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[7.8 earthquake] Rescuers continue to pull survivors from rubble after 5 days; over 25,300 dead
Rescuers pulled some survivors from rubble on Saturday, five days after Turkey’s most devastating earthquake since 1939 that also killed thousands of people in Syria, but hopes were fading for many m…
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[7.8 earthquake] Rescuers continue to look for sign of life under rubble, death toll tops 23,700
Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities sho…
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North Burkina Faso ambush kills at least 16 security forces
Sixteen security forces were killed in an ambush in Burkina Faso’s insurgent-hit north on Wednesday, three security sources said on Friday. The attack took place near the village of Koumestenga in Na…
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Zelenskiy’s ploy finally yielding fruit as 35 countries demand Olympic ban for Russia and Belarus
A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, will demand that Russian and Belarusian athletes are banned from the 2024 Olympics, the Lithuanian sports minister said on…
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[7.8 earthquake] Woman rescued alive after 104 hours under rubble: ‘Now I believe in miracles’
Rescuers pulled a woman alive out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Friday, prompting cheers from onlookers 104 hours after she was buried by the huge earthquake that wrought death a…
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[7.8 earthquake] Rescuers pluck 10-day-old baby, mother from rubble, but tolls top 22,000
Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have…
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[7.8 earthquake] Rescuers provide glimmer of hope with survivors, death toll tops 21,000
The rescue of several survivors from the rubble in Turkey lifted the spirits of weary search crews on Friday, four days after a major earthquake struck the country and neighbouring Syria, killing mor…
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No space on the sidelines, SpaceX must either stand with us or Russia – Ukrainian govt fume
Elon Musk’s SpaceX should choose sides between Ukraine and Russia, a senior Ukrainian official said on Thursday, after the company said it was curbing Kyiv’s use of Starlink internet devices for cont…
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Mother apprehended after her daughter wrote classwork about how ‘mum shot dad’
A woman was arrested after her daughter wrote a story in her kindergarten class about her mother shooting at her father during a fight at home in Tennessee. Kaydra Johnson, 28, was nabbed by deputies…
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[7.8 earthquake] U.N. quake aid convoy reaches Syria where
The first United Nations convoy carrying emergency aid to a rebel-held area of Syria stricken three days ago by a deadly earthquake crossed from Turkey on Thursday. The trucks, with materials from je…