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True scale of disaster yet to emerge and toll expected to rise significantly, with city of Mandalay believed to be especially hard hitThe death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar has reached more than 1,000, as rescuers dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors.The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar in the early afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/29/myanmar-earthquake-death-toll-rises-to-almost-700-as-search-for-survivors-continues Author : Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok, Esther J and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-29 05:37:00 Copyright for syndicated

Military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areasFull report: Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to almost 700 as search for survivors continuesHello and welcome to our live coverage of the earthquake that devastated Myanmar and caused the deadly collapse of a high-rise building in Bangkok on Friday.The Myanmar junta on Saturday said almost 700 people had died in the quake. The country’s second biggest city, Mandalay, is believed to have been especially hard hit, with images showing widespread destruction. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/29/myanmar-earthquake-race-to-find-survivors-as-junta-confirms-huge-rise-in-death-toll Author :

Drone raid sparks blaze in Dnipro hotel and restaurant complex and injures 19; Ukrainian president says too early to judge Washington’s expanded proposal. What we know on day 1,130See all our Ukraine war coverage Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/29/ukraine-war-briefing-russian-drone-attack-kills-four-in-dnipro-as-zelenskyy-cautious-on-new-us-minerals-deal Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-29 03:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Veteran pilot Glenn Collins was attempting a solo aerobatic manoeuvre at the Avalon Airshow when he lost controlGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVeteran pilot Glenn Collins has been identified as the pilot who is fighting for life after crashing during an aerobatics display at the Avalon Airshow in front of tens of thousands of spectators.As Australia’s biggest airshow reopened on Saturday, Paul Bennet Airshows confirmed Collins, who performed on their team, was the pilot involved in the crash. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/29/avalon-airshow-reopens-after-crash Author : Benita Kolovos and Australian Associated Press Publish date :

Interim president Katrina Armstrong to transfer to medical center with appointment of board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman Columbia University’s interim president, Katrina Armstrong, is stepping aside and the co-chair of its board of trustees, Claire Shipman, has been named acting president, the university said in a statement on Friday.Armstrong is returning to lead the university’s Irving Medical Center, Columbia University said, adding: “Board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman has been appointed acting president, effective immediately, and will serve until the board completes its presidential search.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/columbia-university-katrina-armstrong Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date

The opposition leader’s election pitch maintains Labor has presided over a litany of price rises – but experts say some problems began on Coalition’s watchElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignInteractive guide to electorates in the Australian electionSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe alternative prime minister boldly declared the 2025 federal election was a “sliding doors moment” for the nation.Peter Dutton’s budget reply speech on Thursday evening was filled with facts and figures to paint Labor as hopeless at managing Australia’s best interests.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking

Harlingen receives more than 21in of rain this week, with 200 people still waiting to be rescued from their homesAt least three people have died after severe storms along the Texas-Mexico border, officials said on Friday.Meanwhile, crews were rescuing residents trapped in their homes by drenching rains a day earlier, which also forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on flooded roads and shut down an airport. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/texas-border-flooding Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-03-28 21:36:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are off and on their way on day one of their federal election campaigns. Follow today’s news liveEarly voting guide; Election polls tracker; Full coverageAnywhere but Canberra: Australian voters on what matters to themGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition’s gas plan unlikely to lower prices, experts sayAs mentioned, our top story is that a range of experts think Peter Dutton’s gas plan won’t work – or at least there is not enough detail for them to know. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/mar/29/election-2025-live-updates-australia-federal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-ntwnfb Author : Martin Farrer Publish date :

