Britt Clennett

2 months ago | southernillinoisnow.com | Britt Clennett |Bill Hutchinson

(BANGKOK) — A desperate search for survivors continued Sunday — from a collapsed high-rise building that was under construction in Bangkok, Thailand, to the rubble of ancient buildings in neighboring Myanmar — as a series of powerful aftershocks from Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake made it precarious for rescuers digging through debris, officials said. The death toll in the Bangkok metropolitan region rose to 18 on Sunday, according to government officials.

2 months ago | thepulseofnh.com | Britt Clennett |Bill Hutchinson |Somayeh Malekian |David Brennan

(BANGKOK) -- A desperate search for survivors continued Sunday -- from a collapsed high-rise building that was under construction in Bangkok, Thailand, to the rubble of ancient buildings in neighboring Myanmar -- as a series of powerful aftershocks from Friday's 7.7-magnitude earthquake made it precarious for rescuers digging through debris, officials said. The death toll in the Bangkok metropolitan region rose to 18 on Sunday, according to government officials.

2 months ago | thepulseofnh.com | David Brennan |Somayeh Malekian |Britt Clennett |Bill Hutchinson

(LONDON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for further "tough measures" against Russia to push President Vladimir Putin into a ceasefire agreement, suggesting after another round of drone strikes that Moscow "couldn't care less about diplomacy."Long-range cross-border strikes have continued throughout U.S.-mediated efforts to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, intended as a springboard for a broader peace deal to end Russia's 3-year-old invasion of its neighbor.

2 months ago | abcnews.go.com | Britt Clennett |Bill Hutchinson

"We were just covered in dust," said an American tourist. ByBritt Clennett and Bill HutchinsonRescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, 2025, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar.

Mar 6, 2025 | southernillinoisnow.com | Britt Clennett |Doc Louallen

(JERUSALEM) — Two Palestinian men found themselves handcuffed and in shackles, detained by Israeli police in a Jerusalem courtroom. To an outside observer, they may have appeared to be criminals; however, the reality of their situation was far more troubling. Their so-called “crime”? Simply selling books. Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmad were arrested after Israeli police raided their family-owned Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem and confiscated books.