30 h. ago Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 2,000, as health system ‘overwhelmed’

WHO warns there is urgent need for care capacity, while US agency says number of dead could eventually exceed 10,000The fallout from Myanmar’s earthquake has overwhelmed parts of the healthcare system, the World Health Organization has said, as the official death toll rose to more than 2,000, with many more missing.Rescue operations faced “significant obstacles including damaged roads, collapsed bridges, unstable communications and the complexities related to civil conflict”, the WHO said in an update. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Myanmar healthcare facilities overwhelmed, WHO says, and scale of earthquake deaths and injuries ‘not fully understood’ – live

World Health Organization issues flash appeal for $8m of emergency support amid frantic search for survivorsAFP has spoken to relatives anxiously waiting at the site of a collapsed building in Bangkok.Daodee Paruay said she had been at the site for two days, hoping for a miracle. Her brother was an electrician working on site, and he is believed to be under the rubble. “We wait, we wait.” she said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Myanmar earthquake survivors dig through rubble with bare hands as death toll soars past 1,600

True scale of disaster caused by 7.7-magnitude earthquake may take days to emerge as countries around the world pledge support

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3 d. ago Myanmar earthquake survivors dig through rubble with bare hands as death toll soars past 1,000

True scale of disaster caused by 7.7-magnitude earthquake may take days to emerge as countries around the world pledge support

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4 d. ago Astonishing moment Bangkok skyscraper infinity pool starts swaying violently with tourists still in it as Brit shouts 'what the f**k' during huge 7.7

The scale of the 7.7-magnitude earthquake which hit Myanmar and Thailand , and the destruction it has caused, has been laid bare in shocking footage.

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4 d. ago New UK driving laws that would limit passengers and impose curfew move a step closer

The Department for Transport has previously admitted that young people are disproportionately affected by road deaths and injuries and that the government is exploring ways to address this

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1 week ago Brits urged 'act now' as our most endangered animals are killed in droves by litter crisis

As the 10th annual Great British Spring Clean kicks off today, Mirror readers are urged to pick up litter in order to protect our precious wildlife from injuries and death

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2 w. ago Tokyo braced for earthquakes and typhoons as city evolves into disaster

Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a series of advanced prevention measures to make sure it's disaster-proof

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2 w. ago Thamesmead police investigate mystery deaths of man and woman found with serious injuries

Emergency services found the bodies of a man and a woman inside a property in Greater London leading police officers to launch an investigation into their deaths

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last month Bukavu hospital patients tell of being shot in chaos of Congolese withdrawal

Widespread shooting and looting preceded arrival of M23 rebels, overwhelming city’s poorly resourced facilitiesPatients at hospitals in the second-largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have described how they sustained serious injuries during the chaotic withdrawal of the Congolese army and its allies in the days before Rwanda-backed M23 rebels marched in.Widespread shooting and looting preceded the arrival of the rebels in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province, on 14 February, overwhelming the city’s poorly resourced hospitals. Continue reading...

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