BANGKOK: Thailand's prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has expressed her concern regarding the collapse of the State Audit Office building during the earthquake on March 28, and ordered an investigation into the incident.
BANGKOK: Hope flickered amid the rubble of the collapsed building in Chatuchak as rescue teams detected life signs from at least 15 individuals trapped beneath the debris.
A construction worker told Saturday how he cheated death when a Bangkok skyscraper collapsed "in the blink of an eye" after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand.
BANGKOK: The Thai insurance sector is assessing damage estimated to exceed one billion baht following the collapse of a partially constructed State Audit Office (SAO) building during the recent earthquake.
BANGKOK: Thai emergency crews have detected signs of life and are racing against the clock to rescue dozens missing in the rubble of a collapsed high-rise building in Bangkok, as relatives gathered at the site to await news of their loved ones.
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least three people in Bangkok and burying dozens when a high-rise building under construction collapsed, and prompting Myanmar to declare a widespread state of emergency.
BANGKOK: A high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar midday on Friday (March 27), police said, and possible casualties are not yet known.
YANGON, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's powerful earthquake on Friday caused the collapse of Mandalay University's main building, which later caught fire, according to the Information Team of the State Administration Council on Saturday night.
Rescuers pulled a woman alive from the wreckage of a collapsed apartment building in Mandalay on Saturday, AFP journalists saw, 30 hours after a devastating quake hit Myanmar.
LA PAZ, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and two others injured after a mine collapsed in the Bolivian province of Larecaja, the western department of La Paz, police said Thursday.
Myanmar National Airlines has cancelled some flights due to the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Friday, it said on its Facebook page.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - A teenager injured in the November roof collapse at a railway station in Serbia's Novi Sad died on Friday, becoming the 16th fatality linked to a disaster that has triggered a wave of mass protests and the resignation of the prime minister.
A bridge under construction in Bangkok collapsed in the early hours of March 15, with initial reports confirming seven fatalities and many people injured.
An elevated road being built in the country's capital Bangkok collapsed, killing at least five people, officials said.
BANGKOK: The under-construction Dao Khanong Expressway Bridge collapsed onto Rama II Road in Bangkok's Chom Thong district at 1.48am on Saturday (March 15).
KOTA BHARU: The Orang Asli Development Department will assess the need for a new bridge in Pos Belatim, Gua Musang, after the existing structure collapsed due to heavy rain.
BANGKOK: The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) expects to clear out the debris from the collapsed Dao Khanong Expressway bridge on Rama II Road and restore access to the inbound Dao Khanong Expressway in one week.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba remained largely without power on Saturday morning after the island´s grid collapsed the night before, knocking out electricity for 10 million people and raising fresh questions about the viability of its antiquated generating system.
LONDON (Reuters) - With tears in their eyes, mothers of children who died in Brazil's worst environmental disaster - the 2015 Mariana dam collapse - demanded justice for their loved ones on Thursday as submissions in their London lawsuit came to an end.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban state-run media on Wednesday cheered the Trump administration's decision to gut U.S.-funded media outlets long heralded as a cornerstone of Washington's effort to promote its viewpoint in communist-run Cuba.