Mikal Mahdi scheduled to be executed by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bulletsA second South Carolina death row prisoner has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.Mikal Mahdi chose the firing squad on Friday. His execution is scheduled for 11 April. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/28/second-south-carolina-firing-squad-execution Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2025-03-28 19:18:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Vice-president expresses interest in Arctic security as four Greelandic parties form unity coalition in rebuke to USThe White House accused Denmark of neglect as JD Vance landed in Greenland for an unsolicited and controversial visit to the Arctic island.Shortly after flying into the ice-locked US military base of Pituffik in north-west Greenland with his wife, Usha, and other senior US officials on Friday, the vice-president told US troops he was “really interested in Arctic security”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/greenland-political-parties-agree-to-form-coalition-government-before-jd-vance-visit Author : Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent Publish date : 2025-03-28 18:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Terminally ill journalist and assisted dying supporter no longer healthy enough to travel to DignitasThe life-preserving cancer drugs that Dame Esther Rantzen was placed on last year are no longer working, her daughter has said.The health of the terminally ill Childline founder and journalist has deteriorated to the extent that she is no longer well enough to travel to a Swiss clinic, meaning that Dignitas is “out of the window” for the 84-year-old, she said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/28/esther-rantzen-life-preserving-cancer-drugs-no-longer-working-says-daughter-assisted-dying Author : Alexandra Topping Publish date : 2025-03-28 16:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

No 10 concerns over sentencing guidelines are genuine but it also hopes to win admirers from its tough approach to quangoStarmer ‘disappointed’ as Sentencing Council rejects calls to review ‘two-tier’ justice rulesFrom one perspective, having a stand-up row with an organisation meant to advise the government on a key policy area is a bit unseemly. But it is fair to say that Downing Street is ready – you could even say happy – to take on the Sentencing Council.Therow over a review of sentencing guidelines for England and Wales escalated on Friday after the Sentencing Council rejected government demands that

Body representing the gas industry says Peter Dutton’s plan is a ‘damaging market intervention that will drive away investment’Interactive guide to electorates in the Australian electionGina: the billionaire who wants to make Australia greatSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet ourbreaking news email,free app ordaily news podcastEnergy experts have expressed doubts the Coalition’s plans to force gas producers to sell more of the fossil fuel domestically could bring down prices or ease supply pressures, saying the move could also push up greenhouse gas emissions.In his budget-reply speech, delivered only 12 hours before Anthony Albanese announced a federal election for 3

US vice president will visit Pituffik space base in Greenland later todayIn a development that may or may not be related to JD Vance’s visit, the Greenlandic telecommunications operator Tusass has just said that “all communication to Pituffik is down”.“The investigation has been initiated and we are trying to re-establish the connection as soon as possible,” it added in a customer update on its website.National security adviser Mike Waltz with his wife and former Trump homeland security adviser, Julia NesheiwatEnergy secretary Chris WrightUS Senator Mike Lee (who appeared to be very excited by the trip to the point of sharing

Nigel Farage has tried to fend off claims that Reform UK would force people to pay to see a doctorMy colleague Peter Walker has posted a picture on Bluesky of the Labour advert on the front of the Birmingham Mail attacking Reform UK.Labour are on the attack against Reform UK in the run-up to the Runcorn by-election/local elections. This is their paid wraparound ad in today’s Birmingham Mail - Reform are holding their ‘biggest ever’ rally in Birmingham later. Expect a lot more of this to come.Now there’s been some concern about chlorine-treated chicken etc, but there is an answer

White House signs executive order limiting numerous federal workers from unionisingTrump news at a glance: judge orders now-infamous Signal chat be retainedDonald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order on Thursday that targets funding to programs with “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology”.The president said there has been a “concerted and widespread” effort over the past decade to rewrite US history by replacing “objective facts” with a “distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth”.The order targets agencies it says have a national security mission but many of the departments don’t have a strict national

Pilot lost control during an aerobatics display and crashed into tarmac at Avalon airport in VictoriaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pilot has been left in a critical condition after losing control of their plane during an aerobatics display at the Avalon Airshow and crashing into the tarmac.Victoria police said the incident occurred on Friday at about 5.15pm on the first day of the airshow which is the largest in the southern hemisphere.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/28/avalon-airshow-crash-pilot-seriously-injured Author : Natasha May Publish date : 2025-03-28 08:44:00

