Rescuers saved five more students from under the building on Thursday but said they would end the search three days after the deadly accident.
Tag: Rural Areas
Time Running Out for Trapped Students After School Collapse in Indonesia
Workers rushed to free potential survivors two days after an Islamic boarding school collapsed during a prayer service, killing at least three students.
Scotland’s Unreliable Ferries Leave People on Islands in Outer Hebrides Cut Off
With aging ferries delayed sometimes for days, life goes haywire on an island in the Outer Hebrides.
A Killer Within Easy Reach
Pesticides are a leading means of suicide. The tiny nation of Suriname is working to restrict access to one of the most common and dangerous ones.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Hits a Roadblock in Its March Across South America
Mr. Musk’s Starlink has brought the internet to some of South America’s most remote places. But Bolivia is shunning it, even as many there are desperate for better service.
A Funeral Director Brought Wind Power to Rock Port, Missouri
Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.
Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, he pushed authoritarian governments as well as emerging democratic ones to distribute farmland.
How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right
Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections.
Toast, Trees and a Wassailing Queen: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back
The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.