Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency said on Friday it arrested eight people connected to the renovation of the high-rise apartments that were engulfed in a massive fire that left 128 people dead.
The day begins in darkness, lit only by street lamps. As dawn breaks, a pale blue light reveals a quiet line of monks in orange robes moving through the streets of the Lao city of Luang Prabang.
Peru's Supreme Court sentenced former President Pedro Castillo to 11.5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit a rebellion in 2022, when he tried to dissolve the Congress as lawmakers prepared to impeach him.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada's oil rich province of Alberta agreed Thursday to work toward building a pipeline to the Pacific Coast to diversify the country's oil exports beyond the United States.