Intercut with all this is contemporary documentary footage that Gomes shot on that same itinerary, before the film’s script was written. The idea was inspired by Gomes reading Somerset Maugham’s 1930 ...

In the ensuing chaos of the quake a fire broke out at Mandalay University, destroying papers from 62,954 high school students ...

The junta -- which seized power in a 2021 coup sparking a many-sided civil war -- said it would cease attacking its myriad armed opponents following the magnitude-7.7 quake which has killed more than ...

Three weeks on, people remaining in the city said they have been left to handle debris removal on their own, with minimal ...

Nearly quarter of a million people who fled war-torn Shan State and Sagaing Region for Mandalay city are now struggling for food and shelter, having been denied regime earthquake relief, according to ...

In Sagaing, 80 percent of buildings have been destroyed and entire sections of one of the main bridges over the Irrawaddy River have snapped off and sunk into the water, like a child’s broken toy.

In terms of rescue workers, 2,094 people have arrived, as well as 2,514.6 tons of relief supplies and 1,197.12 tons of relief materials.

Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency workers recovering bodies and clearing debris are contending with ...

Basic services have yet to be restored to the areas of Myanmar worst hit by a huge earthquake three weeks ago, and emergency ...

A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper published on Saturday said the quake’s death toll had reached 3,726.