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Learn “envoys”, “breakthrough”, “collapsed” in slow English. From: Brooklyn building collapse kills at least eight.
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- Brooklyn building collapse kills at least eight
- U.S. envoys meet Putin after Ukraine talks yield prisoner-exchange agreement
- Israeli strike kills six at Gaza hospital, health authorities say
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- RechercheThe cause of the collapse remained under investigation by the city's Department of Buildings and law enforcement officials.
- RechercheAn apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed into an adjoining construction site on Wednesday, November 11. The three-story building stood at Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, in the Flatbush neighborhood.
- RechercheThe Abu Dhabi talks produced no breakthrough on ending the war. The sides remained divided over whether Europe should take part in future negotiations.
- RechercheThe United States said differences remained on major issues, including territory, while some progress had been made on post-war security guarantees. Kyiv rejected Putin's demand that it surrender all of Donbas in return for peace.
- NPRU.S. officials set to meet with Putin, Zelenskyy following Abu Dhabi peace talks : NPR
- RechercheThe BBC said independent verification of events in Gaza was difficult because Israel does not allow international news organizations, including the BBC, into the territory.
- RechercheThe Associated Press journalist at the scene reported that parts of the building’s second floor were destroyed.