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Eight South Koreans working on a hydropower plant were missing, and 10 others were stranded, following a massive flash flood along the Nepal-Tibet border, Yonhap News Agency reported today, citing South Korea’s Foreign Ministry. The workers were employed by Korea Energy and Doosan Enerbility Co, the report said, adding that Nepal has deployed a rescue…
A C-17 Globemaster, believed to be carrying U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe, lands near Riga, Latvia, on August 25, 2026, in this frame obtained from a social media video. | Photo Credit: X/@ALFREDSPODINS via Reuters U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks with Russian intelligence officials during his visit to Moscow on Tuesday (August 26,…
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Helicopter footage shows flash flooding in the valleys in Rasuwa, Nepal, on August 26, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters About 50 pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were stranded in Nepal on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), after an early morning flash flood triggered landslips in their route. Officials of the Tamil Nadu government have initiated action towards their…
Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. File | Photo Credit: PTI India on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) rejected observations made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD), calling them “politically motivated” and “highly malicious”. The response, from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, comes after the…
Many people were feared dead or missing after a mudslide hit major border crossing between China and Nepal in Tibet’s Gyirong county on Wednesday (August 26, 2026), Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. “At approximately 10:30 AM (0230 GMT) on August 26, due to a mudslide occurring on the Nepalese side, major casualties and missing…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a diplomatic deal was not possible with the “savages” who rule Iran as he hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s new campaign of economic pressure. Recounting a recent meeting with Mr. Trump, Mr. Netanyahu told an event late on Tuesday…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping during the opening session of China’s 19th Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. File | Photo Credit: AP Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek and pay state visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt from Sunday (August 30, 2026), Beijing’s…
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Deloitte said it was pleased to resolve the matter to “avoid the cost and distraction of protracted litigation”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Accounting firm Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice probe over diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices, which President Donald Trump’s administration has cracked down on during his…
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Image for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters At least three Indian oil refiners and a global energy major plan to stop using vessels on Iran’s new blacklist, including for ship-to-ship transfers, due to security concerns, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said this week. Tehran announced on Sunday (August 23,…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP With his trade war with Canada intensifying, U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea of renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America”. The suggestion mirrors his move last year to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. Trump’s ‘Lake America’ post Mr. Trump…
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