Nepal
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Unease at slow pace of change in Nepal one month on from gen Z protests
Promised crackdown on corruption is not happening fast enough for many who saw government toppled within a day…
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Non-stop snow, instant noodles and yaks: tales of being trapped on Everest
More than 1,000 people were stuck in mountain hiking areas for days, sparking extensive rescue efforts by loca…
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Mount Everest rescue: all hikers now safe after days stranded in powerful blizzard
Hundreds of hikers encountered deep snow in the isolated Karma valley after an unusually powerful blizzardResc…
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Mount Everest hikers describe ‘extreme’ conditions as huge rescue effort continues
At least 200 people still stranded after unseasonally heavy snowfall during china’s Golden Week holidayTrekker…
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Mount Everest rescue under way after snowstorm traps nearly 1,000 people
Hundreds of trekkers stranded by blizzard on eastern face of mountain in Tibet already guided to safety by res…
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Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland – in pictures
The theme of this year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, is to showcase images of women defen…
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Polish skier becomes first person to climb Everest and ski down without extra oxygen – video
Polish athlete Andrzej Bargiel, 37, is the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest without bottled…
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‘A symbol of liberation’: how the One Piece manga flag became the symbol of Asia’s gen Z protest movement
Carried by a band of pirates that stand up to corrupt and repressive rulers, the meaning of the One Piece flag…
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Mass protest expected in Philippines capital amid public fury over alleged corruption in government projects
Sunday’s demonstration in Manila to coincide with anniversary of 1972 martial law declaration as president bac…
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From Colombo to Kathmandu, the furious youth movements toppling entrenched elites
Talk of revolution in the coffee shops of Nepal increased after protest movements across south AsiaAcross Kath…
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Nepal appoints its first female PM after historic week of deadly protests
Former chief justice Sushila Karki, who was nominated by gen Z representatives, to lead interim governmentNepa…
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Footage shows damage wreaked by protests in Nepal as residents begin clean-up – video
Residents in Kathmandu mobilised on 10 September for a cleanup operation after days of anti-corruption protest…
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Footage shows damage wreaked by protests in Nepal as residents begin clean-up – video
Residents in Kathmandu mobilised on 10 September for a cleanup operation after days of anti-corruption protest…
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‘This is our revolution. It’s our turn now’: Nepal’s ‘gen Z protesters’ speak out against corruption
Young Nepalis led a mass protest in Kathmandu on Monday and have paid for it with bullet wounds or their lives…
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‘This is our revolution. It’s our turn now’: Nepal’s ‘gen Z protesters’ speak out against corruption
Young Nepalis led a mass protest in Kathmandu on Monday and have paid for it with bullet wounds or their lives…