NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Hong Kong’s chief executive said he will establish an independent committee to examine and reform the city’s building-work system as part of efforts to prevent future disasters following the deadly Tai Po fire. John Lee told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A marathon five-hour meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner failed to yield any major breakthroughs in efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.Witkoff and Kushner arrived in Moscow Tuesday for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! KAOHSIUNG: Last week, Taiwan President William Lai unveiled a massive $40 billion supplemental defense procurement proposal, casting it as proof that the independently ruled, democratic island is serious about countering escalating military pressure from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PRC…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on Dec. 30, the country’s transport ministry announced Wednesday, more than a decade after the airplane’s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean.The Malaysian government said that Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo has spoken out about the dangers of military action by the U.S. in overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and appeared to ask President Trump to prioritize dialogue and diplomatic pressure, according to Vatican reports.The pontiff’s poignant appeal came as the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Maduro’s appeal to oil-rich nations Sunday laid bare just how isolated he has become, a Latin American oil expert says, before describing Venezuela as “broke” and drowning in $150 billion of debt.The Venezuelan dictator’s plea came in a letter in which…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russian President Vladimir Putin ratcheted up tensions with Europe on Tuesday, warning that if the bloc sparked a war with Russia, Moscow was prepared to meet it.Putin also blasted European leaders, accusing them of sabotaging U.S.-led efforts to end the nearly four-year-old…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip is over. A six-day pilgrimage to the Middle East wrapped up Tuesday in Beirut.We were in conflict-torn Lebanon just a few miles from the country’s Ground Zero, where on Aug. 4, 2020, a deadly blast in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: As Hamas uses the ceasefire to regroup and reassert control across parts of Gaza, a small number of emerging Palestinian militias say they are trying to form an alternative force inside the enclave. One of their leaders, Shawqi Abu…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Australian high school teacher has pleaded guilty in a New South Wales court to sexually abusing a teenage boy several times near Newcastle, according to reports.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that 37-year-old Karly Rae, who became a mother nearly eight…