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The Nepali-born climber was known for scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.

The Hormuz crisis is too often seen as ASEAN oil-shock story. Truth is, it is that. But in addiiton it’s a human ledger of pain and an economic index of…

An American, a Chinese national, an Omani and five Nepalis are said to be part of the group feared missing or killed in Pakistan.

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Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. In April 2025 India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed countries that share a tense border, came dangerously close to a…

The British-Nepali climber is one of the most recognised figures in mountaineering.

TOKYO — South Korea has outrun the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Lehman shock, and the 2013 taper tantrum. Whether it can outrun its own AI boom is a…

Two themes dominate Japan’s elite thinking at present: a blend of awe and fear about the ambitions of Japan’s powerful prime minister, Sanae Takaichi; and concerns about the US-Japan security…

The rapper had been accused of sexually assaulting a woman after performing in Perth in 2024.

Media reports published earlier this week about China’s plan to start making its own immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines have caused a sharp sell-off of European chip equipment stocks.…