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Survivors still being found from Burma earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700
- A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Burma on Friday, killing more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
- The death toll is expected to rise, but the earthquake hit a wide swath of the country, leaving many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaging roads and bridges, leaving the full extent of the devastation hard to assess.
- The World Health Organization said more than 10,000 buildings are known to have collapsed or been severely damaged in Burma. The earthquake also hit neighboring Thailand, causing a high-rise building under construction to collapse and burying many workers.
Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Burma’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war.
The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman was successfully pulled from the rubble 91 hours after being buried when the building collapsed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit midday Friday. Experts say the likelihood of finding survivors drops dramatically after 72 hours.
Death toll numbers forecast to increase
The head of Burma’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told a forum in Naypyitaw, that 2,719 people have now been found dead, with 4,521 others injured and 441 missing, Myanmar’s Western News online portal reported.
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Those figures are widely expected to rise, but the earthquake hit a wide swath of the country, leaving many areas without power, telephone or cell connections and damaging roads and bridges, leaving the full extent of the devastation hard to assess.
Most of the reports so far have come from Mandalay, Burma’s second-largest city, which was near the epicenter of the earthquake, and Naypyitaw.
«The needs are massive, and they are rising by the hour,» said Julia Rees, UNICEF’s deputy representative for Burma.
Burma’s rescuers work through rubble of a collapsed building following Friday’s earthquake in Naypyitaw, Burma, on April 1, 2025. (AP Photo)
«The window for lifesaving response is closing. Across the affected areas, families are facing acute shortages of clean water, food, and medical supplies.»
Burma’s fire department said that 403 people have been rescued in Mandalay and 259 bodies have been found so far. In one incident alone, 50 Buddhist monks who were taking a religious exam in a monastery were killed when the building collapsed and 150 more are thought to be buried in the rubble.
Structural damage is extensive
The World Health Organization said that more than 10,000 buildings overall are known to have collapsed or been severely damaged in central and northwest Burma.
The earthquake also rocked neighboring Thailand, causing a high-rise building under construction to collapse and burying many workers.
Two bodies were pulled from the rubble on Monday and another was recovered Tuesday, but dozens were still missing. Overall, there were 21 people killed and 34 injured in Bangkok, primarily at the construction site.
In Burma, search and rescue efforts across the affected area paused briefly at midday on Tuesday as people stood for a minute in silent tribute to the dead.
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Relief efforts moving at a sluggish pace
Foreign aid workers have been arriving slowly to help in the rescue efforts, but progress was still slow with a lack of heavy machinery in many places.
In one site in Naypyitaw on Tuesday, workers formed a human chain, passing chunks of brick and concrete out hand-by-hand from the ruins of a collapsed building.
The Burma military government’s official Global New Light of Burma reported Tuesday that a team of Chinese rescuers saved four people the day before from the ruins of the Sky Villa, a large apartment complex that collapsed during the quake. They included a 5-year-old and a pregnant woman who had been trapped for more than 60 hours.
The same publication also reported two teenagers were able to crawl out of the rubble of the same building to where rescue crews were working, using their cellphone flashlights to help guide them. The rescue workers were then able to use details from what they told them to locate their grandmother and sibling.
International rescue teams from several countries are on the scene, including from Russia, China, India, the United Arab Emirates and several Southeast Asian countries. The U.S. Embassy said an American team had been sent but hadn’t yet arrived.
Aid pledges pouring in as officials warn of disease outbreak risk
Meantime, multiple countries have pledged millions in aid to assist Burma and humanitarian aid organizations with the monumental task ahead.
Even before the earthquake, more than 3 million people had been displaced from their homes by Burma’s brutal civil war, and nearly 20 million were in need, according to the U.N.
Many were already lacking in basic medical care and standard vaccinations, and the destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure by the earthquake raises the risk of disease outbreaks, warned the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
«The displacement of thousands into overcrowded shelters, coupled with the destruction of water and sanitation infrastructure, has significantly heightened the risk of communicable disease outbreaks,» OCHA said in its latest report.
«Vulnerability to respiratory infections, skin diseases, vector-borne illnesses such as dengue fever, and vaccine-preventable diseases like measles is escalating,» it added.
The onset of monsoon season also a worry
Shelter is also a major problem, especially with the monsoon season looming.
Since the earthquake, many people have been sleeping outside, either because homes were destroyed or out of fear of aftershocks.
Civil war complicates disaster relief
Burma’s military seized power in 2021 from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking what has turned into significant armed resistance and a brutal civil war.
