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by Annabel Symington Agence France-Presse KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Poor regulation and overcrowding are pushing Everest climbers away from Nepal to China, which is investing millions to boost a rival path to the top of the world. Veteran climbing outfits, fed up with what they regard as a lax attitude to safety on Nepal’s southern flank of the 8,848-meter (29,029-foot) peak, are starting to shift operations to Everest’s north side in Tibet. “The south side […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) – Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that struck nearly two years ago, a move that will leave hundreds homeless. Around 100 families were still living in the camp in Kathmandu when police wearing riot gear used bulldozers to flatten the bamboo and tarpaulin structures. “The gods will curse the government. We don’t have our home and can’t rent a room from our […]
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) — An Australian and a Dutch mountaineer have died of altitude sickness after summitting Mount Everest, expedition organizers said, the latest deaths to hit the Himalayan climbing season. The Australian climber was on her way down from Camp 4 to Camp 3 when she fell ill and died on Saturday afternoon, Pasang Phurba Sherpa, a board director at Seven Summit Treks, told AFP Saturday. “After reaching the summit yesterday she said she […]
MAY 1 (Reuters) — The devastating earthquake in Nepal has drawn high attention from all over the world and several of the UN agencies are offering their help for its recovery. In the past two days, the World Food Program and its affiliate corporations donated over 100 tons of food to the worst-hit districts while the UN Children’s Fund delivered nearly 30 tons of supplies, including tents, water purification tablets, and first aid and hygiene […]
MANY residents of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu tried to leave the city on Tuesday (April 28) amid continuous tremors and after losing their homes in the weekend quake. People tried to get out of the city by every possible means. The surging demand has led transport prices to shoot up drastically. “We are not getting tickets in any vehicles. All the operators say whenever the vehicle moves, we’ll place you in that. They want 2,000 to […]
(UPDATED 12:43 a.m. April 26) At least 1,457 people were killed in the 7.9 magnitude shallow earthquake that hit Nepal, according to a CNN report that quoted Nepal’s National Emergency Operation Center. Earlier, Reuters reported that some 900 people are dead after a shallow earthquake measuring 7.9 magnitude that struck west of the ancient Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Saturday (April 25) based on initial police estimates. Kathmandu’s main civil hospital said 36 bodies had […]
