Thailand earthquake: Woman gives birth to baby girl amid chaos

Reuters 04/01/2025

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 building collapse: ‘Devastated’ relatives await news

Agence France Presse 04/01/2025

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…

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial ceasefire

Associated Press 03/30/2025

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…

Scientists explain why Myanmar earthquake was very deadly

Agence France Presse 03/30/2025

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…

Myanmar’s earthquake death toll rises to over 1,000

Associated Press 03/29/2025

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…

PH ready to aid Filipino quake victims in Myanmar, Thailand – DFA

Dianne Sampang 03/29/2025

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…

Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand. Hundreds feared dead

Associated Press 03/29/2025

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…

7.7 magnitude earthquake hits central Myanmar – USGS

Agence France Presse 03/28/2025

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…

Thailand: Man faces lawsuit for throwing puppy into the sea

The Nation/Asia News Network 02/11/2025

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 air pollution forces 352 schools to close

Agence France Presse 01/25/2025

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…

Thai LGBTQ+ couples register marriages as law gives them equal status

Associated Press 01/24/2025

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…

Jimmy Paypa guns for a bounce-back win in Thailand this Saturday

Glendale G. Rosal 01/22/2025

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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