China and others lead Myanmar earthquake response
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The U.S. is largely absent from the international response to a devastating earthquake in Myanmar amid President Donald Trump's deep cuts to foreign aid.
From NBC News
After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar on Friday, killing more than 2,800 people, international rescuers rushed into the devastated Southeast Asian country.
From Reuters
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The Trump administration’s foreign aid cuts have crippled U.S. efforts to support earthquake relief efforts. But that’s not the only damage they will do.
As U.S. experts head to Myanmar to assist in recovery from the Southeast Asia earthquake, teams from China are filling the void.
Rescue workers, sniffer dogs, paramedics and millions of dollars in aid have begun arriving in Myanmar after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the war-torn country.
Myanmar ’s military junta has declared a ceasefire in its ongoing civil war with ethnic rebel groups until 22 April, a day after it confirmed that soldiers had fired at a Chinese convoy carrying aid for victims of last week’s devastating earthquake.
Democratic senators said in a letter that the administration was failing its first test of humanitarian aid as China and Russia send teams to help.
Myanmar's military is limiting humanitarian aid in numerous earthquake areas, the United Nations human rights office has said.
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The Manila Times on MSNProtest as quake-hit Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok summitBANGKOK: Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday (Apr 4), a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving