Brazil building collapse leaves five dead, eight still missing
São Paulo. Brazil Reuters A building collapsed on Friday in Brazil’s north-eastern state of Pernambuco, leaving at least five dead and eight others missing, civil defence authorities said. Rescue workers look for victims among debris of a building collapse in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil, in 7th July, 2023. PICTURE: Reuters/Anderson Stevens The state’s civil defense […]
Eight people feared under the rubble after buildings collapse in Marseille
Paris, FranceReuters Eight people are not responding to calls and are thought to be under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in an explosion early on Sunday in the southern French city of Marseille, local officials said. The cause of the explosion was not yet known, Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens said. A fire truck […]
Thirteen killed after building collapses in Syria’s Aleppo – state media
Amman, JordanReuters Thirteen people were killed when a residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday and rescue workers were searching for people believed still buried under the rubble, state media said. The five-storey building in the Sheikh Maksoud district of Syria’s second largest city collapsed due to water leakages that […]
Nigeria building collapse toll rises to at least 16; rescuers search on
Lagos, NigeriaReuters Rescuers combed through the rubble of a high-rise building in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos in search of survivors on Tuesday, a day after it collapsed while under construction, as the death toll rose to 16 with scores reported missing. The Lagos state government said it had put its chief architect on indefinite suspension […]
Child deaths in Cambodia spark call for construction freeze
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation After six children died when a building site collapsed, the Cambodian workers’ union on Wednesday called for a halt to a construction boom that has killed more than 60 people in seven months, while the government vowed to tackle child labour. The disaster, in which 36 workers and their families […]
BANGLADESH: RANA PLAZA’S “FORGOTTEN” VICTIMS BATTLE POVERTY AS MONEY DRIES UP
ANURADHA NAGARAJ reports from Savar in Bangladesh on the plight of those who survived the collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka in 2013, killing more than 1,000 textile workers…