alternatives. US technology giant Meta, which owns WhatsApp, said Russia was trying to ban the app...

29/11/2025

Airlines adopt software fix for Airbus A320 after plane has sudden altitude drop

(AP) – An aircraft heavily used by commercial airlines around the world needs a software fix to address an issue that contributed to a sudden drop in altitude of a JetBlue plane last month, the manufacturer and European aviation safety regulators said Friday. The step may result in some flight del...

29/11/2025

Vietnam to operate 33 airports by 2030

ANN/VIETNAM NEWS – Vietnam is set to have 33 airports with a combined capacity of 297 million passengers by 2030, according to a revised master plan from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). The plan, which was recently submitted to the Ministry of Construction for review, outlines upda...

29/11/2025

France charges fourth suspected member of Louvre heist gang

PARIS (AFP) – France on Friday charged the fourth alleged member of a four-person gang arrested over last month’s spectacular jewel heist at the Louvre, prosecutors said. On October 19, the gang raided the world’s most-visited art museum in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal je...

29/11/2025

Fleet of UPS planes grounded after deadly crash

AP – A fleet of planes that UPS grounded after a deadly crash isn’t expected to be back in service during the peak holiday season due to inspections and possible repairs, the company said in an internal memo. The airline expects it will be several months before its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet ...

29/11/2025

Trump says Venezuela anti-drug operations ‘by land’ to begin ‘soon’

AFP – United States (US) President Donald Trump said that efforts to halt Venezuelan drug trafficking “by land” would begin “very soon,” further ratcheting up tensions with Caracas, which claims the anti-drug campaign aims at regime change. Trump made the remarks while video conferencing w...

29/11/2025

Negotiations under way on Hamas fighters trapped in Gaza tunnels

GAZA CITY (AFP) – Negotiations are under way to ensure safe passage for dozens of Hamas fighters holed up in tunnels in southern Gaza, multiple sources close to the talks told AFP. Israeli media has reported that for weeks that between 100 and 200 Hamas militants have remained trapped in a network...

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