Lack of equipment stalls race to save earthquake survivors in Myanmar Devastation is widespread in Mandalay where survivors are still waiting on help from the military government. The collapsed Maha Myat Muni Buddhist pagoda following an earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Friday [EPA] By Nandi Theint and Wanpen PajaiPublished On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 Mandalay, Bangkok – Rescue…
EXPLAINER Why can’t we remember our early years? Do babies make memories at all? For the first time, scientists have observed memories forming in babies’ brains in real time. Babies can begin to store memories as early as four months of age [File: Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo] By Areesha LodhiPublished On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 Have…
News Rival rallies erupt in South Korea over President Yoon’s impeachment Supporters and critics of Yoon Suk Yeol take to the streets of the capital Seoul amid ongoing impeachment trial. A woman holds a poster of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a street rally in Seoul on March 29, 2025 [Jung Yeon-je/AFP]…
Gaza people surviving on canned food as fresh produce ‘rotting’ at border UN relief chief warns food ‘rotting’ at Gaza border as Israel continues to breach humanitarian law with blockade imposed on March 18. Trucks queue with drivers waiting after Israel blocked the entry of aid through the borders, in the North Sinai city of…
Is Sudan’s war merging with South Sudanese conflicts? Soldiers arrive at Allafah market, recently recaptured by Sudan’s army from the RSF paramilitary, in the Al Kalalah district, south of Khartoum, Sudan, on March 27, 2025 [AP Photo] By Mat NashedPublished On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional…
Nepal appoint former Australian international Law as new coach The former West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh coach guided United States to the 2024 T20 World Cup Super 8s. Stuart Law’s highest profile coaching role was with West Indies [Lee Smit/Reuters] Published On 29 Mar 202529 Mar 2025 Former Australia batter Stuart Law has been…
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,129 These are the key developments on day 1,129 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. A serviceman of Ukraine’s Third Mechanised Battalion practises on a training ground at an undisclosed location in the east of Ukraine, on March 27, 2025 [Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine’s 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP] Here is…
News Four policemen, two suspected rebels killed in India-administered Kashmir The deaths came in a gun battle in the forested area of the southern Jammu region. Indian security force personnel patrol near the site of a gun battle with suspected rebel fighters in a forest area in Kathua district of India-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on…
Victor Gao says Pete Hegseth is trying to stir up a confrontation between China and the US, using the Philippines.
LONG READ Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back? Teenage musicians Yasemin, Zakia and Shukriya and Uzra, just 7, fled the repression of women in Afghanistan. Will a Trump order and Pakistan send them back? Zakia (left), American musician Lanny Cordola, Shukriya and Yasemine (right) pose for a photograph in…