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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged a further $100 million to earthquake-stricken Turkey and Syria. Picture: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Pool Photo via AP

US pledges huge aid donation to Turkey and Syria

The United States has donated a further $100 million to the earthquake-stricken regions of Turkey and Syria after Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour of the hardest hit provinces over the weekend, as the death toll from the disaster climbs to well above 44,000.