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Nepalese industrialist Binod Chaudhary speaks with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin about the scale of the humanitarian disaster facing his country, and how his conglomerate is working with the government to improve the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Trials for a vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain are ongoing as DRC authorities try to control the Ebola outbreak.
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One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.
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Choking haze has forced Malaysia to move its leader’s annual National Day speech to an indoor venue from a public square, the communications ministry has said, underscoring the severity of cross-border pollution from severe wildfires in the region. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, due to address the country on August 30 on the eve of Independence Day celebrations, will speak from a convention centre in the administrative capital Putrajaya instead of at Kuala Lumpur’s Merdeka Square, a historic open...
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1,545 people have been wounded and rescued
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is launching an Ebola vaccination campaign to tackle the deadliest outbreak.
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Rescuers have been urged to rush to safety after fears that a large dam created by debris-choked rivers might have burst on the border between Nepal and China, complicating a days-long search for hundreds of people still missing after deadly floods.
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‘Mind-numbing that people end up in these positions’ Brydon Carse incident is the latest in a long line Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson have criticised the “extreme and tiresome” flood of negative stories around the England cricket team’s drinking and socialising habits, with Anderson – England’s all-time leading wicket-taker – saying it is “just mind-numbing that people can still be putting themselves in these positions”. The latest scandal involving members of the Test squad involved the bowler Brydon Carse, who was pictured being led away from a Derby bar in handcuffs in the early hours of Sunday morning. The 31-year-old was briefly arrested by police on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly before being “de-arrested”, though they continue to investigate an allegation of assault in connection with the incident. Carse was dropped from the squad for the second Test against Pakistan that started at Lord’s on Thursday, but took two wickets for Durham on the first day of their County Championship game against Gloucestershire. Continue reading...
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Rescuers are racing to find survivors before more potential flooding occurs.
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The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse that triggered a vast flow of icy debris.
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says search operations are ongoing after severe flooding near the Nepal-Tibet border, with 56 Ukrainians out of contact but none listed among the dead or injured.
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Deadly floods leave families searching in Nepal
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Nepal floods devastate key trade routes
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A flash flood swept through China’s Gyirong port on 26 August after a major disaster struck nearby Nepal. Footage shows mud and debris engulfing the border trade hub.
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BBC Verify traces the path of the destructive Nepal-Tibet flash flood using verified video.
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DW spoke with people from the Nepali regions devastated by flash floods about the fates of their family members, with a government minister warning that the state was not ready for a disaster of such magnitude.
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With more than 1,000 people still missing after the devastating flash flood that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, international rescue teams are working to locate survivors. But, as France 24’s Navodita Kumari reports, they are facing “extremely challenging” conditions due to the weather, mountainous terrain and lack of infrastructure.
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An Egyptian pharmaceutical company is developing a potential vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, with up to $16.5 million in funding from CEPI to advance the candidate toward human trials as the DRC battles its largest outbreak of the virus.
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Hundreds of Indian nationals are missing in Nepal and Tibet following a catastrophic Himalayan flood. They include several pilgrims doing the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a mountain in Tibet that holds sacred significance for Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and the Tibetan Bon religion, explains FRANCE 24’s Leela Jacinto.
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The catastrophic flood this week proves that Tibet needs to be at the center of international climate security discussions.
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Uganda has been declared free of Ebola after 42 days without a new confirmed case, ending an outbreak that recorded 20 cases and two deaths.
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The Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requires “urgent” action and funding to rein in its alarming spread, the UN Secretary-General told reporters at UN Headquarters on Thursday.
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Amid reports that hundreds of people are still missing in Nepal and China after a floodwater surge slammed into towns and villages on Wednesday, aid teams have been working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.
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Dramatic footage shows a flash flood tearing through Nepal’s Rasuwa district, killing 157 people and leaving hundreds missing.
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At least 270 people have died in the massive flash floods, while more than 800 others are missing.
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Nepal's police say 270 bodies found after Himalayan flood
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At least 160 people have been killed along the Nepal-Tibet border as rescuers struggle to reach the disaster zone.
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A landslide-dammed lake has been discovered near Gyirong Port, adding challenges to the rescue operation after Wednesday's mudslide in Gyirong County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, according to a correspondent with the PLA's Xigaze Military Sub-command on Thursday.
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Officials in Nepal earlier said 826 people, including some 341 foreigners, are missing after the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods.
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165 killed, 823 missing in Nepal's floods, government agency says
