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Political leaders invited tourists back to the west side of Maui months after the fire that killed at least 100 people and destroyed over 2,000 buildings. But some residents are struggling with the return of an industry requiring workers to be attentive and hospitable even though they are dealing with loss. CBC | World News
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Hurricane Otis leaves survivors in Mexico uncertain about the future
Residents of Acapulco, Mexico, are sifting through what remains of their homes and belongings after Hurricane Otis battered the area. Many have no option but to rebuild using what’s left, with one man likening it to ‘starting life from scratch’ as he sat perched above the wreckage of his home. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38
Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country’s east. CBC | World News
Read More »How 3D holograms and AI are preserving Holocaust survivors’ stories
Canadian Max Eisen has had his memories of what happened to him and his family during the Holocaust archived using an interactive system powered by artificial intelligence. CBC | World News
Read More »Holocaust Memorial Day: Survivors return to concentration camp ‘It’s not easy going back’
TWO HOLOCAUST survivors have returned to Bergen-Belsen for the first time since it was liberated and given harrowing accounts of their ordeal. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Survivors found 2 days after deadly Kenya building collapse
Kenyan rescuers digging through the rubble of a six-story building found two survivors alive Sunday, two days after it collapsed in Nairobi and killed at least five people and injured 31 others. CBC | World News
Read More »Holocaust holograms: how survivors’ stories live on through new technology
People trying to preserve the memories of the Holocaust are in a race against time, while the numbers of young Canadians who are unaware what happened are high. The answer might lie in new technology and media. CBC | World News
Read More »Japan rescuers wade through flooded streets in search for typhoon survivors
Rescue crews dug through mudslides and searched near swollen rivers Monday after a typhoon caused serious damage in central and northern Japan, leaving dozens of people dead or missing. CBC | World News
Read More »Argentine navy continues search for submarine with little hope of finding survivors
Argentina’s navy says the search for a missing submarine that has been lost for 15 days will continue but the rescue part of the mission is over, reflecting the faded hopes for finding the 44 crew members alive. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Bodies piled up on top of me’: Survivors recall Egypt’s horrific mosque attack
They arrived in five SUVs, took positions across from the mosque’s door and windows, and just as the imam was about to deliver his Friday sermon from atop the pulpit, they opened fire and tossed grenades at the estimated 500 worshippers inside. CBC | World News
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