And even when the daunting transpacific gap was finally bridged in June 1927 with a 26-hour nonstop flight from Oakland, the ...

Taiwan officials said they held out little hope that any of the 225 passengers survived after a China Airlines jetliner crashed Saturday in the Taiwan Strait. The Boeing 747-200 crashed after taking ...

HONG KONG (AP) — The death toll in Hong Kong's apartment complex blaze rose to 146 on Sunday as investigators discovered more bodies in the burned-out buildings. A steady stream of people placed ...

After Beijing reshaped the political order in Hong Kong in its image, the fire has become a test of how well that new system can govern in a crisis. News Analysis After Beijing reshaped the political ...

HONG KONG (AP) — It was just after 3 p.m. when William Li received the unusual call from his wife, who was at work, saying she'd heard from a friend that their building was on fire.

HONG KONG — The inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong has killed at least 128 people, authorities said Friday, with some 200 people still missing and eight more arrested.

Some 279 people have been reported missing. LONDON -- The death toll from the massive fire at a residential apartment complex in Hong Kong rose to 128 on Friday, as search and rescue efforts continued ...

HONG KONG — The deadly inferno that tore through a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong killed at least 128 people, authorities said Friday, with dozens of residents still feared trapped on upper ...

Police in Hong Kong have arrested three men from a construction company on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a blaze that has killed at least 94 people and left hundreds of others missing ...

• 65 dead, many missing: The confirmed toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades rose to at least 65 people, with many more still missing. CNN is at the scene and we’ll bring you the latest as ...

Dark smoke was rising nearly 24 hours after the blaze engulfed the apartment complex. More than 270 people were still missing. Smoke billowing from a housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on ...

At least 40 people are dead and hundreds missing, officials said. LONDON -- At least 40 people were killed and hundreds reported missing after a massive fire engulfed a residential apartment complex ...