On Monday, The death toll from the earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria passed 35,000 as only a handful of survivors were pulled from the rubble more than a week after the disasters that devastated swaths of both countries.
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Taiwan hit by strongest earthquake in 25 years
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan on Wednesday morning April 03, 2024 with shocks felt across the island. The earthquake, called the largest in the last 25 years in Taiwan, was triggered by one of the most active faults in the world.
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Fire kills at least 39 people at migrant detention center near Mexico-US border
At least 39 people died in a fire at a migration center in Ciudad Juarez, a city on Mexico’s border with the United States. Authorities said the fire at the office of National Migration Institute (INM) broke out after they picked up a group of migrants from the streets of the city, and detained them. The cause of the fire or the victims’ nationalities have not been released by Mexico’s National Migration Institute, who have launched an investigation into the blaze, which left 29 people injured.
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The United Nations is deeply concerned over deadly reports in Myanmar
Women and children were killed and injured in a bombing at a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar. The United Nations says it is deeply concerned.
