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Typhoon Saudel brings torrential rain, flooding to China’s coastal areas

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Rescue workers evacuate residents by boat amid flooding caused by heavy rainfall from Typhoon Saudel in Minhou county, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China on September 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters China’s southern ‌coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong braced for further torrential rain on Friday (September 4, 2026), after severe downpours linked to Typhoon Saudel…

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FBI puts India-born man on most wanted fraudsters list

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“A reward of up to USD 150,000 is offered for information leading to his arrest and conviction,” the FBI said. File. | Photo Credit: AP The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has added India-born Manjit Singh Bedi to its list of most wanted fraudsters for his alleged involvement in irregularities in the U.S. government’s benefits…

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Nepal floods: Centre to offer DNA profiling services for first-degree relatives of missing persons

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A man takes pictures on a devastated area near the Trishuli River, following the deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 4, 2026. File | Photo Credit: Reuters To facilitate the identification of mortal remains of Nepal flood victims, the Centre will make available the services of central and state-level…

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Nepal flash floods aftermath LIVE: Two trapped workers rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal

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Around 600 children missing in Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot after flash floods; toll rises to 1,282 Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts after the devastating flash floods, as the death toll rose to 1,282 on Friday (September 2) with more than 4,700 missing. So far, 359 bodies have been recovered…

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Around 600 children missing in Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot after flash floods; toll rises to 1,282

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Nepal Army personnel interact with school children at an army rescue camp, in Trishuli Battar, Nuwakot district, Nepal. File | Photo Credit: PTI Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts after the devastating flash floods, as the death toll rose to 1,282 on Friday (September 4, 2026) with more than…

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Two trapped tunnel workers rescued alive in Nepal: Ministers

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Rescue workers rescue one person from inside the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A hydel project. Photo: Secretariat of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Govt of Nepal via ANI. Two hydropower workers in Nepal were pulled out on Friday (September 4, 2026) from tunnels buried by debris in catastrophic flooding more than a…

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Good chance that trapped workers are still alive in Nepal hydropower plant, official says

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A satellite image shows the site of the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Plant and the Trishuli River after flash floods and a mudslide, in Rasuwa, Nepal on August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters There is a high chance that dozens of workers may be found alive ‌after a week trapped in an underground chamber at Nepal’s…

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Why Australia’s music industry banned AI music in chart listing | Explained

September 4, 2026 admin

The story so far: Australia’s music industry body—the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)—on August 25 banned songs wholly made using AI, noting such tracks will be ineligible for listing on its charts. The announcement comes after the viral fame that found an AI remix of Madonna’s 1989 song ‘Like a Prayer,’ made by Australian music…

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Vance says Iran conflict is ‘not a war’, declines to offer timeline for end

September 4, 2026 admin

U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. ‌Vice-President J.D. Vance on Thursday (September 3, 2026) said the fighting between the United States and Iran was “not a war” and declined ⁠to provide…

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U.S. hits Cuba with new sanctions as island’s crises multiply

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The U.S. government on Thursday (September 3, 2026) slapped new sanctions on Cuba in a fresh push to strangle the island’s economy and deepen its multiple crises. Among those hit with sanctions are Fidel Ernesto Castro, grandson of former President Raúl Castro, and Cuba’s Oil Industry Supply Import Company, known as Abapet. The company is…

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