Government forces have lost control of much of Burma, and many places were dangerous or impossible for aid groups to reach even before the quake.
Military attacks and those from some anti-military groups have not stopped in the aftermath of the earthquake, though the shadow opposition National Unity Government has called a unilateral ceasefire for its forces.
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The NUG, established by elected lawmakers who were ousted in 2021, called for the international community to ensure humanitarian aid is delivered directly to the earthquake victims, urging «vigilance against any attempts by the military junta to divert or obstruct humanitarian assistance.»
«We are in a race against time to save lives,» the NUG said in a statement.
«Any obstruction to these efforts will have devastating consequences, not only due to the impact of the earthquake but also because of the junta’s continued brutality, which actively hinders the delivery of lifesaving assistance.»
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the military has been impeding humanitarian aid. In the past, it initially refused to allow in foreign rescue teams or many emergency supplies after Cyclone Nargis in 2008, which resulted in well more than 100,000 deaths. Even once it did allow foreign assistance, it was with severe restrictions.
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In this case, however, Min Aung Hlaing, pointedly said on the day of the earthquake that the country would accept outside help.
Tom Andrews, a monitor on rights in Burma commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council, said on X that to facilitate aid, military attacks must stop.
«The focus in Burma must be on saving lives, not taking them,» he said.
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace is moving closer to launching a campaign for governor in her home state of South Carolina.
«I will be making a decision in the coming days,» Mace said this past weekend in a Fox News Digital interview. «We’re definitely leaning towards running for statewide office in South Carolina for governor.»
And Mace gave a similar response in a Fox News Channel interview Sunday, telling host Jon Scott that «I will be making a decision over the next couple of days about my future.»
Mace, a three-term congresswoman who represents a coastal district in the state’s Lowcountry, gave what appeared to be a big hint of her next political steps as she delivered a speech Friday at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
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Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina delivers an address at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics on July 25, 2025, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Fox News / Paul Steinhauser )
Delivering an address at the Politics and Eggs speaking series, which for a quarter-century has been a must-stop for White House hopefuls, Mace told the crowd that «not only do you pick presidents, maybe you can pick the next South Carolina governor too while were here today, because we’re going to be announcing a run very shortly potentially for that as well.»
Mace told Fox News Digital that there were a number of reasons why she would bid for South Carolina governor.
«We have the highest state income tax in the southeast, making us not competitive with other neighboring states, and a growing, booming economy under Donald Trump,» Mace said.
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«But also law and order. My state has been run over by illegals and our leaders have turned a blind eye. And I want to protect women and kids. We’ve got this gender bending ideology in colleges and universities across South Carolina, and we’ve got to end it,» she argued.
Mace would be entering a crowded GOP primary field in the 2026 race to succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who is the Palmetto State’s longest-serving governor.
Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who is South Carolina’s longest-serving governor, is term-limited and cannot seek re-election in 2026. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, and state Sen. Josh Kimbrell are all seeking the GOP nomination in the reliably red state. They were joined on Sunday by Republican Rep. Ralph Norman, who declared his candidacy.
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Mace said that if she launches a gubernatorial campaign, «we’re starting out front, in the lead, and it’s a two-man race» between her and Wilson.
And she pledged that «if I get in, I will fight to the finish, and I will take out South Carolina’s Attorney General, because he’s turned a blind eye on women and on children and on the state for a lot of reasons. He might force me to do this.»
Mace, in a bombshell speech on the U.S. House floor in February, alleged that Wilson ignored evidence of sexual assault against her and other women. In her hour-long speech, Mace accused four men, including her ex-fiance, of sexual crimes and said she was among the victims.
Wilson vehemently denied Mace’s accusations, saying at the time «that allegation was never made to me — no one in my office.»
Wilson, in a statement to Fox News on Monday, argued that «Nancy Mace is a liar who will do anything to get attention to distract from her liberal voting record. I’ve served our country and dedicated my civilian career to protecting children.»
«Her attacks are, again, categorically false and are just a distraction from her liberal agenda,» he added. «South Carolina families need a Governor who will fight for our values, not someone who will compromise them for political gain and social media clicks.»
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican, is running for governor in the 2026 race to succeed term-limited GOP Gov. Henry McMaster. (Tracy Glantz/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
And Wilson’s campaign highlighted that every sheriff in Mace’s congressional district has endorsed his campaign for governor.
Mace, who dropped out of high school at age 17, and worked at a Waffle House before eventually becoming the first female graduate of the Citadel’s Corps of Cadets, won election to Congress in 2020. She defeated Democratic Rep. Joe Cunningham, to become the state’s first Republican woman elected to the House.
