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Tributes pour as State funeral held for Atsu

Hundreds of people including Ghana’s president are paying their last respects to Christian Atsu, who died in last month’s earthquake in Turkey. His funeral is being held outside State House in Ghana’s capital, Accra. “In life I love you darling, in death I’ll do the same,” read the tearful tribute from the footballer’s widow, Marie-Claire […]

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Turkey Rescues Two Persons 11 Days After Quake

Turkish rescuers on Thursday pulled a 17-year-girl and a woman in her 20s from the rubble of last week’s devastating earthquake, as hopes fade of finding more survivors. Aleyna Olmez, 17, was rescued 248 hours after the 7.8-magnitude quake flattened entire cities, killing nearly 40,000 people across southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria. “She looked […]

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Earthquake kills 4 in Indonesians Papua province

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Indonesia’s Papua province on Thursday, killing four people, according to an official. Residents had already recovered the four victims’ bodies from the sea. According to Asep Khalid, the head of the local disaster management agency, they were in a waterfront cafe when the quake struck the provincial capital of Jayapura and […]

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Former Chelsea, Player Christian Atsu Rescued From Turkey, Syria Earthquake Debris

A former Newcastle and Chelsea star Christian Atsu, who was trapped under debris during a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey. has finally been rescued. The quake that has been termed to be the biggest to strike Turkey and Syria in nearly a century killed over 4,800 people on Monday, sparked frantic rescues and was felt […]

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Buhari mourns with Turkey, Syria after deadly earthquakes killed 1,900

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned with Turkey and Syria after deadly earthquakes killed 1,900 and injured more than 7,000 on Monday. An earthquake of 7.8 magnitude struck near Gaziantep in the early hours of Monday while people were asleep. A new 7.5-magnitude tremor hit at around 13:30 local time (10:30 GMT), which officials said was […]

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