The Middle East Is Shaken by Devastating Quakes: Weekend Reads
Rescuers searching for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey, on Monday.
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The death toll in the quakes that hit Turkey and Syria rose to more than 25,000, with tens of thousands left homeless, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces criticism for delays to relief efforts just months before planned elections.
The US shot down an unidentified object over Alaska days after doing the same to a balloon carrying suspected spy equipment from China, which has ratcheted up pressure on President Joe Biden to hit back at Beijing.