Hope fades for 44 trapped in collapsed South African building
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters Relatives of 44 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in the South African city of George faced a fourth day of anguished waiting on Thursday as heavy machinery worked at the site in a race against time to find any survivors. Of 81 people who were on site when the […]
Nine survivors pulled from Turkey’s rubble as earthquake death toll passes 40,000
Antakya, Turkey Reuters Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold. The disaster, with a combined death toll in Turkey and […]