SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rescue workers on Saturday pulled a man from a collapsed subway construction site near the capital of Seoul and continued searching for another believed to be trapped inside. Im Gwang-sik, an official with Gwangmyeong city’s fire department, said the survivor was trapped about 30 meters (98 feet) underground … Read more
Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country’s second-largest city. The mission was to capture images that, combined with artificial intelligence technology, could help relief organizations quickly assess how … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities said Monday they are investigating why a single office tower block under construction in Bangkok collapsed during Friday’s earthquake that otherwise caused limited damage in the capital. Bangkok Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt visited the site as heavy equipment pulled away rubble from the 30-story State Audit Office building in hopes of … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country’s military-led government said Monday. Indian and Myanmar rescuers carry a dead body at U Hla Thein Buddhist monastery that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city. Volunteers look for survivors near a damaged building Friday, March 28, … Read more
Iconic Morrison Hotel, Famous From The Doors Album, Damaged in Fire The Morrison Hotel, immortalized in The Doors’ 1970 album of the same name, suffered significant damage in a fire that ripped through downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. Vacant for over a decade, the four-story building engulfed in flames for nearly two hours before over … Read more