The extraordinary flood on Wednesday in the Himalayas becomes more tragic as Nepal looks beneath the mud and China begins to provide data. According to Beijing, there are 260 foreigners missing in Tibet, among a total of 558 people with whom contact has not been established. These add to the 826 missing on the Nepalese side, among whom are 468 foreigners.
Mykhailo Fedorov has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should return the post of Minister of Defense to him because it was he who managed to get Elon Musk to block Russia’s access to Starlink satellites. But now Zelenskyy seems to be competing with his former minister for closeness with the tech magnate, whom he has decorated with the Order of Liberty.
The Langtang area, highly sought after by hikers and mountaineers, has once again suffered the consequences of a natural phenomenon, the devastating flood that has today swept through several towns in northern Nepal and also Tibet. Langtang already experienced moments of horror in April…
A massive flood originating in China struck northern Nepal this Wednesday, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds missing on both sides of the Himalayas. Many of the latter are tourists and pilgrims, particularly Hindus heading to Mount Kailash in Tibet. The most affected area is said to be the border itself, in the Nepali district of Rasuwa, where the customs post has been swept away, along with its 14 employees.
The United States has temporarily suspended visa processing appointments for applicants worldwide, as part of the immigration crackdown campaign being carried out by the administration of Republican President Donald Trump during his second term in the White House.
Everything coming from Gaza is seen as a threat to the Israeli communities surrounding the strip. Even if “terror” arrives driven by the sea breeze in the form of a kite, and even if at the end of the string of this toy there is a child.
Day of mystery, silences, hopes, and speculations this Tuesday in Moscow. It all began when the specialized website Flightradar24 reported the landing of a U.S. military plane at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport. Since the arrival of Donald Trump’s mediators to resume the stalled search for solutions to the war in Ukraine has been expected for weeks, speculations did not take long. But a few hours later, American media CBS and Axios claimed that none other than the head of U.S. espionage, the CIA director John Ratcliffe, had flown to the Russian capital to attend meetings with Russian authorities in Moscow. Neither the United States nor Russia have officially confirmed this trip.
By the work and grace of the bad neighborhood of President Donald Trump, the United States and Canada have declared a trade war. For Ottawa, however, there is more than just business in this conflict and it considers it an attack against the French language and culture, which constitute a fundamental part of Canadian national identity.
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