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‘What day is it?’ woman asks rescuers, as 77-year-old also pulled from rubble more than a week after Turkey quake

By Talia Kayali, Rhea Mogul and Hande Atay Alam, CNN A confused woman asked her rescuers “What day is it?” when pulled alive from the rubble of last week’s earthquake after 228 hours, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu reported Wednesday, as another woman aged 77 was also rescued from the debris. More than nine days

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NATO allies worry about dwindling ammo stockpiles as they try to keep Ukraine’s troops firing

By Luke McGee, CNN In the 12 months since President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine, one of the biggest surprises has been the willingness with which Western countries, especially in Europe, have handed over increasingly sophisticated military equipment for Ukrainian use. At times the debates around sending certain types of weapons, most

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Wagner chief admits to founding Russian troll farm sanctioned for meddling in US elections

By Mick Krever and Anna Chernova, CNN Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Russian private military company Wagner, admitted on Tuesday to founding the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a notorious troll farm that the US government has sanctioned for interfering in American elections. A Wagner Telegram channel on Tuesday published a statement from Prigozhin, asking him

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Turkey cracks down on building contractors as quake death toll reaches grim milestone

By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Turkish authorities have arrested or detained a number of property developers as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic earthquake soared past 36,000. The 7.8-magnitude quake that struck southeastern Turkey near the border with Syria last Monday has now caused 31,643 deaths in Turkey, according to the Turkish Emergency Coordination Center

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Turkey cracks down on building contractors as quake death toll reaches grim milestone

CNN By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Turkish authorities have arrested or detained a number of property developers as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic earthquake soared past 36,000. The 7.8-magnitude quake that struck southeastern Turkey near the border with Syria last Monday has now caused 31,643 deaths in Turkey, according to the Turkish Emergency Coordination

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‘I wish we were dead’: Syrian quake survivors left to fend for themselves with little help in sight

By Jomana Karadsheh, Kareem Khadder, Lorenz Huber and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Three-month-old Mohammad is all alone in intensive care, his little head and face covered in bandages and tubes attached to a ventilator. He is alone for every labored breath he takes. Neighbors found Mohammad, who lost both his parents in last Monday’s 7.8 magnitude

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