As families slept in the early hours of February 6, a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook communities across Türkiye and Syria. Just six hours later, another massive, 7.5-magnitude quake rocked the same region. The two intense earthquakes and continual aftershocks leveled cities, killing more than 40,000 people and leaving tens of thousands more injured and at […]

Karla Hoyos planned on a busy February. The chef had been working to open her first restaurant, Tacotomia, at the upcoming Julia & Henry’s seven-story dining and entertainment complex and to participate in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival’s (SOBEWFF) Our Sunday Table: Jazz Brunch with the Grey and Mashama Bailey on Sunday, February […]

On February 6, magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes struck southeast Turkey and neighbouring Syria, leaving an estimated one million people homeless, with the death toll at 47,000 and counting. Nations quickly rallied to help. Hong Kong sent a rescue team of 59 people, comprising 49 members from the Fire Services Department, two doctors and two […]