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China earthquake death toll rises to 82

BEIJING, China (AFP) — The death toll from a strong earthquake that struck southwest China rose to 82, state media reported Thursday, as rain and possible mudslides threatened the search for dozens of missing people. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43 kilometers (26 miles) southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at a depth of 10 kilometers on Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, forcing thousands to be resettled into temporary […]

The Mariupol diary: Ukraine war seen by 8-year-old boy

by Marina Moyseyenko Agence France-Presse ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AFP) — The horrors of the bloodiest chapter so far in the Ukraine conflict are poignantly captured in the words and drawings of an eight-year-old boy. Yegor Kravtsov kept a secret diary in Mariupol as Ukrainian forces fought an increasingly desperate defense against Russian troops. Spending weeks in a basement with his family, Yegor filled the pages of a small blue book with an idyllic image of Greece […]