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Afghan rescuers work through the night after deadly quake
AFP, Published on 08/10/2023
» HERAT, Afghanistan: Desperate rescuers scrabbled through the night searching for survivors of an earthquake that flattened homes in western Afghanistan, with the death toll of 120 expected to rise Sunday as the extent of the disaster becomes clear.
Last-ditch hunt for Morocco quake survivors
AFP, Published on 13/09/2023
» MARRAKESH (MOROCCO) - Rescue teams stepped up a massive effort to bring relief to devastated Moroccan mountain villages Wednesday as the chances faded fast for finding survivors from the powerful earthquake which killed 2,900 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
Major US highway collapses after vehicle fire
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - A fire caused an overpass on one of America's busiest highways to collapse early Sunday in Philadelphia, authorities said, as reports attributed the cause to a truck that burst into flames under the bridge.
Liverpool hit Leeds for six after controversial Gakpo opener
AFP, Published on 18/04/2023
» LEEDS (UNITED KINGDOM) - Liverpool crushed Leeds 6-1 as Cody Gakpo's controversial opener provided the spark for the Reds' first win in five Premier League games on Monday.
UAE declines to extradite South Africa's Gupta brothers
AFP, Published on 07/04/2023
» JOHANNESBURG: South Africa said Friday it had learned with "shock and dismay" that the United Arab Emirates had turned down its request to extradite two brothers accused of orchestrating industrial-scale corruption.
New 6.4-magnitude quake hits southern Turkey
AFP, Published on 21/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday in Turkey's southern province of Hatay, the hardest hit by a February 6 tremor which left more than 41,000 dead in the country, the disaster response agency AFAD said.
'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS (TURKEY) - Serkan Tatoglu is haunted by the question his six-year-old keeps asking since their house collapsed in last week's earthquake in Turkey.
Turkey's once mighty developers under fire after quake
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» ANKARA - Their mugshots are everywhere: a Turkish developer arrested while trying to flee the country and two colleagues connected to a luxurious apartment tower that crumbled in Monday's disastrous quake.
Quake-hit Syria city buries its dead on farmland
AFP, Published on 11/02/2023
» JABLEH (SYRIA) - In Syria's coastal city of Jableh, Mohammed Daya has turned his farmland into a makeshift graveyard, with cemeteries overwhelmed as more bodies are pulled from the rubble after Monday's devastating earthquake.
'Silence!': Hushed search for Turkey's quake survivors
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» DIYARBAKIR (TURKEY) - "Silence please!" rescuers plead with anguished Turkish families huddled around a flattened building their loved ones lived in until a massive quake killed thousands and upturned millions of lives.