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Upstarts challenge elderly political elite in Nepal election

Padampur (Nepal) (AFP) - Shouting matches with public officials and undercover sting operations on corrupt bureaucrats helped Nepali television host Rabi Lamichhane tap into widespread discontent over an elderly, back-scratching political leadership.

AFP

Qatar facing renewed calls to compensate migrant workers over uninvestigated deaths

Bereaved families of workers and rights groups want World Cup organisers to make £372m payout

The Guardian - UK

Exhibit calls into question the ethics of perceptions

Chilean artist and architect Marco Evaristti is challenging viewers in his new exhibition "Ethical Reality" in the hope of raising funds for his project in Nepal.

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Special protections for about 300,000 immigrants are extended amid federal lawsuit

People from six countries — El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, Sudan, Honduras and Nepal — have been at risk of deportation after the Trump administration deemed those countries safe enough for return.

WEKU

Nepali fruit pickers ‘left in debt after being sent home from UK farms weeks early’

Workers spent thousands but were told to leave before they could earn it back, says report

The Independent UK

Qatar’s migrant worker treatment a red card for World Cup

The reverberations of Qatar’s migrant worker deaths will linger over the upcoming World Cup. Whether it leads to real change rests with a few foreign powers.

360info

'It could just sweep us away': This school is on the front lines of climate change

Climate change is an everyday reality for students and teachers living in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. At one school, they are trying to learn more about the forces that could upend their lives.

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Seasonal fruit pickers left thousands in debt after being sent home early from UK farms

Nepali workers who quit jobs and borrowed cash to come to UK are out of work just weeks after arriving

The Guardian - UK

Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes Nepal region

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck in Nepal on Saturday, shaking houses in the Himalayan country and neighboring India, authorities said, after a powerful earthquake earlier this week killed half a dozen people.

Reuters

Earthquake rocks west Nepal, felt as far as New Delhi

An earthquake in the mountains of west Nepal rocked the Himalayan nation early Wednesday

The Independent UK

At Least 6 Dead As 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Nepal; Tremors Felt Across North India

Strong tremors were felt across north India and parts of Nepal in the early hours of Wednesday after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Himalayan region near Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Six dead after earthquake hits Nepal, tremors felt in New Delhi

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck western Nepal at about 2am local time (20:15 GMT) causing several houses to collapse.

Al Jazeera

Nepal earthquake kills at least six villagers, rattles New Delhi

An earthquake in western Nepal killed at least six villagers, four of them children, as the tremor destroyed mud and brick houses in remote communities living in the foothills of the Himalayas.

Reuters

Nepal’s Oli vows balanced ties with China, India if returned to power

Nepal's main communist opposition party will balance the Himalayan nation's ties with neighbours China and India for mutual benefit if it is returned to power in a general election this month, its leader said.

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The Independent UK

London-Nepal is world’s third largest unserved flight route

Some 89,200 people travelled on indirect flights between Heathrow and Kathmandu in the 12 months to the end of July.

The Independent UK

Ex-communist rebel leader pledges stable government in Nepal

Nepal’s governing alliance is pledging to create a stable government that will be able to complete a full five-year term in the Himalayan nation that has had 13 different governments in the past 16 years

Reason

Blame Qatar's Illiberal Migrant Labor Laws for Its Mounting World Cup Death Toll

Thousands of people from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have died while working on enormous infrastructure projects in the lead-up to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Reuters

Dogs get their day at Hindu festival dedicated to them in Nepal

Dog lovers of Nepal honoured canines on Monday, putting bright orange garlands around their necks and indulging them with treats to celebrate a Hindu festival highlighting the loyalty of dogs to humans.

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The Conversation

Triumph, tragedy and climate change: telling the stories of the Sherpas of Everest

Few communities have enjoyed the collective fame and individual obscurity of the Sherpas. This minority group, living across the high-Himalaya border between Tibet (China) and Nepal, has become famous for its many world-class mountain climbers.

Evening Standard

How to be a CEO podcast: Why Tenzing’s CEO blew the marketing budget on bins for Nepal

Huib van Bockel is the CEO and founder of the energy drink company Tenzing.

AFP

Silent no more: Nepal's wartime rape survivors demand recognition

Kathmandu (AFP) - Beaten and raped by police officers as a child, Mira was among the many victims of sexual violence during Nepal's civil war -- and is now one of the few to recount her ordeal.

Daily Record

Rangers legend Willie Henderson backs Nepal trekkers raising funds for charity set up in memory of his late daughter

Group of 14 volunteers will scale to an altitude of 4500m in the Himalayas in aid of the Michelle Henderson Cervical Cancer Trust.

Dynamite News

Uttarakhand: Heavy snowfall in Pithoragarh, key roads blocked

Heavy snowfall lashed several areas in Dharchula town in Pithoragarh district, leaving up to two feet of snow in the upper areas and blocking key roads near the Nepal border on Sunday, officials said. Read more on Dynamite News:

Reuters

Cricket-Nepal's Lamichhane detained on return home from Qatar

Nepal's most high-profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane was taken into custody on his return to Kathmandu from Doha, local police said on Thursday, following an arrest warrant against him in an alleged rape case.

AFP

Nepal cricket star arrested on rape charges

Kathmandu (AFP) - Cricket star Sandeep Lamichhane returned to Nepal and was immediately arrested Thursday, nearly a month after a court issued a warrant over the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl.

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