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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Steffie Banatvala

Trump admin sending three USAID staffers to Myanmar to help with earthquake relief

File image of rescuer working through rubble of a collapsed building following the earthquake in Myanmar - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The US has sent a three-person team to Myanmar to help respond to the 7.7-magnitude earthquake, in a move criticised as “weak and irrelevant” by a former aid official.

Much larger Russian and Chinese teams have already been helping search-and-rescue efforts in the country for days.

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