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January 19, 2020 at 9:44 pm

Nepal rescuers search for 7 as avalanche hits hiking trail VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Special Nepalese army and government rescue personnel continued searching Monday for four South Korean trekkers and their three Nepali guides missing... Updated 2:07 am

January 13, 2020 at 3:08 am

Nepal’s main airport cuts the heat amid worries over power

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's aviation authority on Monday asked everyone in the Himalayan nation's only international airport to cut down on heating this winter...

October 30, 2019 at 5:34 am

Fastest climber of 14 highest peaks to return to mountains

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepalese mountaineer who smashed the speed record for climbing the world's 14 highest peaks returned safely to Nepal's capital on...

October 29, 2019 at 2:12 am

Nepal man shatters record for scaling world’s highest peaks

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Nepalese man shattered the previous mountaineering record for successfully climbing the world's 14 highest peaks, completing the feat in 189...

September 17, 2019 at 11:54 pm

Nepal’s sexual minorities say progress in rights has stalled VIEW

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal seized the lead in equal rights for sexual minorities in South Asia four years ago with a new constitution that...

September 10, 2019 at 1:05 am

India, Nepal open cross-border oil pipeline

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The leaders of India and Nepal inaugurated South Asia's first cross country oil pipeline Tuesday, allowing the Himalayan nation of Nepal...

Business

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...

Nation & World

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...

Nation & World

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...