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How catastrophic flash flood unfolded at remote Nepal-China border point
More than 100 Indians are missing at a vital Nepal-China trade crossing after devastating Himalayan floods.
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Deep-sea team aids search for missing in Cyprus ferry disaster
NICOSIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A specialist team equipped to search deep waters was due to arrive from Turkey on Tuesday as emergency crews pressed on with efforts to find…
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China better suited to build, not own, Indonesia’s solar dream
Indonesia wants China’s help building enough solar power to electrify 100 mid-sized cities without actually owning the capacity. On July 17 in Shanghai, Indonesia’s economy minister, Airlangga Hartarto, asked China’s…
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Police officer admits to closing missing person cases to avoid work
The officer falsely claimed he contacted missing persons and prematurely closed their cases on the South Korean holiday island of Jeju.
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At least two dead as rescuers search for missing in Grand Canyon
Search teams have been working around the clock to locate more than a dozen people who are still unaccounted for after a devastating flash flood tore through the Grand Canyon…
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Urgent race to rescue survivors after flood disaster
An American couple who made it out alive shared video of their escape. NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer reports.
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‘I’ve never been to Afghanistan’: Six million deportees forced to start over under the Taliban
As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.
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Strait of Hormuz commodity vessel transits stay in single digits, data shows
SINGAPORE, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The number of vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz was little changed on Monday compared with the weekend, hovering around five, preliminary ship-tracking data…
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Trump’s try to keep the Iran war from backfiring further
Despite the excitement around Donald Trump’s new sanctions and even the US strikes against the Iranian island of Larak just hours ago, much suggests that Trump is not seeking a dramatic ratcheting…
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Trump’s trade wars are making China’s Global South pitch easier
The latest US trade fight with Canada should matter far beyond North America. After negotiations collapsed in August, President Donald Trump imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion of Canadian…