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Jul 10 2018 | 01:46 pmAll 12 boys, football coach rescued from flooded cave in northern Thailand
Bangkok: All 12 boys and their football coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand after being trapped for 18 days, rescuers said on Tuesday.
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Jul 09 2018 | 06:11 am4 boys trapped in Thai cave rescued, next operation within 10 to 20 hours: official
Bangkok: Four boys out of a total of 12 young soccer team members and their coach have been rescued after being trapped in a cave in northern Thailand for more than two weeks, a Thai official in charg...
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Jun 11 2018 | 03:32 pmTrump, Kim arrive for US-North Korea summit
Singapore: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrived in Singapore Sunday for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US presiden...
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Jun 11 2018 | 03:27 pmItaly, Malta standoff leaves migrant rescue boat stuck at sea
Malta: Hundreds of people on board a migrant rescue boat have been stranded in the Mediterranean between Italy and Malta in a standoff between the two nations, with both refusing to allow the vessel t...
Recent News
- All 12 boys, football coach rescued from flooded cave in northern Thailand
- 4 boys trapped in Thai cave rescued, next operation within 10 to 20 hours: official
- Trump, Kim arrive for US-North Korea summit
- Italy, Malta standoff leaves migrant rescue boat stuck at sea
- With khukris and assault rifles, Singapore’s Gurkhas to guard Trump-Kim summit
- Amid high expectation, Belt and Road Initiative brings more win-win results to Europe
- 55 Palestinians killed in bloody day of clashes in eastern Gaza
- France’s Macron dines with Saudi crown prince on global tour
- France faces second day of transport chaos as rail workers strike
- Iraq holds 1st int’l book exhibition in Baghdad after defeating IS
Features
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China-assisted int’l airport in Nepal to attract more tourists, business opportunities
By Shristi Kafle Pokhara: The arrivals of tourists to Nepal have grown the highest as the country welcomed over half a million tourists in the first half of 2018, while the arrivals of Chinese tourists have grown by 35.35 percent.
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Italy, Malta standoff leaves migrant rescue boat stuck at sea
Malta: Hundreds of people on board a migrant rescue boat have been stranded in the Mediterranean between Italy and Malta in a standoff between the two nations, with both refusing to allow the vessel to dock. Some 629 people, including pregnant women ...
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With khukris and assault rifles, Singapore’s Gurkhas to guard Trump-Kim summit
Singapore: When U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet for their historic summit in Singapore later this month, they will be protected by men from one of the fiercest warrior tribes in the world – the Gurkhas of Ne...
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Nepal’s Sherpas now get affordable medical care — but lacks funding
Kathmandu: As word came over the radio that a Sherpa had been struck on the head by a falling rock high on Everest, the three doctors at base camp jumped into action, fully aware that saving him would be a life-or-death race against the unpredictable...
Opinion
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Biodiversity and sustainable tourism in the Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Janita Gurung and Anu Kumari Lama Biodiversity and tourism linkages Biodiversity is the basis for many tourism activities in th...
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Brexit, a sign of anti-elite revolt: Analysts
PARIS: It was Britain’s poorer and less-educated citizens — angry at not having shared in the economic benefits of a n...
Recent News
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Aug 03 2018 | 12:17 pmNepal aims to increase annual foreign tourist arrivals to over 2.5m
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Aug 01 2018 | 12:27 pmIndustrial investment sees an increase in Nepal in 2017-18 FY
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Jul 29 2018 | 12:19 pmMalaysia urges Nepal to reconsider foreign worker ban
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Jul 27 2018 | 12:23 pm7 die, 22 hurt in passenger bus mishap in Chitwan