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MASSIVE fire breaks out at high-rise in China (VIDEOS) A huge fire ripped through a 25-story tower in China’s northeastern city of Shenyang. While the inferno promptly climbed up the building, triggering a massive firefighter response, no one was apparently hurt in the blaze. The fire broke out on the fourth floor of the residential building in the Hunnan district of the city, late on Monday. The blaze rapidly spread to the top floor as the building’s insulation caught fire. //www.youtube.com/embed/gufBE9MyoPM Over 200 firefighters and 47 fire engines were dispatched to the scene in an attempt to curb the blaze. Footage from the scene shows flaming insulation pieces falling off the tower and dropping on...

US may sanction .4bn worth of French products over digital tax, some duties to reach 100% The US has proposed new tariffs on over two billion dollars in French goods, retaliating to a “digital tax” which it says “discriminates” against American products. Some of the products could be penalized by 100 percent. BREAKING: Trump Admin proposes tariffs "up to 100%" on certain French goods (about $2.4 bn worth) in retaliation for France's digital services taxItems include:Sparkling wineSwiss, Grueyer, Pecorino and other cheesesHandbagsVarious makeup productshttps://t.co/bVUKZAxEGD— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) December 2, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js DETAILS TO FOLLOW US may sanction .4bn worth of French p...

Hungary’s FM criticizes EU’s failure to agree enlargement talks Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has criticized the EU’s former executive branch and Finland, which currently holds the rotating presidency, for failing to push on with enlarging the bloc. Szijjarto said on Monday that “one of the most significant failures” of the outgoing European Commission was the EU’s failure in October to agree on launching membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, AP reported. The minister was talking in Prague after meeting his counterparts from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Together the four countries form an informal grouping known as the Visegrad Group and support enlargement. Szijjarto says he hopes the new commission will push on with enlargement.&#...

12yo killed as car rams into schoolchildren in Essex – murder probe launched A murder investigation has been launched after a 12-year-old boy was killed when a car mounted the pavement outside a secondary school in Essex, injuring five other children. Police were called to the scene of the incident near Debden High School in Loughton at around 3:30 PM on Monday. The boy’s death was confirmed by police at around 7:15 PM. Emergency services and police are still at the scene after the car reportedly ran off the road and onto the pavement. Some reports said an air ambulance landed close to the scene at Mannock Drive. In Loughton - been shocking incident bit earlier with schoolchildren injured when car mounted pavement. Huge police presence ...