Known in China as Tang Xiaoqiang, the TV personality was found dead under the rubble of a hotel he was staying in when the devastating earthquake struck.
Rick Brennan, the WHO's Eastern Mediterranean regional emergency director, says that they are moving rapidly to do the procurement and utilise this opportunity to provide badly needed medical supplies to Syria.
In response to the catastrophic earthquakes that struck several provinces in southern Türkiye, authorities have collaborated with experts and created a comprehensive reconstruction roadmap.
Survivors of the massive earthquakes in the southern Türkiye of Hatay province are trying to get out whatever is left of their buildings to start over, even as authorities warn of the risks of possible injuries and even death.
Turkish disaster management agency revises the number of fatalities to 42,310 people, up from 41,156 a day earlier, following powerful quakes two weeks ago that affected millions in the country's 11 provinces.
Faisal Edhi, the official of Pakistan’s biggest charitable organisation, and his team have been taking part in helping with relief efforts in quake-hit Türkiye.
Along with the construction of nearly 200,000 houses in the 11 affected provinces, 70,000 more houses will be built in quake-hit villages within the next year, says Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
