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View of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected Bangkok as well with people pouring out of buildings. Photo: Reuters A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). It was followed by a powerful aftershock. The epicentre was about 17.2 km from the city of Mandalay, which has a population of about 1.2 million, according to USGS. There was no immediate word from Myanmar on damage. An officer from the Myanmar Fire Services Department told Reuters: "We have started the search and going around Yangon to check for casualties and damage. So far, we have no information yet." Social media posts from Mandalay showed collapsed buildings and debris strewn across streets. The news platform, Reuters could not immediately verify the posts. Witnesses contacted in Yangon said many people ran out from buildings in the city, the largest in the country. Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes.

Police are currently searching for an Indonesian domestic worker accused of assaulting an elderly woman, following the viral circulation of a video depicting the incident. The 57-year-old helper is seen in the footage, uploaded by the victim's family, restraining the 81-year-old woman by pressing her hands against her chest and forcefully pushing her legs after she refused a diaper change. The video further shows the helper gagging the elderly woman with a towel and binding her hands with a yoga strap in response to her struggles. The incident was recorded on March 17 by a surveillance camera, and the family promptly reported it to the police upon discovering the footage. The family also terminated the helper's employment contract immediately. The victim's daughter reported that her mother's violent treatment resulted in swelling and abrasions to her mouth, along with injuries to her right hand. The elderly woman, who is bedridden due to Lymphoma, had recently been discharged after a seven-month treatment period and was taken to Caritas Medical Centre following the incident. Authorities have classified the case as assault and wounding and are actively searching for the domestic worker involved. In a separate incident, police received reports of another foreign domestic worker allegedly abusing a five-month-old infant, but the child was found unharmed, leading to the case being categorized as a complaint.

Hong Kong is set to experience a dramatic shift in temperatures this weekend, with a drop from a high of 28 degrees Celsius today to just 17 degrees on Saturday. According to the Hong Kong Observatory's nine-day forecast, a cold front will sweep through coastal areas late Friday and into early Saturday. The influence of the northeast monsoon will contribute to cool weather throughout the weekend and into the early part of next week. On Friday, expect mainly cloudy conditions with occasional showers, with temperatures ranging between 20 and 28 degrees. Northeasterly winds are anticipated to lead to a notable decrease in temperature. By Sunday, temperatures may dip even further to around 16 degrees.