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September 29, 2020 at 7:56 pm

As virus curbs Nepal’s festivals, devotees fear gods’ anger VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The revered living goddess is not leaving her temple this year. The old palace courtyard packed with hundreds of thousands of...

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September 10, 2020 at 10:10 pm

Young protesters force Nepal to better manage virus crisis VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — On a sunny June day in Nepal, hundreds of young people in face masks stood a meter apart behind the barbed-wire...

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September 9, 2020 at 10:12 pm

Volunteers feed COVID-19 patients, doctors in Nepal hospital VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — From his pharmacy outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Bikram Bhadel saw what happened when coronavirus lockdowns closed the facility’s cafeteria and...

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September 3, 2020 at 5:04 am

Nepal protesters defy virus lockdown, clash with riot police VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Thousands of protesters defying a government coronavirus lockdown to take part in an religious festival clashed with riot police in Nepal...

A Bangladeshi elderly person cuts an uprooted tree as the area around him is seen submerged with flooded waters in Manikganj, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Across South Asia, more than 17 million people have been affected by this year’s monsoon flood. Nearly 700 people have died in Bangladesh, India and Nepal as almost one-third of Bangladesh went under water while Indian states of Assam and Bihar in the northeast were largely affected and vast regions in Nepal were flooded and monsoon-triggered landslides became a nightmare. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

August 14, 2020 at 1:54 am

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

An estimated 17.5 million people across South Asia are suffering as a result of the devastation of this year's monsoon floods. Nearly 700 have died.

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July 16, 2020 at 8:02 pm

Monsoon floods, landslides kill at least 221 in South Asia VIEW

NEW DELHI (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 221 people across South Asia over the past month,...

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July 16, 2020 at 4:08 am

Floods, landslides kill at least 213 in South Asia

NEW DELHI (AP) — Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed at least 213 people across South Asia over the past month,...

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July 8, 2020 at 2:13 am

Power tussle in Nepal ruling party as China influence grows

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s prime minister could be forced out of office within weeks amid an internal tussle for power within his governing party...

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June 25, 2020 at 8:45 am

AP Interview: Nepal preparing for new coronavirus cases

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal is increasing quarantine facilities and testing at border points to prepare for the expected return of thousands of workers from...

June 18, 2020 at 2:33 am

Nepal moves closer to claiming disputed land with India

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s upper house of parliament on Thursday signed off on a proposed constitutional amendment that would change the nation’s political map...

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