Nepal
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Ice block stalls hundreds of Everest climbers at base camp
Officials assessing route after serac between base camp and camp one deemed unstable and too risky for climber…
- Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
‘They come right past the house’: learning to live with rhinos as numbers soar in Nepal
The country is seeing an increase in human-wildlife conflict as the number of megafauna, including rhinos and …
- Australia news, Australian immigration and asylum, Homelessness, Housing, Nepal, New South Wales, Social exclusion, South and Central Asia, Sydney, Welfare, Western Australia
When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days
Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What ho…
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KP Sharma Oli: Nepal’s former prime minister arrested over alleged role in deadly protest crackdown
At least 77 people killed in anti-corruption youth uprising in September, which began over a brief social medi…
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Nepal’s PM-to-be uses rap to call for unity in first post-election message
Balendra Shah, 35, is a symbol of change in country whose government was toppled last year in youth-led uprisi…
- Africa, Amazon rainforest, Americas, Animals, Biodiversity, Colombia, Conservation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environment, Gabon, Liberia, Nepal, South and Central Asia, Trees and forests, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US news, US politics, USAid, Wildlife, World news
‘We cannot replace USAID, but we can do big things’: conservation plots a future without American money
The Trump administration’s cuts to biodiversity funding have imperiled species, habitats and the people who de…
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Nepal’s uprising took their loved ones. Now they hope for change – gallery
Seventy-seven people were killed during youth-led protests that toppled Nepal’s prime minister Continue readin…
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Nepal’s uprising took their loved ones. Now they hope for change – gallery
Seventy-seven people were killed during youth-led protests that toppled Nepal’s prime minister Continue readin…
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Ex-rapper Balendra Shah set to be Nepal PM after party’s landslide election win
Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra party secures thumping victory in first poll since gen Z protests that toppled gover…
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Nepal: voting closes in election pitting old guard against powerful youth movement
Early results may be released from Friday after first election since gen z protests forced Nepal’s then-PM to …
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Nepal’s gen-Z election: can popular former rapper Balen topple a veteran political heavyweight?
With 46% of Nepal’s population under the age of 24, the election will be a test of whether their hopes and fru…
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Tributes paid to ‘very loving and caring’ British hiker killed in Nepal bus crash
Dominic Ethan Stewart was among 19 killed when vehicle veered off road and plunged down mountainsideTributes h…
- Bhutan, ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Nepal, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, World news
‘I feel like a ghost’: new father deported by ICE to Bhutan that exiled his family
Mohan Karki – one of many people ICE has deported to countries with which they have little connection – leaves…
- Diabetes, Global development, Global health, Nepal, Society, South and Central Asia, Ultra-processed foods, World news
Traditional food could help reverse Nepal’s ‘diabetes epidemic’, studies suggest
With medication largely unaffordable in the country, experts hope community support and a change in diet could…
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What is Nipah virus? Key things to know about the disease amid cases in India
Highly contagious virus, which spreads from animals to humans, has a high fatality rate and there is no vaccin…