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Nepal flash floods: 95 dead, hundreds missing; India launches relief effort

August 26, 2026 admin

The death toll in Nepal’s devastating flash floods has risen to 95, while 384 people remain missing, including 105 Indian nationals. The disaster struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district near the Tibet border after a sudden surge in the Bhotekoshi River, causing widespread destruction and triggering one of the country’s worst flood emergencies in recent years. Source…

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AI dominates ‘Five Eyes’ security talks in Australia

August 26, 2026 admin

Australia introduced tough border controls and a policy to stop asylum seeker boats arriving to its vast shoreline 25 years ago in reaction to the rise of a populist anti-immigration party, One Nation. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing group of Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand held talks…

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Zelenskyy awards Elon Musk Ukraine’s Order of Freedom for Starlink role

August 26, 2026 admin

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has become one of the most influential and contentious private sector figures in Ukraine’s war effort. File. | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) awarded Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest state honours, for his “outstanding personal merits” in…

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Taiwan President pushes $6.6 billion military drone bill ahead of crucial vote

August 26, 2026 admin

Taiwan President pushes .6 billion military drone bill ahead of crucial vote

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te. File. | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan must demonstrate its resolve to ‌defend itself and pass a six-year, T$210 billion ($6.6 billion) special budget to buy military drones, President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) ⁠ahead of a crucial vote in the Opposition-controlled Parliament. Taiwan’s Government says the plans to…

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Iranian President says new U.S. sanctions will achieve nothing

August 26, 2026 admin

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) said that the United States would achieve nothing with its new round of economic sanctions, local media reported. “With the measures that the government’s economic sectors have foreseen, America will not achieve anything with economic pressure at…

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Nepal flash flood: What triggered the deadly Himalayan disaster?

August 26, 2026 admin

A devastating flash flood has struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district near the Tibet border, leaving at least eight people dead and hundreds reported missing. The disaster swept through the Bhote Koshi River basin, causing widespread destruction to villages, roads, bridges and major hydropower projects. Authorities say hundreds of travellers are unaccounted for, including foreign tourists from…

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Watch: Nepal flash floods: at least 95 dead, over 100 Indians missing | Above the Fold | Aug 26, 2026

August 26, 2026 admin

Massive flash floods in Nepal have killed at least 95 people and left over 400 people missing. Among the missing at over 100 Indians. Rescue operations are underway. In this episode, we get the latest update, from the ground, on the disaster. Source link

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Western disturbance linked to Nepal floods

August 26, 2026 admin

Rescuers use earthmovers to reach submerged houses after flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A western disturbance that brought rain to parts of northern India, and subsequently moved eastwards towards the Himalayas, may have contributed to the weather conditions preceding the devastating flash…

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