A judge rejected requests to pause the deadline for removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. Scaffolding was erected, and workers began preparations for removal. Onlookers gathered to witness the process.
Workers began removing President Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center facade early Saturday, hours after a court-ordered deadline. The removal was delayed by thunderstorms, prompting the center to request an extension. Dozens gathered to watch the process.
An appeals court in Washington DC rejected a last-ditch effort by the Kennedy Center's leadership to keep President Donald Trump's name on the building, leaving the institution with few options other than removing the name. Separately, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change.
Bristol-formed Tara Clerkin Trio, despite facing numerous challenges, releases their second album 'Somewhere Good', blending minimalist jazz, avant-pop, and trip-hop with a newfound structured approach.
Two individuals feared trapped in a building collapse in Angeles City, Philippines, were communicating with rescuers on Sunday. The nine-storey building's walls and scaffolding buckled, likely trapping people in debris. Rescuers heard someone crying out in pain from under the rubble.
A nine-storey building under construction near Manila collapsed early Sunday, trapping 19 construction workers. Rescue efforts are underway, with challenges posed by large concrete debris. Initial reports indicate 24 people were rescued from the rubble and two from a nearby hotel.
Hong Kong's Fire Services Department will conduct ad hoc checks on high-risk buildings, prioritizing residential blocks with scaffolding nets and those undergoing major renovations due to increased evacuation difficulties during fires.
Government inspectors did not foresee engineering firms colluding to deceive authorities over the use of substandard renovation materials at a Hong Kong residential estate devastated in the city’s deadliest fire in decades, a public inquiry has heard. Andy Ku Siu-ping, a senior maintenance surveyor of the Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit, on Wednesday blamed “systemic defects” for the body’s failure to rectify the use of flammable polyfoam boards and scaffolding mesh during a HK$336...
The independent committee tasked with investigating Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po blaze has finished 21 sessions of evidential hearings in three rounds, pointing to multiple apparent loopholes in the supervision of the estate’s renovation project and the government’s regulation of fire hazards. The inferno broke out on November 26 last year when all eight blocks at Wang Fuk Court were undergoing exterior maintenance work and were covered in scaffolding and mesh netting. The fire tore through seven...
Hong Kong police have arrested two people on suspicion of burglary after one of them allegedly climbed maintenance work scaffolding at a residential building and prised open window grilles at two homes before stealing HK$6,000 (US$765) in cash. The force also warned on Saturday that it was becoming a trend for burglars to enter flats at buildings undergoing renovation to their exteriors through scaffolding, urging security guards to heighten their vigilance. Cheung Man-tik, a senior inspector...
A debate has emerged in the civil service over who bears responsibility for administrative failures - frontline officers or senior civil servants overseeing them. A new mechanism targets department heads for 'widespread, repetitive, systemic' failures, aiming to clarify administrative blame. Former ministers, high-ranking bureaucrats and political observers question the government's decision not to make it a legal requirement to publish full investigation results.
An image of a construction worker smoking on bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong has triggered public backlash, with internet users citing safety concerns and comparing the act to the causes of major historical fires in the city.
