Thursday, March 30, 2023

Turkiye

Footballer Atsu laid to rest in Ghanaians’ grief

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led a government delegation to pay their last respects to former Black Stars player Christian Atsu, who got caught up and died in the earthquake in Turkiye last month.The funeral on Friday was...

A month after powerful quake, survivors need shelter, sanitation

One month after a powerful quake devastated parts of Turkiye and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for USD 1 billion to assist survivors is only 10 per cent funded, hampering...

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Turkiye; more buildings collapse

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkiye on Monday — three weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region — causing some already damaged buildings to collapse, an official said. A father and daughter were reported trapped beneath the...

Turkiye rejects links between NATO expansion, F-16 deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called for Sweden and Finland to be accepted into NATO “as quickly as possible,” although his Turkish counterpart dismissed the possibility of any link between their accession and Turkiye’s request for...

Blinken pledges USD 100M to quake hit Turkiye

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb 6 earthquake in southern Turkiye and northern Syria and pledged a further USD 100 million in aid to help...

Turkiye earthquake survivors face despair, as rescues wane

Thousands left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria a week ago packed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets for hot meals on Monday, while the desperate search for anyone still alive likely...

Turkiye detains building contractors

Death toll passes 33K Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more survivors, including a pregnant woman and two small children, six days after a pair of earthquakes...

Quake death toll over 7,200 as Turkiye, Syria search for survivors

Search teams and international aid poured into Turkiye and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. The death toll soared...