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Everest Claims ‘Swiss Machine’ Climber

The Swiss climber Ueli Steck has been killed on Mount Everest, Nepal's tourist office says. Steck, who was known as the...

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Rescued Taiwanese Hiker Marks Sombre Birthday In Nepal

A Taiwanese trekker who was rescued on a Nepal mountainside seven weeks after going missing marked his 21st birthday in...

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Trekker Missing For 47 Days Found Alive Next To Girlfriend’s Body

A trekker who went missing for 47 days in the Nepali mountains has been found maggot-eaten and barely alive next to the...

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Tributes For Taiwanese Trekker Lost In Nepal Tragedy

A Taiwanese trekker is recovering in hospital after rescuers found him and his dead girlfriend on a mountainside in...

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Missing Taiwanese Trekker Found Alive After 47 Days

A 21-year-old trekker from Taiwan has been rescued alive in the Himalayas, 47 days after he and his girlfriend went...

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Missing Trekkers Found In Nepal After 7 Weeks, 1 Dead

Rescuers on Wednesday found two Taiwanese trekkers who went missing in a remote mountainous part of Nepal seven weeks...

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Youth Leaders Join In the Fight Against Child Labour and Trafficking

Do you agree the youth in the world are a powerful resource for development? In Ghana four young people, Priscilla...

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The Nepal Quake Survivors Who Can Never Go Home

Nepal marked the second anniversary of a devastating quake on Tuesday with rebuilding finally under way, but thousands...

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India Plans To Tag Millions of Cows To Curb Smuggling

India could issue millions of cows with unique identification numbers, the latest effort to protect the sacred animals...

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World Records Exceptional Progress With NTDs

Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organisation(WHO), has launched a new report, which indicates...

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Nepal Quake Injured Stalked By Disability Two Years On

The day after Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake, Samrat Basnet opened his doors to the wounded as hospitals...

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Thousands Join March For Science To Fight ‘alternative Facts’

Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight...

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‘Assault On Facts’ Energizes Global March For Science

Scientists and their supporters across the globe are expected to march in the thousands Saturday amid growing anxiety...

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Australia, New Zealand Kick Off Global Science Rallies

Thousands of people rallied in Australia and New Zealand Saturday in support of science, the first of more than 500...

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March For Science Not About Trump, Organizers Say

Budget cuts and political assaults on science are expected to draw thousands of demonstrators to the streets in more...

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China and Nepal Begin Joint Military Exercise As India Is Watches On

China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...

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Nepal, China Begin First-Ever Joint Military Exercises

China and Nepal began their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, a move likely to rattle India as Beijing...

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The Bus Mafia Controlling Nepal’s Smog-Choked Capital

Nepal's government is trying to tackle rising pollution levels in the smog-choked Kathmandu Valley, but standing in the...

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British DJ Paul Oakenfold Hosts World’s Highest Party On Mount Everest

Top British DJ Paul Oakenfold braved thinning air and freezing temperatures to host the 'highest party on earth' at...