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'We need aid': rescuers in quake-hit Myanmar city plead for help
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» MANDALAY — Exhausted, overwhelmed rescuers in Myanmar's second-biggest city pleaded for help Saturday as they struggled to free hundreds of people trapped in buildings destroyed by a devastating earthquake.
Lhasa building boom heightens divisions in Tibet
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» LHASA - Under towering mountains, cranes and newly-built blocks of flats stretch up to blue skies around the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, as a construction boom creates a two-tier system of property wealth between state workers and everyone else.
Storm Elsa moving on Florida after battering Cuba
AFP, Published on 07/07/2021
» MIAMI - After battering Cuba with drenching rain and strong winds, tropical storm Elsa was moving towards Florida late Tuesday, where it was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as rescue workers pressed on with their search of the debris of a Miami condominium that collapsed almost two weeks ago.
Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block to be demolished overnight
AFP, Published on 05/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - The remaining section of the collapsed apartment block in Surfside, Florida will be demolished overnight between 10:00pm (0200 GMT) and 3:00 am, the county mayor said Sunday, with the confirmed death toll at 24, and 121 people missing.
Tropical storm Elsa lashing Haiti with gusty winds
AFP, Published on 04/07/2021
» PORT-AU-PRINCE - Elsa was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday afternoon as it churned off southern Haiti, battering the area with hurricane conditions.
Florida building collapse toll rises to 22
AFP, Published on 03/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - Two more victims were found in the rubble of a partially collapsed apartment building in Florida on Friday, bringing the death toll from last week's tragedy to 22, with 126 people still unaccounted for, officials said.
Biden heads to Florida condo collapse site, death toll at 18
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - President Joe Biden headed to Florida Thursday to meet with families heartbroken by the collapse of a beachfront condo building a week ago, as hopes of finding survivors in the rubble all but vanished.
More bodies found in US condo collapse as search enters day seven
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - More bodies were discovered overnight in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in Florida, rescuers said Wednesday, as the search for the nearly 150 people unaccounted for entered its seventh day.
Biden to visit Florida condo collapse site as hope dims for rescue
AFP, Published on 29/06/2021
» SURFSIDE (UNITED STATES) - US President Joe Biden will visit the site of a deadly apartment building collapse in southern Florida later this week, the White House announced Tuesday, as rescuers scoured the wreckage in an increasingly desperate search for survivors.
British inventor Dyson pays B1.7bn for Singapore's priciest penthouse
AFP, Published on 10/07/2019
» SINGAPORE: British billionaire inventor James Dyson has paid a reported $54 million for Singapore's biggest, most expensive penthouse: a three-floor residence with a rooftop terrace, private pool, and jacuzzi.