US absent from Myanmar quake response as rivals fill the vacuum
The US response to Myanmar’s deadly earthquake has been slow and limited due to Trump-era cuts to USAID, allowing China and ...
Myanmar quake response hampered by lack of equipment as international teams arrive
In Myanmar, there are reports of screaming coming from piles of rubble as the window to find earthquake survivors is quickly diminishing.
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader ...
‘We are on our own’: in earthquake-stricken Myanmar, rescuers dig through debris with hands
The military government has declared a partial ceasefire to allow relief efforts in, with teams from India, China, Singapore ...
Myanmar Quake Death Toll Rises to 1,644 as Resistance Movement Announces Partial Cease-Fire
B ANGKOK — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more ...
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With America’s Foreign Aid Program in Flux, Rivals Step Up With Aid to Earthquake-Ravaged Myanmar
The number killed in the quake is sure to rise in a swath extending from China’s Yunnan Province south to the Thai capital of Bangkok.
Myanmar’s civil war: How shifting US-Russia ties could tip balance and hand China a greater role
But a rushed ceasefire born of necessity does not equate to a lasting solution. As such, the shifting geopolitics of Russia, the U.S. and China may impact Myanmar’s civil war – but it will do little ...
Myanmar and Thailand earthquake latest: Hospitals overwhelmed as race to find survivors enters critical hours
"Based on orders from the Russian president and emergencies minister, a group of Russian rescuers has departed to Myanmar on ...
Myanmar’s earthquake death toll jumps to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered
The confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644 on Saturday, a sharp rise compared to the ...
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Myanmar’s civil war: How shifting US-Russia ties could tip balance and hand China a greater role
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tharaphi Than, Northern Illinois University (THE CONVERSATION) While the United ...