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Powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake hits Panama, damaging buildings

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A massive magnitude 7.7 earthquake has hit Panama, damaging buildings and causing widespread shaking.

About 4.6 million people felt moderate to severe tremors as a result of the quake, according to the US Geological Survey, which has said that the effects of the quake were "likely to be widespread".

It struck just before 15:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Friday, with an epicentre about 6.2 miles (10km) from the town of Pitaloza Arriba in south-central Panama.

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Russian strikes kill 11 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow

Russian strikes killed at least 11 people, including three children, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, officials said on Saturday. The strikes came a day after President Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow's war in Ukraine. Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Mykhailo Semikin, the head of the regional military administration, said Saturday. At least 16 people were wounded in the attack, according to Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the region's defense council.