Rescuers in Myanmar pulled a woman alive from the debris of a collapsed apartment block in Mandalay, more than a day after she was trapped. After several hours of painstaking work, 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing was pulled from the wreckage and carried away by stretcher as bystanders cheered. She embraced her husband before she was
Families of the missing in Bangkok wait anxiously for news At least 15 people are thought to still be alive and trapped under the rubble of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Rescuers say they have detected signs of life and communicated with some survivors under the 10-storey
A dachshund lost in Australia is still alive after more than a year, and still apparently wearing her pink collar. But she has proved elusive to recapture. The tale begins in November 2023 when a couple took their pet miniature dachshund, Valerie, to Kangaroo Island off the coast of Adelaide. But Valerie escaped from her
More than 153 people have been confirmed dead in the most powerful earthquake to strike Thailand in nearly 200 years, with officials warning that thousands of people are feared dead. At least 144 people have been killed and 732 injured by the 7.7 magnitude quake which struck near Mandalay in war-torn Myanmar this morning. Preliminary reports
A man and two children who had been missing overnight were rescued on Monday from the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a frozen lake in south-central Alaska, the authorities said. The single-engine plane, a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, was reported missing just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, setting off search and rescue efforts
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Nicola Heart believed thought life couldn’t get much harder after holding her newborn babies in her arms as they died. That was until 2020, when, at 37, she was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer and told she would likely die within a year. She had a tennis ball-sized tumor in her chest that her
The resumption of heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza immediately cast into question the status of the remaining hostages held there by Hamas and other groups — with fewer than half of the 59 left still thought to be alive, according to the Israeli government. A recent New York Times analysis showed that at least 41
A Peruvian fisherman who spent 95 days lost at sea in the Pacific Ocean has told how he ate roaches, birds and sea turtles to survive. Máximo Napa Castro, 61, had set off for a fishing trip from Marcona, a town on the southern Peruvian coast, on December 7. He packed enough food for a
Crowds gather to celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colours Millions of Indians are celebrating Holi, the festival of colours. The spring festival symbolises the victory of good over evil and marks the end of winter. People light a bonfire, smear or spray friends and family members with colour and water, and feast on traditional