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Myanmar earthquake death toll nears 3,000

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Across the affected areas, families are facing acute shortages of clean water, food, and medical supplies.
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Signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at leas...
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The epicenter was recorded in Myanmar’s central Sagaing region, near the former royal capital Mandalay, home to around 1.5 million people, as well as multiple historic temple complexes and palaces.
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