Tents arrive for survivors of a quake that killed 126 in freezing, high-altitude Tibet

BEIJING (AP) — Relief teams in western China shifted their focus to resettling survivors after a search Wednesday for any remaining victims of a deadly earthquake that struck a day earlier near a holy city for Tibetan Buddhists. Tents, quilts, stoves and other relief items were...

A look at recent deadly earthquakes in China

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed at least 126 people in western China near Nepal on Tuesday was one of the country's deadliest in recent years. Earthquakes in China happen most frequently on the Tibetan Plateau or its fringes. The seismically...

Tibet earthquake kills at least 126 people and leaves many trapped

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region. ...

An earthquake has killed at least 53 people in Tibet in western China near the Nepal border, Chinese state media say

BEIJING (AP) — An earthquake has killed at least 53 people in Tibet in western China near the Nepal border, Chinese state media say.

China says at least 9 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck the Tibet region near the Nepal border

BEIJING (AP) — China says at least 9 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck the Tibet region near the Nepal border.

Jimmy Carter sought to expand democracy worldwide long after he left the White House

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Amid everything else on his desk — the Iran hostage crisis, domestic economic turmoil, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and a grueling 1980 reelection fight — President Jimmy Carter elevated the independence of a country in southern Africa as a top agenda item. ...