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After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country.
Yahoo |
For most of the day, the mood was somber among relatives of dozens of workers missing at the site where a multi-story building collapsed in Bangkok.
CNN |
The immense scale of the disaster has piled a fresh crisis on the impoverished Southeast Asian country, where almost 20 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance after four years...

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With US absent, China steps in for earthquake-hit Myanmar
After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country.
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter.
Myanmar’s junta takes advantage of a devastating earthquake
S ince March 28th, when a powerful earthquake shook Myanmar’s central heartlands, the country’s brutal junta has tried to show the world its softer side. Min Aung Hlaing, its leader, has visited survivors in a hospital and asked foreigners to send help.
Sniffer dogs double up as emotional support for families of missing workers in Thailand
For most of the day, the mood was somber among relatives of dozens of workers missing at the site where a multi-story building collapsed in Bangkok. A volunteer group with sniffer dogs took time away from its grim task of searching the rubble to bring the animals on a visit top help lift their spirit.
Post-earthquake ceasefires in Myanmar offer rare opportunity for disaster diplomacy
Temporary ceasefires announced by warring groups in Myanmar in the wake of last week’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake represent a rare de-escalation of a conflict that since 2021 has taken thousands of lives and uprooted more than 3 million people.
Rare look inside Myanmar after deadly earthquake
The massive destruction across Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Southeast Asia is astonishing to see. Yogita Limaye with BBC News, a CBS News partner, reports after getting a rare look inside the country.
The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown of Sagaing, the epicenter of the most powerful earthquake to hit Myanmar in a century.
They Fought to Save Lives in Myanmar. The Earthquake Claimed Theirs.
Five friends defied the junta to care for people injured in the military coup. One returned from the battlefield to find his four friends among the dead in the March 28 earthquake.
Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control
Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting, and continued airstrikes.
US pledges $2 million for Myanmar quake, but China already filled the void
As U.S. experts head to Myanmar to assist in recovery from the Southeast Asia earthquake, teams from China are filling the void.
Watch as nurses protect newborns at maternity facility during deadly Myanmar earthquake
Footage captured at a maternity facility near Myanmar during the recent deadly earthquake shows two nurses based in China protecting babies. Xiong Jielan and Li Xiaoqing were shown in the video holding onto the babies when the center, located in Ruili city, started vibrating, Reuters reported.
China dispatches largest rescue team, saves nine survivors in Myanmar earthquake
Photo: Courtesy of Guixing Rescue Team, Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. As of Wednesday, China has rescued nine survivors from the deadly earthquake in Myanmar and has sent the largest
As Trump guts foreign aid, China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
A U.S. team has yet to arrive in Myanmar after last week’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake, while China has already rescued six people and committed $14 million in humanitarian aid.
Bangkok reviews construction safety after a high-rise was crumpled by an earthquake 800 miles away
The governor of Bangkok says authorities are investigating why a high-rise building under construction collapsed during an earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the Thai capital.
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Thailand probes earthquake toppling of Bangkok high-rise as official sees "something suspicious"
Officers questioned four Chinese men who were found removing 32 files from containers behind the collapsed building, a police official said.
China Urges Firm to Join Widening Thai Probe Into Crashed Tower
China’s embassy in Bangkok urged a construction company to cooperate with Thai authorities in a probe into the crash of a skyscraper during an earthquake last week, which has now widened to the firm’s other business operations in the Southeast Asian country.
Myanmar-Thailand earthquake live updates: Death toll crosses 2,000 in Myanmar
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rattled much of Southeast Asia on Friday, flattening skyscrapers and leaving more than 1,000 people dead from Myanmar to Thailand.
Myanmar Military Declares Temporary Truce After Earthquake
It was unclear whether the cease-fire would be honored. It came a day after soldiers fired at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy, and amid multiple airstrikes.
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