Myanmar earthquake: US slow to act as other countries step in

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As aid from China, Russia, India and the UK begins to flow into Myanmar, there is a conspicuous gap in global support from the world’s richest country: the US. The powerful 7.7-magnitude quake that struck central Myanmar on Friday has caused widespread destruction, flattening swathes of the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and even a tower block in the Thai capital, Bangkok, more than 600 miles (1,000km) away. The true picture of the crisis is yet to be fully revealed, given limited access to a nation that has been racked by a conflict since a 2021 military coup. The death toll,...