Tai Po fire: Housing Bureau to replace inspection unit criticised for multiple failings, ‘slack’ attitude

The Housing Bureau will replace an independent inspection unit following heavy criticism over policy and operational failures and a “slack” work attitude in the lead-up…

Tai Po fire: Hong Kong gov’t to set up company to assist owners with building renovations, criminalise bid-rigging

The Hong Kong government will set up a company to provide property owners with building renovations support, authorities have said, as part of reforms announced…

NY’s housing crisis is on the ballot. Here’s what the candidates say they’ll do about it.

An affordable housing construction project in Willets Point, Queens in June 2026. Housing costs are top of mind for many voters across New York. […

‘Every Single Time’: Carney Flips Poilievre’s Jabs Back Onto Him With One Simple Fact In Fiery Clash

‘This Was Not Jeffrey Epstein Alone…’: New Mexico AG Launches Legal Fight Over Epstein Estate

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NYT: Democrats recruited a second Dan Sullivan to run for Senate in Alaska

‘Rediscover our North Star’: Obama rallies Dems in Georgia and urge voters to reclaim their power

Domestic violence victims called 911. They were sent to jail.

Across US, domestic violence survivors say they were wrongly arrested in their time of need, misidentified by police as offenders instead of victims

Deutsche Welle opens applications for 2028–2029 journalism traineeship

APPLICATIONS are open for the Deutsche Welle (DW) Journalism Traineeship 2028, an 18-month paid training programme in Germany for aspiring journalists and media professionals seeking…

China’s Belt and Road hasn’t lived up to Xi’s promise

Designed to dwarf even the Marshall Plan, the American program to rebuild Europe after World War II, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first…

Brooklyn’s Ocean Parkway is a haven for reckless driving. Mamdani isn’t allowed to fix it.

Ocean Parkway's founding designer Frederick Law Olmsted never imagined a world where cars would take over Ocean Parkway. City data shows seven people have been…

My sister isn’t financially stable. Do I have to help?

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In Pursuit – America 250: Maria Shriver on Betty Ford

The Chancellor refuses to make ‘crude cuts’ to welfare bill

AI Tried to Buy the Midterms — Then the Lobby Learned Everyone Hates AI

Facing bipartisan backlash and a decaying reputation, AI super PACs are changing tactics. We tracked their election spending so far. The post AI Tried to…

AIPAC Isn’t Retreating. Here’s How It’s Already Shaping the Next Congress.

A new project by The Intercept reveals the hundreds of candidates still taking the pro-Israel lobby’s cash, and how AIPAC is obscuring its spending. The…

Detroit Could Block Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant From Further Neighborhood Expansion

The post Detroit Could Block Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant From Further Neighborhood Expansion appeared first on ProPublica.

High housing costs cut into Texans’ income gains in 2025, new Census data shows

Incomes grew in some parts of the state and fell in others, according to new U.S. Census Bureau figures. Meanwhile, homeowners are paying more to…