Nearly a week after a devastating earthquake that killed more than 28,000 people and left Turkiye and Syria in ruins, rescuers retrieved a baby under seven months old and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday
On Saturday, international aid began to trickle into regions of Turkey and Syria as rescuers laboured to extricate kids from the rubble in areas devastated by a powerful earthquake that has killed over 24,000 people.
In response to inadequate pay, ambulance personnel in the UK went on strike for the latest time on Friday. University employees also took the day off.
Only 37% of Democrats want President Joe Biden to run for re-election in 2024, compared to a 70% rejection rate among all voters.
Several hundred friends, family members, and law enforcement colleagues attended Pakistani-American Officer Adeed Fayaz’s burial on Thursday at the Makki Masjid Muslim Community Center in New York.
The death toll from the massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose to 21,000 on Thursday, as the first UN aid arrived in Syrian rebel-held areas, but hopes of finding more survivors faded.
The UN reiterated on Thursday that relief to earthquake victims in Syria, which is subject to international sanctions, must not be “politicised,”
State media stated on Thursday that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un presided over a significant military display that featured a record number of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)
John Lee, the mayor of the city, revealed on Thursday that Hong Kong will give away 500,000 aircraft tickets this year to promote tourism.
The massive earthquake that has killed thousands in Turkey and Syria may have an impact on up to 23 million people, the WHO said on Tuesday while pledging long-term support.
The devastation caused by the earthquake damaged two World Heritage sites in Syria and Turkey, according to the UN agency for culture Unesco, which also issued a warning that other sites may have been affected.
According to Turkish news agency Anadolu, a castle in southern Turkey that was erected over 2,000 years ago partially fell on Monday as a result of a string of devastating earthquakes that have already claimed over 3,000 lives in Turkey and Syria.
