Myanmar’s long isolation and its internal instability are likely to complicate the global humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck on Friday, despite a rare plea for outside help from the country’s military-dominated government. “We need and want the international community to provide humanitarian aid,” said the military spokesman, Gen. Zaw Min Tun. “We … Read more
The president of Lithuania on Friday visited swampland near his country’s border with Belarus, saying he was “hoping for a miracle” as military and civilian rescue crews worked frantically to extract a heavy United States Army vehicle carrying four American soldiers that disappeared in the waterlogged forest area on Tuesday. The American vehicle, an M88 … Read more
In the parking lot of Mandalay General Hospital, dozens of patients — many with their heads and arms bandaged — were lined up on stretchers, or cardboard, in 100-degree heat. Many more lay directly on the concrete. “More injured people keep arriving, but we do not have enough doctors and nurses,” said Dr. Kyaw Zin, … Read more
When he arrives in Greenland on Friday, Vice President JD Vance is not going to get much of a welcome from Greenlanders. Mr. Vance will be the highest-ranking American official ever to visit the island. But the government of Greenland never invited him and after all that President Trump has said about his desire to … Read more
When he arrives in Greenland on Friday, Vice President JD Vance is not going to get much of a welcome from Greenlanders. Mr. Vance will be the highest-ranking American official ever to visit the island. But the government of Greenland never invited him and after all that President Trump has said about his desire to … Read more
More than a month after Washington and Kyiv first haggled over a deal to grant the United States a major stake in Ukraine’s mineral, oil and gas development projects, the two sides are back to square one in the negotiations. Washington has sent Kyiv a new proposal that restates the sweeping financial demands from an … Read more
Just Stop Oil, the British environmental activist group known for attention-grabbing protests — including throwing tomato soup at famous artworks and spraying orange powder on Stonehenge — said it was ending such actions after a final protest in London next month. The group said on Thursday that it had achieved its primary goal of preventing … Read more
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