United States Geological Survey said the quake was shallow, at a depth of just 10km (six miles) with the epicentre near the central city of MandalayAs we mentioned earlier, the epicenter of the earthquake was in central Myanmar, about 30 miles (50km) east of the city of Monywa. The AP says that in the capital Naypyitaw, the quake damaged religious shrines, sending parts toppling to the ground, and some homes. Further reports of damage were not immediately available from Myanmar, which is embroiled in a civil war.Here are some of the latest images from Thailand: Continue reading... Source link :

Exhibition aims to help visitors get inside the minds that thought mercury and roasted apples would cure liceMedieval treatments might make you question the sanity of the doctors of the day, but a new exhibition is set to take visitors inside the minds of such medics and reveal the method behind what can seem like madness.Curious Cures, opening on Saturday at Cambridge University Library, is the culmination of a project to digitise and catalogue more than 180 manuscripts, mostly dating from the 14th or 15th centuries, that contain recipes for medical treatments, from compendiums of cures to alchemical texts and

Defence secretary’s Philippines visit, aimed at bolstering ties in Asia-Pacific, comes amid rising tensions with Beijing and calls for his resignationThe US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, has met with the Philippine president, Ferdinand Marcos, in Manila saying the two countries must stand “shoulder to shoulder” in the face of the threat represented by China.Hegseth’s meeting at the presidential palace comes as he opens a tour of Pacific allies that risks being overshadowed by a mounting scandal over leaked plans for military strikes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/28/pete-hegseth-dogged-by-scandal-at-home-pledges-us-support-for-manila-against-china Author : Agence France-Presse Publish date : 2025-03-28 03:42:00 Copyright for syndicated

China wants to protect against the volatility of Trump’s tariffs, and now has more than a dozen free trade agreements with global south countriesChinese vice-premier Ding Xuexiang has pledged to give stronger policy support to the Chinese economy as he delivered the keynote speech at a forum focused on bolstering the country’s role in Asia and ties with the global south.With the tariffs on Chinese goods mounting, China is trying to find a foundation for growth that does not rely on an increasingly capricious United States. At the Boao Forum for Asia, a conference in south China’s Hainan province, Chinese

Kristian White was convicted of manslaughter over death of Nowland whom he shot with a Taser at a Cooma aged care home in 2023Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA judge’s decision not to send Kristian White to jail for the manslaughter of Clare Nowland is “a slap on the wrist for someone that’s killed our mother”, according to the 95-year-old’s son.Justice Ian Harrison handed down his sentencing decision for the former New South Wales police officer in the NSW supreme court on Friday, saying the incident in

Yolanda Saldívar will continue to serve a life sentence for fatally shooting the Mexican American music legendThe woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced on Thursday.Yolanda Saldívar will continue serving a life sentence at a prison in Gatesville, Texas, after a three-member panel of the Texas board of pardons and paroles voted not to release her. In a statement explaining the denial, the board said the panel found that Saldívar continues to

Broadcaster ARN Media claims material is suitable for ‘broad-minded adult demographic’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Kyle & Jackie O Show has once again breached decency rules by broadcasting explicit sexual content on their KISS breakfast show, but ARN Media has pushed back saying the material is suitable for its “broad-minded adult demographic”.The Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) found two segments, on Melbourne’s KISS 1011 and Sydney’s KISS 1065 in June 2024, included “sustained and vulgar graphic sexualised descriptions” which were a breach of broadcasting standards.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue

Albanese visits governor general to kickstart five-week election campaign, with polls suggesting Labor is in a tight contest with Coalition under Peter DuttonAustralian election campaign 2025: live updatesSee all our Australian election 2025 coverageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralians will head to the polls on 3 May after Anthony Albanese fired the starter’s gun on the federal election campaign.The prime minister visited the governor general, Sam Mostyn, on Friday morning to dissolve the 47th parliament, triggering a five-week race to form the next government.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link