Mace, who worked on President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, strongly criticized his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, when Trump supporters attempted to upend congressional certification of now-former President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Trump backed a primary challenger against Mace when she was up for re-election in 2022, but she successfully won re-nomination and re-election.
Mace later came to Trump’s defense after the then-former president was indicted for mishandling classified documents. And she endorsed Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries.
Trump’s grip over the GOP, thanks to his 2024 victory to win back the White House, is stronger than ever, and his endorsements in GOP nomination races are extremely influential.
Asked if she could land the president’s endorsement if she ran for governor, Mace told Fox News Digital, «I’ll be working very hard if I get in to earn his support.»
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace speaks with an audience member after the Republican lawmaker from South Carolina appeared at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, on July 25, 2025, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Fox News / Paul Steinhauser )
Mace, who has leaned hard into cultural issues in recent years, didn’t disappoint in her speech in New Hampshire.
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«I love being here in the Granite State, because this is where real men protect women,» Mace said in her opening remarks.
«I’ve learned in my fight in Congress that we, as women, still have a war to wage with the far left, who want men in women’s spaces. They want men in our locker rooms. They want men showering next to our 12-year-old daughters,» she argued. «And they think men can get pregnant. I’m just here to say the biological truth is not that.»
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La ONU impulsa la solución de dos Estados para el conflicto Israel-Palestina: ¿una meta alcanzable o un ideal lejano?
La Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas inauguró este lunes una reunión de alto nivel destinada a promover la creación de un Estado palestino independiente, en el marco de la histórica solución de dos Estados para poner fin al prolongado conflicto entre israelíes y palestinos. La conferencia, copresidida por los ministros de Asuntos Exteriores de Francia y Arabia Saudita, busca sentar las bases para una hoja de ruta concreta hacia la paz.
Israel y su principal aliado, Estados Unidos, optaron por boicotear la reunión de dos días, argumentando que es “contraproducente” para los esfuerzos de poner fin a la guerra en Gaza. El gobierno israelí rechaza de plano la idea de una solución de dos Estados, mientras que el primer ministro Benjamin Netanyahu calificó el reciente anuncio del presidente francés Emmanuel Macron —que prevé reconocer un Estado palestino en septiembre— como una “recompensa el terrorismo que corre el riesgo de crear otro representante iraní, tal como se convirtió Gaza”.
Durante la apertura del encuentro, el secretario general de la ONU, António Guterres, lamentó que la solución esté más lejos que nunca, en referencia a “la destrucción de Gaza que se ha desarrollado ante los ojos del mundo” y la posible anexión israelí de partes de Cisjordania, las partes clave que podrían conformar un Estado palestino. “Debido a la dura realidad, debemos hacer aún más para hacer realidad la solución de dos Estados”, declaró.
Francia y Arabia Saudita consideran que esta alternativa sigue siendo la única vía viable hacia una paz duradera en Oriente Medio. “Este debe ser un punto de inflexión”, afirmó el ministro francés Jean-Noël Barrot, quien instó a pasar del cese de hostilidades en Gaza a una resolución definitiva del conflicto. “Debemos trabajar en los medios para pasar del fin de la guerra en Gaza al fin del conflicto israelí-palestino”, insistió.
Su homólogo saudí, el príncipe Faisal bin Farhan, describió la cita como una “etapa histórica” para sentar las bases de una convivencia pacífica entre dos pueblos.
El primer ministro palestino, Mohammed Mustafa, instó a todos los países que aún no lo han hecho a reconocer “sin demora” y oficialmente al Estado palestino. “El camino hacia la paz comienza reconociendo el Estado de Palestina y preservándolo de la destrucción”, sostuvo. Mustafa celebró además el anuncio de Macron, que convertirá a Francia en la principal potencia occidental en respaldar formalmente esta causa.
El encuentro fue reprogramado desde junio y reducido en formato, en medio de la creciente tensión regional, incluida la guerra de 12 días entre Israel e Irán y la ofensiva israelí en Gaza, que ya lleva 21 meses. Según diplomáticos de la ONU, el objetivo es presentar compromisos concretos con plazos definidos que movilicen recursos y acciones a favor de una solución política.
En ese contexto, los representantes palestinos llegaron al encuentro con una postura clara y renovadas exigencias frente a lo que consideran un sistema profundamente desigual.
Ahmed Majdalani, miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de la OLP y estrecho colaborador del presidente palestino Mahmud Abás, afirmó que los palestinos persiguen varios objetivos, el principal de ellos: iniciar “un proceso político internacional serio que conduzca al establecimiento de un Estado palestino”.
