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The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain in 1948, when it was still called Burma. Relief efforts from Friday’s deva...
The Financial Times |
The earthquake, the world’s most powerful since the ruinous tremors that hit Turkey and Syria in 2023, was felt as far away as Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand, where at least 21 people died.
CNN |
At least 1,700 people are now confirmed dead in Myanmar after what was the largest earthquake to hit the war-ravaged country in more than a century, authorities say.
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At least three hospitals in the country are out of service, according to the World Health Organisation, three days after a powerful earthquake hit the country.
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Naypyidaw: China has been dealt a blow in the ongoing fighting between junta forces and rebel factions in Myanmar. The rebel groups have halted trade with China by seizing Myanmar's rare mineral resources.
US Donald Trump has stopped USAID activities in Myanmar. This comes at a time when more than 1,700 people have died while thousands of others have been injured as the country struggles from one of the
Annabel Venning’s family lived in Myanmar for many years before it was ruled by a repressive military regime. Denied democracy and devastated by natural disaster, its suffering people are in their gre
Pope Francis offered his prayers for the people of Myanmar, who have been “suffering so much because of the earthquake.”
When armed rebels seized northern Myanmar's rare-earths mining belt in October, they dealt a blow to the country's embattled military junta - and wrested control of a key global resource.
But a rushed ceasefire born of necessity does not equate to a lasting solution. As such, the shifting geopolitics of Russia, the U.S. and China may impact Myanmar’s civil war – but it will do little to encourage democracy in the country, nor put it on a path to lasting peace.
In October, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an ethnic rebel group in northern Myanmar, seized control of the countrys rare-earth mining belt, disrupting global supply chains and challenging the military junta
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Vietnam and Myanmar (non-resident) Vladimir Borovikov made an entry in the book of condolences for the numerous victims of the devastating earthquake.