Monday, February 13, 2023

Syria agrees to expand access to humanitarian aid for earthquake victims, says UN

TURKEY-QUAKE/SYRIA-AID

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to allow United Nations aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria through two border crossings from Turkey for three months, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-earthquake-aid-un-1.6747180?cmp=rss

Woman trapped in earthquake rubble felt like she was 'born again' during rescue

Earthquake survivor Özlem Ayna in a hospital bed

As Özlem Ayna lay pinned in rubble underneath a wardrobe, she could hear voices and the sound of a dog searching through her apartment building that had collapsed during an earthquake more than four days before in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/woman-trapped-earthquake-rubble-rescue-1.6746323?cmp=rss

Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for COVID-19

Britain Royals

Camilla, the wife of King Charles and the Queen Consort, has tested positive for COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/camilla-covid-1.6746597?cmp=rss

Heroic rescue in Turkey one week after earthquakes

Heroic rescue in Turkey one week after earthquakes

An elated rescue team extricated a young girl named Miray from under another flattened building in Adiyaman, Turkey on Monday, one week after a powerful earthquake struck.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/heroic-rescue-in-turkey-one-week-after-earthquakes-1.6746285?cmp=rss

Sunday, February 12, 2023

Ukrainians mobilize to 'reclaim our art, reclaim our artists'

MARTA TROTSIUK IN TAIWAN 2 (SUBMITTED)

Marta Trotsiuk has always loved Ukrainian contemporary art. When the Russian invasion began, Trotsiuk turned to art and culture — and the connections she had — as her way of contributing to the war effort. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-art-history-1.6739016?cmp=rss