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Chinese rescuers reach main site of deadly Tibet mudslide
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Chinese rescuers faced treacherous conditions on Friday as they reached the main area wiped out by a deadly mudslide at the Tibet-Nepal border to search for hun...
Nepal floods trauma 'enormous': Red Cross
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
The level of trauma cascading from the Nepal flash floods is "enormous", the Red Cross said Friday, with early estimates suggesting 93,000 people may have been ...
Nepal-China floods disaster: Latest developments
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
More than 1,400 people are missing and at least 552 have been killed after a devastating, tsunami-like wall of water gouged a path through the border region bet...
Nepal seeking to reach survivors in tunnel as risk of new floods rises
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Nepali soldiers battled Friday to reach 100 people trapped in a tunnel two days after deadly floods, as the risk of new torrents forced China to halt rescue eff...
India recovers 7 bodies swept downstream after Nepal floods
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Indian authorities recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, believed to be victims of devastating floods, officials said Friday, underscoring the ...
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activist says won't be silenced in prison
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Hong Kong activist Chow Hang-tung, an organiser of annual vigils marking China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown, told a court on Friday she would continue speaking ...
Nepal army trying to save 100 people trapped in tunnel at hydropower project
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Nepali army helicopter rescue teams were working on Friday to rescue around 100 people trapped inside a tunnel at a hydropower project swamped by a devastating ...
In Zambia, a Shaolin Temple offers a softer face of China
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
From a distance, the Shaolin Temple outside Lusaka appeared almost like a mirage, a slice of central China dropped into the Zambian landscape.
Nepal orders rescuers to safety as overflow brings new flood risks
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal ordered rescuers searching for survivors of deadly floods to get to safety as it reported a debris dam had burst in Tibet on Friday, bringing risks of new...
Nepal seeks foreign aid but says its rescue teams coping
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Nepal appealed Friday for international financial assistance after devastating floods near its border with Tibet, but said it was coping without foreign rescue ...
Most stocks rise as attention turns to Warsh speech
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Stocks mostly rose Friday ahead of a closely watched speech by Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh that investors will be parsing for clues about the outlook for i...
New flood risks impede Nepal, Tibet rescue
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Rescuers ploughed on with their search Friday for survivors of deadly floods and landslides that struck Nepal and Tibet, with the threat of new torrents complic...
Most Asian stocks advance as attention turns to Warsh speech
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Asian stocks mostly rose Friday ahead of a closely watched speech by Federal Reserve boss Kevin Warsh that investors will be parsing for clues about the outlook...
'Heated exchanges' for Japan MPs on fence-mending China trip
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
A group of Japanese lawmakers seeking to patch up ties with China in Beijing looked to have made little headway this week, with one member saying there were "ma...
'Ran for our lives': Tales of survival from Nepal-China disaster
Aug 28, 2026 (AFP)
Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamit...
The missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
More than 1,400 people were missing and 392 were confirmed dead after flash floods and landslides hit the Nepal-Tibet border.
King Charles 'heartbroken' by Nepal-Tibet flash floods
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
King Charles III said Thursday he and Queen Camilla were "heartbroken" by the flash floods and landslides at the Nepal-Tibet border, as the UK government offere...
Search for 1,300 missing after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Rescue teams scoured devastated zones Thursday for more than 1,300 people missing a day after flash floods and landslides along the Nepal-Tibet border killed at...
Dalai Lama prays 'for all' killed in Tibet-Nepal floods
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Thursday that he was praying for all those killed in devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet.
What experts know so far about Nepal's deadly floods
Aug 27, 2026 (AFP)
The cause of the deadly landslide and flood along the Nepal-Tibet border isn't yet certain, but experts say the dangers associated with such events are compound...
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