PORAC, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescue teams in the Philippines searched for signs of life beneath the tangled debris from a collapsed four-storey commercial building on Tuesday after a strong earthquake shook the country’s biggest island, killing at least 16 people.

Heavy equipment and search dogs were used as dozens of firefighters, military and civilian rescuers shifted through mangled metal and lumps of concrete in Porac, a town 110 km (68 miles) north of Manila, where 12 people were killed by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake that struck on Monday.

Two people were rescued and carried out on stretchers on Tuesday, adding to seven found alive and four found dead overnight after higher levels caved in on a ground-floor supermarket in Porac, killing five people. Seven were killed elsewhere in the town.

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the world, and aid agencies say the shortfall in funding
jeopardizes efforts to build Somalis’ resilience to shocks.

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UN official calls for sustained
aid to Somalis affected by conflict, drought

MOGADISHU Somalia (Xinhua) -- The UN envoy in Somalia has called on the
international community to sustain assistance to people affected
by conflict, 2017 drought as well as this year’s devastating
floods and cyclone in Somalia.

Justin Brady of the
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs warned
that although the overall food security has improved in Somalia,
a significant portion of the population remains food insecure.

“We are on a
positive trajectory, but the number of people in need remains
high particularly among the rural populations and the urban
poor,” said Brady who spoke on behalf of Humanitarian
Coordinator Peter de Clercq at the release of