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Thailand celebrates its New Year with water festival
Revellers dressed in colourful shirts and goggles fired water guns at each other at the start of the Thai New Year on Sunday, ...
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Southeast Asia water festival begins, but earthquake recovery blunts Myanmar’s celebrations
Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during ...
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The UN decries ongoing combat in Myanmar as earthquake relief faces big challenges
Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to ...
Pictures show cat rescued after 2024 earthquake in Taiwan, not in Thailand
After a 7.7-magnitude quake that struck Myanmar in late March killed thousands of people and toppled a building in ...
Rescue efforts from Myanmar’s deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600
Long-shot efforts to find survivors from Myanmar’s devastating March 28 earthquake are winding down, as rescue efforts get ...
Forecast of a week of rain adds to woes faced by victims of Myanmar quake, as death toll tops 3,500
People in Myanmar’s earthquake-stricken areas braced for thunderstorms late Sunday, after heavy rains and winds the previous ...
Rains add to challenge for Myanmar quake relief, toll at 3,471
Rains fell on parts of earthquake-hit Myanmar over the weekend, which aid agencies said could complicate relief efforts and ...
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Most Thais don’t trust government office buildings after quake: Nida Poll
Most Thais lack trust in government buildings’ safety after the Myanmar quake, with many fearing structural risks, poor ...
Death toll from earthquake in Myanmar hits 3,354 amid health, housing crisis
The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake one week ago that struck Myanmar rose to 3,354 people as millions have been ...
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 ...
UN calls for Myanmar support as quake death toll reaches 3,354
The United Nations called for the world to rally behind quake-hit Myanmar on Saturday as the death toll rose to 3,354, while a former USAID official said a U.S. aid team had received notice they were ...