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Death toll mounts in the Myanmar earthquake as urgent call goes out for help
A powerful 7.7-magnitude Myanmar earthquake caused destruction and loss of life in Mandalay and surrounding regions.
UN urges relief efforts in Myanmar as earthquake death toll rises
The confirmed death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,455, as U.N. agencies and foreign aid ...
Myanmar tour guide left 'heartbroken' as ancient temple destroyed
Standing amid the rubble of the Me Nu Brick Temple in Mandalay's ancient city of Inwa, local guide Mar Oo said on Sunday ...
CBS News7d
Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000 as devastation comes slowly into focus
Four days after a massive earthquake toppled buildings across Myanmar, isolated stories were still emerging Monday of people being pulled alive from the rubble. The confirmed death toll has ...
The New York Times8d
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Tops 2,000 as Help Comes Slowly for War-Torn City
As deaths mount, some volunteers complained of being blocked by Myanmar’s military from reaching a rebel stronghold that was badly hit. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok Three days after ...
Reuters3d
U.S. aid team fired while in Myanmar earthquake zone, ex-official says
BANGKOK, April 5 (Reuters) - Three U.S. aid workers were laid off while in Myanmar helping the rescue and recovery from the country's massive earthquake, a former senior staffer said, as the Trump ...
PBS7d
Massive earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said Monday, as accounts of some people’s last moments emerged: Two hundred Buddhist ...
The New York Times5d
Ignoring Protests, Thailand Opens Door to Myanmar’s Military Leader
By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok For years, Myanmar’s army chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, has been treated like a pariah on the global stage. General Min Aung Hlaing has made few ...
scmp.com3d
In Myanmar, a heartless junta deepens earthquake despair with ‘collective punishment’
In the heartbreak of disaster, Myanmar’s hated junta has been handed a lifeline. As stunned, bloodied survivors sift through the rubble of the country’s deadliest earthquake in decades ...
Boston Herald4d
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 ...
National Geographic news4d
Centuries of history and culture reduced to rubble after Myanmar earthquake
Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery is a historic buddhist monastery in Inwa, Myanmar. The sacred site sustained heavy damage in the recent 7.7 magnitude ...
CNN4d
The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
We only see civilians digging to into the rubble,” said former United Nations Special Rapporteur for Myanmar Yanghee Lee. In every direction he looks in Sagaing, volunteer rescue worker Kyaw Min ...