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July 13, 2019 at 10:17 pm

Heavy rain leaves scores dead in Nepal, India, Bangladesh VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 50 people in Nepal in the past few days, with...

June 23, 2019 at 6:15 pm

30 tents abandoned by climbers add to trash pile on Everest VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — After every party it's time to clean up and Mount Everest is no different. The record number of climbers crowding the...

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June 5, 2019 at 5:21 am

Nepal Everest cleanup drive yields garbage, bodies

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepal government expedition to Mount Everest has removed 11,000 kilograms (24,200 pounds) of garbage and four dead bodies from the...

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A long queue of mountain climbers line a path on Mount Everest on May 22. About half a dozen climbers died on Everest last month, most while descending from the congested summit. (Nirmal Purja / @Nimsdai Project Possible via AP)

June 4, 2019 at 4:43 am

WWU scientist: Mount Everest getting warmer, dirtier, more dangerous

Professor John All is just back from weeks spent testing snow on the peak, where this climbing season has brought tales of crowding, danger and...

May 29, 2019 at 1:29 am

Nepal marks 1st Everest ascent amid debate over permits

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal commemorated the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest on Wednesday amid a climbing season marred by the highest...

May 28, 2019 at 3:18 am

Deaths rise as Nepal issues more permits for Mount Everest VIEW

NAMCHE, Nepal (AP) — Scaling Mount Everest was a dream few realized before Nepal opened its side of the mountain to commercial climbing a half-century...

May 26, 2019 at 9:08 pm

Nepal on high alert for general strike after explosions

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Security forces in Nepal were on high alert Monday amid a general strike called by an outlawed communist group suspected in...

May 26, 2019 at 5:51 am

Explosions in Nepal’s capital leave 3 dead, 8 wounded

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Three explosions killed three people and wounded at least eight in different parts of Nepal's capital on Sunday, with police suspecting...

May 20, 2019 at 8:58 pm

Sherpa guide climbs Everest 24th time, outdoing own record

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa mountaineer extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world's highest peak...

May 19, 2019 at 7:44 pm

Famed Sherpa climber helps Nepal kids reach greater heights

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than all but one other person. Now he wants to...