Bangkok earthquake Stories

Should Africa be worried about earthquakes?
DW News  |  Apr 20, 2025

In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose serious risks, yet preparedness remains low.

Developers face scrutiny over safety of high-rise buildings after Myanmar quake
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 03, 2025

The World Economic Forum recommends that buildings be fitted with "base isolation" systems to separate the building from its foundations using springs...

Search for quake survivors intensifies in Myanmar, Thailand; death toll expected to rise
Reuters  |  Mar 31, 2025

A civil war in the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power in a coup in 2021, was complicating efforts to reach those injured and...

Earthquake death toll in Myanmar jumps to 1,002 with 2,376 injured, State media reports
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Earthquake toll in Myanmar jumps to 1,002 with 2,376 injured

What caused Myanmar, Thailand earthquake? Science of damage explained
Reuters  |  Mar 28, 2025

The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south, cutting through the middle of the country," said Joanna F...

Strong earthquake strikes Southeast Asia, buildings collapse in Myanmar
Reuters  |  Mar 28, 2025

Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes as water cascaded dow...

Eastleigh celebrates opening of 17-storey Bilal Towers, its latest commercial icon
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 05, 2024

The launch drew hundreds of attendees, including local business people, residents, and leaders such as Kamukunji Member of Parliament Yusuf Hassan and...

Business disrupted as Eastleigh matatu operators clash with hawkers
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Sep 23, 2024

Tensions between the matatu operators and hawkers had been simmering for some time. 

Three Kenyans missing in Myanmar as embassy warns of rising trafficking risks
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 16, 2024

The embassy noted that despite numerous warnings, Kenyans continue to fall victim to human traffickers in Myanmar and Laos, often under the false prom...

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