A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, sending shock waves across a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and causing deaths and damage hundreds of miles away from the epicenter. The earthquake shook buildings in neighboring Thailand and China, and rattled bridges and homes as far away as Vietnam. At least 23 people have died, … Read more
The Israeli military ordered residents near the Lebanese capital of Beirut to evacuate on Friday for the first time since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire went into effect months ago after rockets were fired on northern Israel. Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military, posted a map on social media with a single building in the … Read more
The Israeli military ordered residents near the Lebanese capital of Beirut to evacuate on Friday for the first time since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire went into effect months ago after rockets were fired on northern Israel. Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military, posted a map on social media with a single building in the … Read more
A strong earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, on Friday, damaging or collapsing bridges and buildings across a swath of Southeast Asia, killing at least 20 people in Myanmar and injuring hundreds of others. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck just before 1 p.m. local time, and a strong, 6.4-magnitude aftershock followed 11 minutes later. The … Read more
The Israeli military ordered residents near the Lebanese capital of Beirut to evacuate on Friday for the first time since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire went into effect months ago after rockets were fired on northern Israel. Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military, posted a map on social media with a single building in the … Read more
After the 7.7-magnitude earthquake on Friday, the internet was filled with videos, images and social media posts documenting the damage in Thailand. But across the border in Myanmar, where the devastating quake was centered, there has been a far murkier picture about the scale of the diaster. Information from Myanmar has been harder to come … Read more
Torn, folded, stitched and bound into a book of property records from the 1500s, rare tales of Merlin shapeshifting into King Arthur’s court and Sir Gawain gaining power from the sun had gone unnoticed for centuries, stacked among the records of an English manor and then among the millions of volumes of a university library. … Read more
In central Bangkok, throngs of panicked residents ran outside when the earthquake hit. Afterward, sidewalks, plazas and sidewalks were packed with crowds of office workers, shopkeepers and tourists who remained outside for fear of aftershocks and structural damage to the buildings. Videos posted on social media, and confirmed by The New York Times, showed one … Read more
In central Bangkok, throngs of panicked residents ran outside when the earthquake hit. Afterward, sidewalks, plazas and sidewalks were packed with crowds of office workers, shopkeepers and tourists who remained outside for fear of aftershocks and structural damage to the buildings. Videos posted on social media, and confirmed by The New York Times, showed one … Read more
In a major bet last summer, Ukraine launched a daring offensive on Russian soil, the first invasion of Russia since World War II. That incursion into the Kursk region stunned Moscow and provided a much-needed morale boost for Ukrainians, but after months of fierce fighting, Russia has recently clawed back almost all of the territory … Read more