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POLITICS
4 years, 3 protest movements: How public fury toppled leaders in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bang...
4 years, 3 protest movements: How public fury toppled leader...

Each protest movement began with a specific grievance that flared up, ending in the rejection of the government or its leaders.
Sep 11, 2025

SOCIETY, POLITICS
Army tries to restore order in Nepal after protest violence intensifies
Army tries to restore order in Nepal after protest violence...

Soldiers with weapons guarding the main areas of Kathmandu appeared to give some sense of control returning to the city that was overtaken by violence and chaos in previous days.
Sep 10, 2025

WORLD
Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppressing online freedom
Nepal internet crackdown part of global trend toward suppres...
Like neighboring countries, Nepal’s government have been asking the companies to appoint a liaison in the country. Officials are calling for laws to to monitor social media and ensure both the users and operators are responsible and accountable for what they share. But the move has been critic...
Sep 09, 2025
SPORTS
Americans finish strong with a relay world record in the swim worlds to top medal tables
Americans finish strong with a relay world record in the swi...

The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a world record in the women’s 4x100 medley relay in the last event of the eight-day championships.
Aug 03, 2025

WORLD
South Africa arrests 1,000 illegal miners
South Africa arrests 1,000 illegal miners

"As they are coming out, they have been taken," said the spokesman, Donald Mdhluli.
Aug 02, 2025

WORLD
Iceland volcano erupts for ninth time since 2023
Iceland volcano erupts for ninth time since 2023

Broadcaster RUV reported that the nearby fishing village Grindavik had been evacuated, as had the Blue Lagoon, Iceland's famed tourist spot.
Jul 16, 2025

WORLD
Mexican Prez suggests renaming the US ‘Mexican America’ in response to Trump’s ‘Gulf of Am...
Mexican Prez suggests renaming the US ‘Mexican America’ in r...

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum responded sarcastically on Wednesday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Jan 09, 2025

SOCIETY, Lifestyle, My City
Noted philanthropist Simons passes away
Noted philanthropist Simons passes away

LALITPUR, May 13: James Harris "Jim" Simons, the founder of the Nick Simons Foundation and the Nick Simons Institute, passed away last Friday at the age of 86.
May 13, 2024

WORLD
Ukraine's Zelenskyy signing security agreements with Germany, France as Kyiv shores up sup...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy signing security agreements with Germany...

BERLIN, Feb. 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bilateral security agreement with Germany and planned to sign another with France on Friday, securing a strong signal of long-term backing as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale...
Feb 17, 2024

WORLD
Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report says
Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline,...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13: Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday.
Feb 13, 2024
