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Nepal floods highlight growing threat of unpredictable Himalayan hazards
Scientists investigating Nepal’s deadly Rasuwa district floods have found that a sudden, undetected ice-rock avalanche high in the Himalayas triggered the disaster, exposing the…
After India: The countries on the brink of another Covid oxygen crisis
The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen…
The global spread of the coronavirus: Where is it?
A virus similar to the SARS pathogen has claimed 81 lives since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, and spread around the world. Here are the places that…
‘Kung Fu’ nuns cycling for the environment
After facing the consequences of climate change first-hand in their own villages, the nuns decided to start marching with two strong messages
Everest ‘traffic jam’ survivor calls for tougher rules
Mountaineering has become big business since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent of Everest in 1953
Sherpa climbs Everest twice in a week for record 24th
Nepali mountain guide Kami Rita Sherpa has set a new world record by climbing Mount Everest for a 24th time
Rescuers retrieve bodies of nine climbers on Nepal’s Mount Gurja
The accident is believed to have happened either late Thursday or Friday, but there are no surviving witnesses
Nepal set to double tiger population under WWF global plan
Nepal’s efforts to increase its tigers are part of a 13-country plan to double the number of tigers worldwide
Slice of Life: ‘I fought to get out that tiny door’
‘It was almost like a stampede; people were falling on the floor.’
Nepal newspaper due in court for case slammed as press freedom attack
The newspaper was subpoenaed on contempt of court charges for articles which implied that the chief justice wanted to hold office for longer
Now she’s a runner not a fighter
Former child soldier Mira Rai has become a star athlete who is blazing a trail for women in Nepal.
Nepalis flee capital as aftershocks spread fear
Nepalis were fleeing Kathmandu as aftershocks rocked the area following an earthquake. The death toll in Nepal has risen to 4 310.
Nepalese dig for quake survivors
The death toll continued to rise in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily populated Kathmandu Valley.
Nepal gives in to some Sherpa demands to avoid Everest boycott
Nepal has agreed to set up a relief fund for Sherpas who are killed or injured in climbing accidents after Mount Everest’s deadliest disaster to date.
Everest guides, climbers cancel expeditions after avalanche tragedy
After 13 colleagues died in an avalanche, Nepalese guides and climbers have cancelled Everest expeditions, with anger growing over sherpas’ poor pay.