Rescuers keep digging for survivors a week after the Turkey-Syria earthquakeFebruary 13, 2023 3:30 AMBy Peter Kenyon People buried under rubble in southern Turkey continue to defy the odds, surviving freezing weather and a week without water. A 40-year-old woman was pulled alive in Gaziantep province early Monday.
Play3min 48secThis race is a nonstop sail around the world. Cassette tapes are allowed, but no GPSFebruary 12, 2023 8:45 AMBy Scott Neuman To win the Golden Globe Race, sailors compete solo using celestial navigation to find their way, and they are forced to battle high winds and rough seas without the use of any electronic equipment.
Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33KFebruary 12, 2023 8:41 AMBy The Associated PressTurkish justice officials are targeting more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods after a pair of earthquakes collapsed thousands of buildings in southeast Turkey and northern Syria six days ago.
An uncrewed Russian spacecraft docked at the space station loses pressureFebruary 12, 2023 7:30 AMBy Juliana Kim The incident does not pose a danger to the station's crew, Russian space officials said. The announcement came shortly after a new Russian cargo ship docked at the station.
The U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Canada's Yukon territoryFebruary 11, 2023 4:48 PMBy James Doubek Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he ordered the take-down after the object violated Canada's airspace.
Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000February 11, 2023 9:41 AMBy The Associated PressRescue teams using thermal cameras to locate signs of life are continuing to pull survivors out of mounds of rubble, five days after a major earthquake struck a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria.
Play3min 23secRussia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plantFebruary 10, 2023 5:22 AMBy Geoff Brumfiel , Connie Hanzhang Jin , Jacob Fenton , Meredith Rizzo , and Julian Hayda Satellite data show water levels plummeting at the massive Kakhovka Reservoir. The reservoir supplies drinking water, irrigates vast tracts of farmland, and cools Europe's largest nuclear plant.
Syrians cheer on extraordinary rescues in the earthquake's dire aftermathFebruary 9, 2023 7:05 AMBy Aya Batrawy Hope is fading for finding survivors after Monday's devastating earthquake. But widely shared footage of volunteers pulling people alive from rubble in northwest Syria has lifted spirits.
Hopes fade as rescuers press search for quake survivors in Turkey and SyriaFebruary 9, 2023 6:07 AMBy Rob Schmitz , Ruth Sherlock , and Kevin Drew Rescue workers pressed their search Thursday across Turkey and Syria for survivors from this week's massive earthquake and aftershocks as the window to find people alive began to close.
Search teams race to find quake survivors as the death toll climbs past 11,000February 8, 2023 11:03 AMBy NPR Staff and Kerem YücelA picture of a Turkish man holding the hand of his deceased daughter highlights the hopelessness caused by the earthquake.