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As the death toll rises in the one of the deadliest quakes in decades, a global humanitarian aid effort faces deep challenges.

Syrians have experienced relentless death and destruction during their country’s 12-year civil war. But some say the earthquake was worse than anything else they had endured.

Survivors and building experts say poor construction most likely exacerbated the scale of the earthquake’s destruction, as the death toll in Turkey and Syria surpassed 33,000 people.

Also, Turkey investigates building contractors after a deadly earthquake and Russians who fight for Ukraine.

As the death toll in Turkey and Syria passed 28,000, Ankara was coming under growing criticism for its slow response and tolerance of shoddy construction.

A top U.N. official said that aid efforts in neighboring Syria had “failed” so far. More than 33,000 people have died in the two countries.

In the Free Russia Legion, soldiers repelled by Vladimir Putin’s invasion have taken arms against their home country, engaged in some of the most heated fighting in the war.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he and President Biden had ordered the object violating Canadian airspace to be taken down, a day after another object was shot out of the sky near Alaska.

A Times diplomatic correspondent was looking forward to a trip back to Beijing, until an international crisis erupted.

Yusuke Narita says he is mainly addressing a growing effort to revamp Japan’s age-based hierarchies. Still, he has pushed the country’s hottest button.