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SURVIVORS TRAUMATIZED SIX MONTHS AFTER LONDON TOWER BLAZE
Vassiliki Stavrou-Loraine, 66, lived opposite Grenfell Tower and knew many of the victims after 35 years in the neighborhood... READ MORE›
WE MUST BUILD UPWARDS TO HALT SPRAWL
On restrictions for high-rise apartment complexes, Mr Murphy said he intended to lift the caps in city centres and along key public transport corridors... READ MORE›
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MONTREAL MAN CHARGED WITH TERROR HOAX AFTER BOMB THREAT TARGETING MUSLIM UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Hisham Saadi, 47, has been charged with carrying out a hoax regarding terrorist activity, uttering threats and mischief in connection with the Concordia University bomb threat Wednesday... READ MORE›
GRIEF GIVES WAY TO ANGER AS GRENFELL TOWER RESIDENTS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER STRING OF FAILURES
London fire latest Grief gives way to anger as Grenfell tower residents demand answers over string of failures... READ MORE›
'EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED': A DEADLY SURGE OF VIOLENCE STRIKES EASTERN UKRAINE
A woman speaks on her cellphone amid the ruins of a building after shelling in Donetsk, near Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, on Feb. 3... READ MORE›
GRENFELL TOWER: CANDLELIT VIGIL FOR VICTIMS AFTER GRIEF TURNED TO ANGER AT EARLIER PROTESTSA
The posting said At least 12 people have died in the fire at Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
MAN JAILED FOR DANGLING BABY FROM WINDOW IN ALGERIA
The father dangled his baby out of a window in a high-rise building to attract likes on Facebook... READ MORE›
AMERICA NEEDS SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS. NOBODY BUILDS THEM
But the best reason is that smaller apartment buildings are often cheaper for renters... READ MORE›
LONDON FIRES DEATH TOLL RISES TO 30; SOME VICTIMS MIGHT NEVER BE IDENTIFIED
Government officials have also promised to provide housing for displaced residents of Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
CONFESSIONS OF A RELUCTANT GENTRIFIER
By the time I moved to Rogers Park, quite a few people had already warned me about the place... READ MORE›
LONDON FIRE: WITNESS RECALLS SEEING MAN CATCH BABY
Smoke rises from an apartment building in west London... READ MORE›
'THE FIRE IS HERE NOW, GOODBYE'
London tower fire First victim named as Syrian refugee Mohammad al-Haj Ali... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES CONFIRM FATALITIES AFTER MASSIVE FIRE ENGULFS LONDON APARTMENT BLOCK
London's Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton has confirmed people were killed when a fire engulfed an entire apartment building in Kensington... READ MORE›
IN U.K., ALL 75 BUILDINGS TESTED SO FAR FOR FIRE SAFETY HAVE FAILED
Thousands face evacuation as the authorities race to see how many high-rises have been wrapped in the same combustible cladding as that at Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
BACKLASH AS JOHN MCDONNELL CLAIMS BLAZE VICTIMS 'MURDERED BY POLITICAL DECISIONS'
Grenfell fire Backlash as John McDonnell claims blaze victims 'murdered by political decisions'... READ MORE›
'TWO FIRES A DAY' IN HIGH RISE FLATS
London Fire Brigade LFB figures showed there were 684 fires in high rise flats in 2014... READ MORE›
EVACUATED LONDON RESIDENTS TRY TO COPE
On Thursday, there was confusion about the number of tower blocks thought to have hazardous cladding similar to Grenfell Tower's... READ MORE›
27 PUBLIC HOUSING APARTMENT BUILDINGS FAIL SAFETY CHECKS
Thousands of residents in a northwest London housing estate have been forced to leave their apartments after fire checks found the buildings to be unsafe... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY ORDERS PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO LONDON TOWER FIRE AS DEATH TOLL RISES TO 17
In March this year fire experts warned that a government delay in reviewing building regulations could be endangering tower blocks throughout the UK... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT 'FACES A?600M CLADDING SAFETY BILL AFTER GRENFELL TOWER DISASTER'
The Government faces an estimated bill of more than ?600m for replacing flammable cladding on housing blocks after the Grenfell Tower disaster... READ MORE›
AFTER LONDON FIRE, GOVERNMENT ORDERS TESTS ON 600 HIGH-RISE APARTMENT BUILDINGS
Investigators are looking at whether the exterior coverings, known as cladding, fed the fast-moving blaze at the Grenfell Tower... READ MORE›
URGENT SAFETY REVIEWS AT TOWER BLOCKS ACROSS BRITAIN AFTER GRENFELL TOWER FIRE
Grenfell Tower fire Urgent safety reviews take place at hundreds of tower blocks across UK... READ MORE›
'YOU CAN'T PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH PEOPLE'S SAFETY,' LONDON MAYOR SAYS OF EVACUATIONS
The national testing was ordered after a June 14 fire engulfed Grenfell Tower in London, killing at least 79 people... READ MORE›
SYRIANS SAY MILITANTS SHOOT ESCAPEES, AIR STRIKES KILL CIVILIANS AS RAQQA BATTLE INTENSIFIES
But people like Mohamed Nahaf took the risk of getting shot to escape Islamic State and a battle for the city that could take months... READ MORE›
SURVIVOR PULLED FROM COLLAPSED APARTMENT TOWER AFTER TAIWAN QUAKE
The extent of damage to the Golden Dragon Building has raised questions... READ MORE›
SEASIDE TOWN LIVING UNDER THE SHADOW OF A REBEL ADVANCE
Dispatch developing battle in shirokino stokes fear mariupol an economically valuable port city could be the next target for an offensive by rebels... READ MORE›
BRITAIN ON FIRE WATCH AS DOZENS OF HOSPITALS 'AS DANGEROUS AS GRENFELL'
US firm Arconic said it was stopping global sales of its Reynobond PE cladding, which was used in Grenfell Tower, for use in high-rise buildings... READ MORE›
FOR UKRAINIAN, A HELPING HAND FROM U.S. READERS
Five months ago, Panasyk, 75, was marooned in a battle zone in separatist-held Donetsk in eastern Ukraine... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 3 DEAD, 12 INJURED IN HAWAII TOWER BLOCK BLAZE
At least three people have died in a fire in a residential tower block in the US state of Hawaii... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK TRAP OF THE MCDONALD'S MURDERER ALI DAVID SONBOLY
Ali David Sonboly, 18, launched his killing spree in the Bavarian city in an apparent revenge attack for being bullied... READ MORE›
'ALL OUR WARNINGS FELL ON DEAF EARS'
Despite them, Grenfell Tower residents received no proper fire safety instructions, the group wrote in November 2016... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF HOMES EVACUATED AMID FIRE CONCERNS
London time Wednesday, barreled through the 24-story Grenfell Tower complex near Notting Hill... READ MORE›