The exact timeline of the recent Nepal flooding disaster is becoming clearer. At 8:37 am, instruments recorded what was initially interpreted as an earthquake n…
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On August 26, catastrophic debris flows swept down the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors, exposing severe vulnerabilities in Himalayan hydropower infrastr…
New Australian research has prompted a call for Google and other search engines and chatbot operators to establish stronger guardrails to prevent the spread and…
The recent floods in Rasuwa have once again reminded us how vulnerable Nepal remains to disasters. Families have lost homes and livelihoods. Infrastructure has …
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The Bhotekoshi flash flood in Nepal cannot simply be called a natural disaster. Extreme floods are commonly described using annual exceedance probabilities or r…
Public health alarm bells are ringing about the Federal Coalition's tobacco policy announcements this week, which have been described as reckless and dangerous.…
On the morning of August 26, Yogesh Dangol took one last walk around Betrawati without knowing it would become the last time he would see the town as he knew it…
Experts argue that opposition to the Federal Government’s planned private health insurance reforms, which would remove the higher premium rebate provided to peo…
Rasuwa, September 4 For 10 days, there had been no word from the people believed to be trapped inside the Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower project tunnel. Then, som…
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Kathmandu, September 4 The death toll from the devastating Rasuwa flood on August 26 has reached 1,294, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Ma…
China’s humanoid robots are more than a showcase of state ambition. They reveal how differently we interpret visions of the technological future depending on wh…
In the days after a devastating flood swept through Rasuwa and the Trishuli River corridor, more than 1,294 people have been confirmed dead, thousands remain mi…
Concerned citizens and civil society groups working in tandem can help free the unjustly imprisoned. But the work is far from finished.…
Kathmandu, September 4 Ten families have been relocated from Bhattar settlement in Apihimal Rural Municipality of Darchula after a landslide put the area at hig…
Trade infrastructure was swept away. Nepal’s trade with China, which was already limited, will be further restricted after the August 26 floods.…
Rasuwa, September 4 The search for 191 employees and workers missing at the Upper Trishuli-3B Hydropower Project in Rasuwa is proving increasingly difficult, wi…
Is this the beginning of the end of Jakarta’s truly “free and active” foreign policy? …
The prevalence of nationalism, authoritarianism, and populism explains the rise of far-right politics in Australia.…
By 2030, the China-U.S. AI competition may be decided less by who builds the most advanced chips than by who deploys the most computing power.…
Researchers are seeing a change in Cambodian weather patterns as climate change takes hold across the region.…
Chinese state media’s handling of the Tibet floods is following its usual pattern of restricted coverage, censorship, and emphasizing positive news.…