Para los palestinos, el statu quo equivale a un régimen de “apartheid”. Denuncian que Israel ha saboteado reiteradas iniciativas de paz mediante la expansión de asentamientos en Cisjordania y la amenaza constante de anexión, lo que, a su juicio, imposibilita la viabilidad de un Estado contiguo.
Aunque unos 145 países ya reconocen al Estado palestino, la reunión busca ampliar ese respaldo y generar presión internacional. Majdalani señaló que la cita también servirá como antesala a una cumbre presidencial prevista para septiembre, paralela al debate de alto nivel en la Asamblea General. Además, añadió que desean apoyo económico y financiero para la Autoridad Palestina y apoyo internacional para la reconstrucción y recuperación de la Franja de Gaza.
El gobierno de Benjamin Netanyahu mantiene una firme oposición a la solución de dos Estados, apoyado en argumentos nacionalistas y de seguridad. Para el primer ministro israelí y su base más ideológica, Cisjordania representa la tierra bíblica del pueblo judío, mientras que Jerusalén —en especial su sector oriental, donde se ubican los lugares más sagrados del judaísmo, el cristianismo y el islam— es considerada la capital eterna e indivisible de Israel.
Desde esta visión, no hay confianza en que los palestinos estén realmente dispuestos a alcanzar la paz. Los sectores más duros del gobierno citan como ejemplos el estallido de la segunda intifada a comienzos de los 2000 y la toma del poder en Gaza por parte de Hamas en 2007, dos años después de la retirada israelí. Para ellos, la experiencia de Gaza —convertida en foco de cinco guerras, incluida la actual— es una advertencia de los riesgos de ceder territorio.
Netanyahu tampoco contempla una solución de un solo Estado, que implicaría otorgar igualdad de derechos a los palestinos y pondría en riesgo la mayoría demográfica judía. Su estrategia se basa en preservar el control total, mantener diferencias legales y de acceso a derechos entre israelíes y palestinos, y seguir ampliando los asentamientos en Cisjordania. En ese contexto, la Autoridad Palestina conserva apenas una autonomía limitada, sin perspectivas inmediatas de avanzar hacia la independencia.
La idea de dividir el territorio histórico de Palestina entre dos pueblos tiene raíces que se remontan a mediados del siglo XX. Tras el fin del mandato británico, la ONU propuso en 1947 un plan de partición que contemplaba la creación de un Estado judío y otro árabe. Aunque Israel aceptó la propuesta, la guerra iniciada por los países árabes tras la declaración de independencia israelí en 1948 impidió su implementación.
Con el armisticio de 1949, Jordania pasó a controlar Cisjordania y Jerusalén Oriental, mientras que Gaza quedó bajo administración egipcia. Sin embargo, el equilibrio territorial cambió drásticamente tras la Guerra de los Seis Días en 1967, cuando Israel ocupó esas tres regiones. Desde entonces, los palestinos reclaman esos territorios como base de un futuro Estado independiente.
La propuesta de dos Estados —uno israelí y otro palestino— cobró fuerza internacional a partir de la década de 1990, y desde entonces ha sido el marco de referencia para numerosos intentos de paz. La idea se apoya en una realidad demográfica: en Israel, Cisjordania, Jerusalén Oriental y Gaza, las poblaciones judía y palestina están prácticamente equilibradas.
Los 193 Estados miembros de la ONU fueron convocados a la reunión, y según un diplomático francés, se esperaba la participación de alrededor de 40 ministros. Estados Unidos e Israel son los únicos países que decidieron boicotear el encuentro.
Los copresidentes ya han circulado un borrador de documento final que podría ser adoptado al cierre, y no se descarta que durante la cumbre se anuncien nuevos compromisos para reconocer oficialmente al Estado palestino.
La diplomática saudí Manal Radwan, quien encabezó la delegación saudí a la conferencia preparatoria, afirmó que la reunión debe “trazar un rumbo de acción, no de reflexión”. Debe “establecerse en un plan político creíble e irreversible que aborde la causa raíz del conflicto y ofrezca un camino real hacia la paz, la dignidad y la seguridad mutua”, añadió.
Sin embargo, con el boicot de Washington y Tel Aviv, no se esperan avances inmediatos en las negociaciones entre ambas partes, estancadas desde hace años. Aun así, Guterres pidió a los participantes “mantener viva la solución de dos Estados” y trabajar en crear las condiciones políticas y diplomáticas necesarias para alcanzarla.
(Con información de AP)
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