Kieran Burke

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04/02/2025April 2, 2025Archaeologists have said the remains of around 150 soldiers have been unearthed on the outskirts of Vienna in what they have described as an exceedingly rare find. https://p.dw.com/p/4sc2jArchaeologists from the Vienna Museum in Austria said Wednesday that the remains of around 150 soldiers had been discovered in a mass Roman grave. Construction work to renovate a football pitch in the residential and industrial area of Simmering, uncovered the skeletal remains in October.

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04/01/2025April 1, 2025US and Lithuanian officials said the body of a fourth US soldier has been recovered. https://p.dw.com/p/4sZ4ZThe body of a fourth US soldier has been recovered in Lithuania, both US and Lithuanian officials said on Tuesday. The soldiers were missing while on a training exercise last week when their armoured vehicle sank in a peat bog.

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04/01/2025April 1, 2025With the death toll now over 2,700 people, hopes of finding more survivors are starting to dwindle. Deaths are expected to rise significantly as the true scale of the disaster emerges. https://p.dw.com/p/4sYNSMyanmar's military junta on Tuesday said the death toll from Friday's earthquake had now reached at least 2,719 people with more than 4,500 injured and hundreds of others missing. The number of dead is widely expected to rise significantly.

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03/31/2025March 31, 2025Global markets were in in the red ahead of the Trump administration's expected tariff announcement. Trump has warned tariffs would include "all countries."https://p.dw.com/p/4sWiWWorld stock markets were in negative territory on Monday ahead of US President Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day," or Wednesday, when the latest tariff announcements are expected.

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03/31/2025March 31, 2025The military junta said a week of mourning would be observed as the death toll continues to rise following Friday's devastating earthquake. Search and rescue operations are continuing. https://p.dw.com/p/4sWREIn Myanmar, search and rescue efforts for victims of Friday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake continued on Monday. The death toll has continued to rise with local officials confirming 2,056 deaths, over 3,900 injured and more than 270 still missing.