Wassim Naqqar practises his backflips on gravel near the refugee camp set up west of Khan Younis in Gaza, hoping to one day be able to return to his sports club in the north, as the Israel-Hamas war approaches the one-year mark. CBC | World News
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Amid rubble and airstrikes, university students in Gaza resume classes online
Higher education institutions in Gaza were damaged or destroyed after the Israel-Hamas war began last fall, but some students are finding hope as a few schools resume classes virtually, even though they face serious challenges. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 11 people still alive under building collapse rubble, South African officials say
Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-storey apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Survivors pulled from rubble 4 days after Japanese earthquake
Unlikely survivors are pulled from the rubble four days after a devastating earthquake struck Japan. Some parts of Ishikawa Prefecture will never look the same and will take years to rebuild. CBC | World News
Read More »Rescuers race to free young girl and others from rubble of Mexico quake
A delicate effort to reach a young girl buried in the rubble of her school stretched into a daylong vigil for Mexico, much of it broadcast across the nation as rescue workers still struggled in rain and darkness early Thursday trying to pick away unstable debris and reach her. CBC | World News
Read More »Mexico quake rescuers search school rubble as death toll hits 225
Desperate rescue workers scrabbled through rubble in a floodlit search on Wednesday for dozens of children feared buried beneath a Mexico City school, one of hundreds of buildings destroyed by the country’s most lethal earthquake in a generation. CBC | World News
Read More »2 children pulled from rubble after Italian earthquake
Firefighters in Italy free a seven-month-old baby and his older brother from rubble following a 4.0-magnitude quake on the resort island of Ischia off Naples, and rescuers are working on helping a third brother who remained trapped. CBC | World News
Read More »MIRACLE RESCUE: Baby saved from Italy earthquake rubble after being trapped for HOURS
A SEVEN-month-old baby was the first of three siblings to be pulled out alive from rubble after an earthquake hit a tourist-packed Italian holiday island. Daily Express :: News Feed
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