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The Lights Went Out, Then Water Came In: Nepal Hydropower Project Worker On Tunnel Escape
For Vishnu Thapa and 34 others, it took two hours of finding their way through water and dark in the tunnel before they saw light.
'Roshan Mijav, Roll Number 31': Textbooks Reveal True Cost Of Nepal Tragedy
The textbooks bear the name of a boy named Roshan Mijar, a student of Class 7, Roll Number 31. He studies -- or studied -- at Shri Bageshwari Secondary School.
Magnitude 5 Earthquake Hits Tibet 7 Days After Deadly "Himalayan Tsunami"
According to the research centre, the earthquake happened at a depth of 10 kilometres. However, there were no initial reports of casualties or injuries.
Opinion: Opinion | Indus Treaty, Hague, And Pakistan's Endless Search For Leverage Over India
If the IWT survived all the trials in the past, it is because India's threshold of tolerance had been unusually high. But Pakistan must know that it can't arm-twist India through international pressure.
Bangladesh PM Compares Sheikh Hasina To 'Kansa' At Janmashtami Event
The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust jointly organised the programme.
Nepal Floods LIVE Updates: Nepal Flood Death Count Rises To 1,204
Nepal Flash Floods LIVE Updates: The death count from the catastrophic Himalayan glacial floods has crossed 1,000, with nearly 4,500 people still unaccounted for as rescue efforts continue across Nepal.
Aid operations in aftermath of deadly Nepal floods hampered by conditions | First Thing
Guardian reporters in Nepal have witnessed first-hand the scenes of destruction and grief after the flash floods. Plus, a not-to-be-missed interview with the legendary Mr TGood morning. Thousands remain missing and the delivery of aid has been hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existence by the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet. A week after the disaster, survivors who fled up mountainsides are still being collected by army helicopters and evacuated.The mountain village of Syabru Besi was among those destroyed, with even the road to the village gone. According to local government officials, at least 500 people there are missing, a quarter of the population. The village resembles nothing more than a muddy riverbed, with just one building left standing.What have Guardian reporters witnessed? Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel have been in Betrawati and Rasuwa districts with the photographer Ahmer Khan. In this video, Ellis-Petersen explains what she has seen alongside haunting footage of the debris. They have spoken to multiple survivors in a region now full of human suffering. Continue reading...
Opinion: Opinion | Nepal's 'Climate Compensation' Pitch Is Valid, But Its Demand From India Isn't
Nepal's vulnerability gives it a claim on multilateral climate finance. It does not follow that India bears responsibility for this.
BoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influence
Bureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six monthsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe growing El Niño weather phenomenon to Australia’s east is already breaking heat records, with forecasts showing it will likely easily surpass previous events, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, as seperate research suggested climate change had greatly shortened the odds of the event hitting record extremes.On Thursday the UN’s weather agency said the event in the Pacific was continuing to strengthen and would probably persist until early 2027, warning it had the “potential to deliver a massive blow to communities and economies across the world”.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...
Germany Sees Record 16,300 Heat-Related Deaths Amid Extreme Summer
The German figure had increased from 15,800 deaths reported last week by the government's Robert Koch Institute.
Badenoch condemns Reform UK’s ‘authoritarian’ press bans – UK politics live
Conservative leader says: ‘If Nigel Farage can’t handle difficult questions about his dodgy £5m, then he shouldn’t be a politician’The Electoral Commission has released political donation figures for the second quarter of 2026. They show that Reform UK continues to rake in far more than other parties. Nigel Farage’’s party had declared donations worth £5.3m. Labour got £3.6m, and the Conservatives £2.8m.Most of Reform UK’s money came from Ben Delo, who gave £4m. As Rowena Mason reported earlier this year, Delo is a British billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money-laundering controls in his cryptocurrency business. Continue reading...
US commerce secretary erroneously said no Americans have died in Iran war, Trump claims
President said Howard Lutnick had Venezuela operation on his mind when he was discussing Iran war on CNBCDonald Trump has claimed his commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, erroneously stated that no Americans had been killed in the war with Iran because he was thinking about a previous US operation, in Venezuela.The claim, at odds with the Pentagon’s count of 18 US service members dead in the US-Israel war on Iran, sparked a swift backlash as Trump struggles to end the conflict after six months. Continue reading...
