A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
AT around 1pm on Friday March 28, the biggest earthquake for a generation, measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale, sent shockwaves throughout south-east Asia.
Initially, the world’s media focused on Bangkok, where an unfinished tower block collapsed killing dozens, but as news from Myanmar slowly came in, it became clear that the damage there was catastrophic, particularly in the heartland regions of Mandalay and Sagaing as well as the administrative capital Naypyidaw.
Over the last week, the horror stories have rolled in: 200 monks were killed at U Hla Thein Monastery in Mandalay in the middle of their religious exams and around the country many Muslim worshippers were killed during Friday prayers as their mosques were collapsing in on them. In the town of Kyaukse, a preschool building fell and killed at least 20 children.



