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October 1, 2024 2:37 PM

School bus catches fire in Thailand, 25 feared dead

About 25 people were feared dead in Thailand on Tuesday when a school bus carrying students and teachers on a field trip caught fire on the outskirts of the capital Bangkok, with 16 passengers hospitalised, the government said. Police could not imme...

October 1, 2024 1:14 PM

Death toll increases to 223 in Nepal flood disaster

The death toll in the landslide and flooding caused by the recent nonstop rainfall reached 223 and 143 persons were injured. All security agencies have been mobilized for all-out efforts of search, rescue and relief distribution. The injured ones a...

October 1, 2024 11:55 AM

UN peacekeepers patrol southern Lebanon – what is their mandate?

United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to patrol Lebanon's southern border with Israel in 1978 after Israel invaded south Lebanon. The mandate for the operation - known as the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon or UNIFIL - is renewed annually by the 1...

October 1, 2024 11:49 AM

Mark Rutte set for NATO top job amid Ukraine, US uncertainty

Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte takes over as NATO boss on Tuesday, charged with holding the Western military alliance together with the war in Ukraine at a critical moment and a pivotal U.S. presidential election approaching. At a ceremony a...

October 1, 2024 11:17 AM

Scientists explain Mount Everest’s anomalous growth

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates back to their birth roughly 50 million ye...

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