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'Survival mode' for families displaced by Ethiopia quakes

Under a makeshift shelter, Moussa Akele kills time chewing the stimulant khat, wondering where his family will get its next meal after fleeing a series of earthquakes that have shaken several regions of Ethiopia.

News Africa
Yolande Du Preez|Published

Putin sends condolences to China's Xi over deadly tibet earthquake

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday sent his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a letter of condolences over the tragic consequences of the earthquake in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

News World
Sputnik|Published

Quake in China's Tibet kills 53 with tremors felt in Nepal, India

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 53 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's capital Kathmandu and parts of India.

News World
Yolande Du Preez|Published

Near Chechnya, tracing the life of a Georgian-Ukrainian soldier

Baker Sergo Gornakashvili grew up near Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, haunted by echoes of the wars in nearby Chechnya, before trading his apron for a rifle and dying on Ukraine's front line.

News World
Michael Andisile Mayalo|Published