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Climate change to blame for up to 17 deaths on Mount Everest, experts say

Nepal’s head of tourism says variable weather on the mountain has led to one of the deadliest years on recordExperts say this is likely to be one of the deadliest years on record on Mount Everest, with variable weather caused by climate change being bl…

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Families mourn ‘devastating’ suicide rates among Nepal’s migrant workers

Almost 12% of Nepali migrant workers who die abroad, mainly in the Gulf and Malaysia, take their own livesWhen Pawan Kumari’s husband called one morning from Kuwait, where he had gone to work nine months earlier, there was no reason to worry. They woul…

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‘If we leave, Nepal will suffer’: embattled hospitals fear impact of UK job offers

As Nepali nurses weigh up the benefits of an NHS salary, any staff drain will worsen shortages in the country’s creaking healthcare systemThe emergency department at Kathmandu’s Bir hospital is already packed with patients, but still they come, in whee…

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