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BANGKOK — In the chaos of Friday’s earthquake, a Thai woman gave birth to a baby girl on a rolling bed in a hospital as it was being evacuated. The powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake centered in Myanmar…
BANGKOK, Thailand — Three days after a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed in the wake of a devastating earthquake in neighbouring Myanmar, Naruemol Thonglek is still praying that her boyfriend will emerge from the immense pile of rubble where…
BANGKOK (AP) — A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military. The country’s death toll from the…
BANGKOK, Thailand — Experts say that the devastating earthquake in Myanmar on Friday was likely the strongest to hit the country in decades, with disaster modeling suggesting thousands could be dead. Automatic assessments from the United States…
BANGKOK, Thailand — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 on Saturday. The figure rose as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when…
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government is ready to send help to Filipinos affected by a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega made the…
BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar on Friday, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world’s poorest countries and prompting officials to warn that the initial death toll — above 140…
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar on Friday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, buckling roads in the capital Naypyidaw and with tremors felt in China and Thailand. The tremor’s epicentre…
BANGKOK — The Watchdog Thailand Foundation (WDT) has filed a lawsuit against a Thai man who allegedly cruelly threw a stray puppy into the sea, vowing to seek justice despite the man’s subsequent apology. The video clip…
BANGKOK, Thailand — Air pollution in the Thai capital forced more than 350 schools to close on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five years. Bangkok officials also announced free public transport for a week…
BANGKOK (AP) — Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand made Thursday a life-changing occasion, registering their marriages legally on the first day a law took effect granting them the same rights as heterosexual couples. The enactment of…
CEBU CITY, Philippines—Two months after his defeat, Jimmy Paypa aims to reignite his boxing career by facing Thai Chinathip Thawiphun on January 25 in Bangkok, Thailand, for the Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) welterweight title. Paypa’s most recent…
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