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Nearly 1,000 dead, thousands missing in Nepal–China border floods

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Kathmandu, Nepal — Nepal has raised the death toll from Wednesday’s devastating flash floods in the country’s northern and central regions to nearly 1,000, while...

Himalayan flood disaster: 720 People dead or missing across Nepal and Tibet

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UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — China’s Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday that mudslides in Tibet triggered by a glacial collapse have killed at least three...

4 workers die after being hit by express train north of Tokyo

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Utsunomiya, Japan — Four workers died Thursday after being hit by an express train at a station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, police...

North Korea fires around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says

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Tokyo, Japan — North Korea launched around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in the...

BNP’s veteran leader Mirza Fakhrul I Alamgir elected Bangladesh’s 23rd President

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Dhaka, Bangladesh — Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a senior leader of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), has been elected as Bangladesh’s 23rd president,...

A Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least 14 in Ukraine’s Kyiv region

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Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack...

7 Killed in helicopter crash in Kenya, Including Ecuador intelligence chief and tv executive

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Samburu county, Kenya —  Seven people were killed when a helicopter crashed in northern Kenya on Wednesday, including Michele Sensi-Contugi, director general of Ecuador’s National...

Brazil bus-lorry head-on crash kills more than 20, Dozens injured

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São Paulo, Brazil — A devastating head-on collision between a minibus and a semi-truck in southern Brazil’s Paraná state has killed 23 people and...

Pop star Shakira visits earthquake-Hit Colombia, Pledges to rebuild schools

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Bogota, Colombia — Colombian superstar Shakira made a surprise visit Monday to the earthquake-devastated region of Chocó, pledging to help rebuild schools and support...

IFS Soumendu Bagchi appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Switzerland

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New Delhi, India  —  Senior Indian Foreign Service officer Soumendu Kumar Bagchi, currently serving as India’s Ambassador to Iraq, has been appointed as India’s...

IFS Ajay A. Kumar appointed India’s next Ambassador to Iraq

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New Delhi, India — The Ministry of External Affairs has appointed Ajay A. Kumar (IFS: 2001), currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry,...

Farah Delance Foundation brings Haiti and Caribbean Perspective to UN tax talks

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New York, USA — Haiti and the wider Caribbean are seeking a stronger voice in the emerging global tax system as governments and stakeholders...
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