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Myanmar quake rescues raise hopes three days after deadly tremblor
Rescuers freed four people from collapsed buildings in Myanmar on Monday, Chinese media reported, offering some hope three days after a massive ...Myanmar earthquake death toll rises as fresh tremors further complicate rescue efforts
A5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The tremor was part of ...Martinique’s water woes drive anger at French rule
By Layli Foroudi Reuters In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. ...Earthquake rescue efforts underway as death toll rises in Myanmar and Thailand
By Hla-Hla Htay and Sebastien Berger, with Thanaporn Promyamyai in Bangkok AFP The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar ...Qatar hosts talks between Congo and Rwanda, also meets with rebels
Qatar hosted a second round of talks on Friday between Congo and Rwanda and separately met with representatives of the Rwandan-backed rebellion ...Scores dead, many missing as strong earthquakes rock Myanmar, Thailand
BY DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. ...Powerful earthquakes rock Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise
BY DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP A high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand ...Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says ‘old relationship’ with US ‘is over’ amid tension over ...
Carney said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States, “based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military ...Fear of more war haunts Kursk as Russia expels Ukrainian troops
By Guy Faulconbridge Reuters In the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukraine has been fighting for more than seven months, people say ...Militants kill 16 on Nigerian army base, military outpost
By Ahmed Kingimi and Amindeh Blaise Atabong Reuters Suspected Islamist fighters launched a coordinated attack on an army base and a military ...