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September 22, 2023 at 2:59 am

Thousands of teachers protest in Nepal against education bill, shutting schools across the country VIEW

Schools for millions of students in Nepal are closed as tens of thousands of teachers protest in the capital against an education reform bill in...

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August 9, 2023 at 7:11 am

Record-setting Sherpa guide sets a new climbing goal for the world’s highest peaks VIEW

A Sherpa guide who climbed the world’s 14 tallest mountains in record time is eyeing another record, looking to become the youngest person to scale...

Nation & World

August 5, 2023 at 1:18 am

Norwegian climber retires after becoming fastest to climb highest 14 peaks VIEW

A Norwegian who has just become the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains announced she was retiring from climbing high peaks...

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FILE – A bird flies with Mount Everest seen in the background from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal, May 27, 2019. A helicopter flying out of the Mount Everest area in Nepal carrying foreign tourists was missing Tuesday and contact was lost with the aircraft. The helicopter was carrying five foreign tourists on a sightseeing tour to the world’s highest peak and was returning to the capital, Kathmandu, on Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File) NEH101 NEH101

July 10, 2023 at 11:18 pm

All 6 aboard helicopter carrying Mexican tourists are killed in a crash near Mount Everest in Nepal VIEW

All six people on board a helicopter carrying Mexican tourists have died when it crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal.

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June 29, 2023 at 4:41 am

Same-sex couples and LGBTQ+ rights activists in Nepal celebrate interim court ruling

LGBTQ+ rights activists and couples in Nepal on Thursday were celebrating an interim order issued by the country’s Supreme Court enabling the registration of same-sex...