Nora Rahm

As NPR's Matt Bloom reports, retailers are seeing steady turnout despite some headwinds.

Airbus has ordered urgent modifications to its widely used A320 jets.

Because it found intense radiation from the sun,

could cause a flight computer to malfunction.

British aviation safety investigator David Gleave says this should be resolved quickly.

He was interviewed by the BBC.

Ukrainians in Kyiv are cleaning up after Russian missile and drone attacks overnight.

Two people were killed and dozens more were injured.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.

This is NPR News in Washington.

The investigation continues into Wednesday's deadly fire in an apartment complex in Hong Kong.

At least 128 people died.

At least 150 people are still missing.

Police have made several arrests.

Investigators want to know why the fire alarms never sounded.

They also question the safety of some of the materials used during renovations.

Authorities in Indonesia say the death toll from heavy rains and flooding driven in part by a tropical storm has now topped 300, and they're warning that number is likely to rise.

Michael Sullivan has more from neighboring Thailand.

British playwright Tom Staubert has died.

His agent said he died today peacefully at his home in southern England.