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During the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV urged the international community to mobilize aid and involve local communities to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has claimed more than 2,500 lives out of about 5,300 cases amid conflict; he also prayed for the victims of a mining collapse in the Central African Republic.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia’s Pacific coast, killing at least 239 people and wounding more than 3,700, with hundreds more missing as rescue crews search rubble from about 140 collapsed buildings and nearly 50,000 people left homeless. The death toll is expected to rise as recovery continues; international aid is flowing, including $15.5 million from the U.S. and urban search-and-rescue teams from Los Angeles County and Virginia’s Fairfax County joining Colombia’s response.
An international team pulled 43-year-old Hernán Gil Flores alive from a La Guaira basement eight days after Venezuela’s twin earthquakes, ending a grueling rescue effort. Trapped since June 24, he survived thanks to a small security cabin and even asked rescuers not to tell his wife he was alive; the operation involved teams from Chile, Costa Rica, the United States, Portugal and Mexico.
One week after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, the death toll has risen to about 1,943 with more than 10,000 injured and tens of thousands unaccounted for, while satellite data estimate roughly 58,900 buildings damaged and up to 6.8 million people affected. Hospitals are overwhelmed and rescue efforts face delays; civilians search rubble as aid from the U.S., EU, UK and others begins arriving amid criticism of the government's response, and authorities pledge camps and rebuilding while the UN warns of disease risk.
Back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes in Venezuela have killed at least 1,450 people and left thousands missing. A 21-year-old man, Aaron Levi Cantillo Vargas, was pulled alive after 106 hours under rubble as international teams and US-led relief efforts arrived. The US pledged over $300 million in emergency aid, reopened Caracas’s airport for relief, and the USS Fort Lauderdale joined on-site operations, with aid from the Netherlands and China also pledged. Aftershocks continue to complicate rescues, while families search hospitals for missing relatives amid growing frustration with relief efforts.
Twin earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24 caused heavy casualties and left tens of thousands missing, marking interim President Delcy Rodríguez’s first major crisis. Critics say the government’s response has been slow and uneven as international rescue teams arrive and civilians scramble to help, highlighting long-standing weaknesses in emergency services shaped by years of economic crisis and sanctions. The disaster could reshape public opinion and politics, complicating any view of Rodríguez’s leadership while aid money and rebuilding efforts become the focus of both domestic frustration and international assistance.
Two powerful earthquakes in Venezuela (7.2 and 7.5) killed about 1,430 people, injured 3,200 and left 3,100 homeless, with around 68,900 unaccounted, as the UN estimates $6.7 billion in damage and international teams rush to assist.
Two powerful earthquakes, including a magnitude-7.5 tremor, struck Venezuela within seconds of each other, killing at least 920 people and injuring thousands as rescue teams converge on La Guaira and other hard-hit areas; hundreds remain missing while hundreds of buildings, including hospitals and shopping centers, have collapsed or been damaged, and more than 214 aftershocks have followed. International aid is pouring in from the UK, US, Netherlands, Mexico and Switzerland, with the US pledging warships, transport planes and about $150 million in aid. Medical facilities are overwhelmed and authorities warn the death toll could rise as rescue efforts continue.
Twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 struck Venezuela, killing 589, injuring about 3,000, and leaving hundreds trapped as La Guaira bears heavy damage and the main airport closes. International teams and aid from the US, Brazil, El Salvador, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and others, plus UN backing, are rushing to assist amid overwhelmed hospitals and Venezuela’s strained infrastructure.
Twin earthquakes hit Venezuela, raising the death toll to about 235 as rescue teams from across the region and beyond race to reach survivors within the critical 72-hour window. International relief is underway, with the United States pledging about $150 million in aid and temporarily easing sanctions to speed relief efforts, while countries deploy search-and-rescue units, medical teams, and equipment to affected areas.
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela along the Caribbean coast, causing widespread destruction in La Guaira and Caracas and prompting urgent rescue efforts as authorities declared a state of emergency. Officials said about 235 people were dead and around 4,300 injured. Roughly 1,000 emergency responders from 25 teams arrived or were en route from around the world, with aid pledged by Spain, Chile, Germany, Turkey, China and others. Venezuela’s government also announced a $200 million reconstruction fund and urged with businesses to provide heavy equipment to accelerate search-and-rescue operations.
The European Union announced a 3 billion-euro loan to support Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction as part of a two-year commitment, signaling continued financial backing for Ukraine amid the ongoing war.
An opinion piece arguing that the Congo Ebola outbreak could spiral without a dramatically scaled, centralized international response. It urges appointing a single leadership body, treating the crisis as a multidimensional operation with experts in command, logistics, security, and communications, and implementing a concrete endgame with targets (e.g., high isolation and safe burial rates) backed by massive resource deployment within 30 days, drawing lessons from the 2014 West Africa outbreak to avert a higher death toll.
Rescuers in central Laos’s flooded cave have pulled one survivor from the chamber, while four others remain inside awaiting assessment before evacuation; two additional men are still missing. An international divers’ team is teaching the trapped villagers to use diving gear and guiding them through narrow, ice-cold passages, as workers pump water and coordinate a lengthy, challenging ascent to the surface over potentially hours-long treks.
The article discusses whether Venezuela can resolve its ongoing debt issues amidst its broader economic crisis, exploring potential solutions and international support options.