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How Erdoğan’s obsession with power got in the way of Turkey’s earthquake response

When Ali Nusret Berker started seeing Twitter videos posted by people trapped under the rubble of the two Feb. 6 earthquakes in southern Turkey, they brought to mind the cousin he had lost when a massive earthquake hit his hometown near Istanbul in 1999. An avid cave explorer who just passed an exam to become an ambulance driver, the 33-year-old…

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Biden visits Kyiv, Ukraine’s embattled capital, as air-raid siren sounds

President Biden made a surprise trip to the embattled capital of Ukraine on Monday, traveling under a cloak of secrecy into a war zone to demonstrate what he called America’s “unwavering support” of the effort to beat back Russian forces nearly a year after they invaded the country. Mr. Biden arrived early Monday morning to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky,…

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Ukraine war: Russia must be defeated but not crushed, Macron says

French President Emmanuel Macron has said he does not want to see Russia crushed by a defeat in Ukraine. Speaking to French media, Mr Macron urged Western nations to increase military support for Kyiv and said he was prepared for a protracted war. “I want Russia to be defeated in Ukraine, and I want Ukraine to be able to defend…

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Jimmy Carter to begin receiving home hospice care

Former US President Jimmy Carter will begin receiving hospice care at his home in Georgia, according to a statement from The Carter Center on Saturday. “After a series of short hospital stays, former US President Jimmy Carter today decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention. He has…

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Buhari canvasses suspension of blanket visa ban by UAE

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for a lifting of the blanket visa ban clamped down on Nigerians by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The President canvassed this position on Monday during a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who doubles as the Emir of Abu Dhabi. President…

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World powers rush to offer Turkey, Syria aid over quake

Countries around the world have mobilised rapidly to send aid and rescue workers after a massive earthquake killed more than 7,000 people in Turkey and Syria. Here are some of the chief pledges of support. European Union The EU has mobilised 27 search and rescue and medical teams from 19 countries to help Turkey. They involve over 1,150 rescuers and…

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Thousands attend funeral of ex-Pakistan military leader, Pervez Musharraf

Thousands have attended funeral prayers for Pakistan’s divisive former president, General Pervez Musharraf. The ex-military ruler, who was president from 2001-2008, died in Dubai on Sunday after a long illness, and his body was repatriated to Pakistan. The prayers took place at a military compound in Karachi, but senior figures were notably absent, including the army chief and Pakistan’s current…

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Hundreds dead after strong earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria

A powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria, toppling buildings and sending panicked residents pouring outside on a cold winter night. More than 500 people were killed and hundreds injured in Turkey and Syria, and the death toll is expected to rise. Rescue workers and residents frantically searched for survivors under the rubble of buildings in multiple cities…

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Brazil’s Lula accuses Bolsonaro of preparing Jan 8 ‘coup’

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday alleged that his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro actively participated in planning for his supporters to storm government buildings on January 8. “Today I am well aware and will say it loud and clear: that citizen [former president Bolsonaro] prepared the coup,” Lula said in an interview with broadcaster RedeTV! Refusing to accept…

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Huge crowds turn out for pope’s mass in DR Congo capital

A huge crowd of singing and dancing worshippers turned out to attend a papal mass in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, the second day of Pope Francis’s visit to the country. People flocked to the tarmac of Kinshasa’s N’Dolo Airport for the open-air mass, which was due to begin at 9:30am (08:30 GMT). Many of the…

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