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Hong Kong authorities raised the death toll of this week’s deadly fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex to 128 as rescue operations reach its end.

A deadly fire at a Hong Kong residential complex has so far left at least 55 dead and 72 injured, with dozens more still trapped in the burned buildings as of Thursday morning. Three suspects have been arrested in relation to the catastrophe.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to “immediately locate and vet” all of the Afghan nationals who were let in under the Biden administration’s Operation Allies Welcome (OAW).

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a $40 billion boost to defense spending to counter “intensifying” threats from China.

A massive blaze engulfed several high-rise residential blocks in a sprawling Hong Kong estate on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least 13 people with local media predicting many more still trapped by the flames.

President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping and said he accepted an invitation to Beijing for a face-to-face meeting.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Breitbart Business Digest in an exclusive interview that the Trump administration is determined to end America’s dangerous dependence on China for critical materials and pharmaceuticals, describing the effort as “taking back our sovereignty.”

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe 2025 on Friday after controversy blew up during the weeks before the pageant.

T1 Energy CEO Daniel Barcelo highlighted the challenges facing the U.S. solar industry in competing with China, particularly in areas like polysilicon, while expressing confidence that America can be cost-competitive by strengthening domestic manufacturing.

Taliban Trade Minister Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi traveled to New Delhi on Wednesday in search of trade deals and investments, taking the relationship between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and India another step forward.

Chinese officials on Tuesday arrested 18 leaders of the underground Zion Church. Almost thirty pastors and staffers have been detained, without formal arrest, since the middle of October.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned “interference of external forces in Venezuela’s internal affairs” during its regular press briefing on Wednesday, demanding that the United States “engage in normal law enforcement” rather than military operations to stop organized drug trafficking in the Caribbean Sea.

Alice Guo, a Chinese national who posed as a Philippine national and served as a town mayor, was found guilty of human trafficking Wednesday and sentenced to life in prison. 

Akio Toyoda, CEO of the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota, went full Make America Great Again at a NASCAR event in Japan.

British lawmakers have been warned that Chinese spies are posing as employment recruiters to target MPs and parliamentary staff in a bid to obtain “insider insights” on behalf of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.

A report published on Tuesday by the AidData research lab at William & Mary university in Williamsburg, Virginia, found that the United States is the largest recipient of loans from China.

The Japanese government on Monday warned citizens visiting China to increase their safety precautions and avoid visiting crowded areas.

The Chinese communist regime on Wednesday informed Tokyo it is suspending imports of Japanese marine products amid rising tensions between both countries, according to reports.

Two men who allegedly admitted to being part of an international wildlife smuggling ring were caught with 81 monkeys stuffed in bags and methamphetamine in Thailand, according to authorities. 

The Islamist regime governing Syria sent its top diplomat to Beijing on Monday for meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi in which the Chinese Communist Party invited Syria to join its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a debt trap scheme for impoverished countries.

America’s dependence on foreign drug ingredients is a national security and safety issue that is hiding in plain sight.

China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a bulletin on Sunday to “solemnly remind” Chinese tourists they should avoid traveling to Japan for the foreseeable future, alleging that their safety cannot be guaranteed.

Police in Fujian province, China – the province closest to the nation of Taiwan – announced recently that it would offer bounties for information leading to the arrests of Taiwanese YouTuber Wen Tzu-yu, known as Pa Chiung, and rapper Chen Po-yuan, known as “Minnan Wolf.”

Ousted former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, a Dhaka war crimes court ruled on Monday.

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton explained that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) attending a climate summit in Brazil is the “perfect encapsulation” of how the Democrat Party and one party rule in the state has “ruined” California. During an

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong called Japanese Ambassador Kanasugi Kenji into his office for a tirade about Taiwan on Thursday, the latest escalation of a diplomatic row that has already seen one Chinese official threaten to cut Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae’s head off.

The Foreign Ministry of China announced on Thursday that Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, confirming that communist dictator Xi Jinping is skipping the event.

There’s no crime in getting hyped up for a fight, but one particular former champion may have taken it a bit too far.

China’s big “Singles Day” shopping holiday improved a bit in 2025 over the previous year, but retailers said the pace of growth slowed as customers looked for bargains, instead of spending big on luxury items.

The huge Hongqi Bridge in China’s Sichuan province, touted as a major achievement in China’s infrastructure boom, collapsed into the river it once spanned on Tuesday.

India and Pakistan both experienced deadly terrorist bombings on Monday, and each is moving toward blaming the other for allowing or encouraging the attacks.

A Japanese woman “married” an AI chatbot persona she trained using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, several international outlets reported. The Independent detailed on Thursday that the woman, only identified as 32-year old Ms. Kano, “married” the AI chatbot in a ceremony organized by

Taliban terrorist authorities in Afghanistan have ordered female patients and staff to wear a burka – the full head-to-toe Islamic body covering – if they want to access public health care in the western city of Herat.

American companies operating in South Korea say the country’s antitrust regulator has turned enforcement into a political tool that unfairly targets them while protecting domestic competitors, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).