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Indonesian rescuers focus on landslide as quake toll rises

Residents walk past ruined homes damaged in Monday's earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia on November 24, 2022.[AP Photo]

On the fourth day of an increasingly urgent search, Indonesian rescuers narrowed their work Thursday to a landslide where dozens are believed trapped after an earthquake killed at least 271 people, more than a third of them children.

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