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Nepal buries dead as rescuers seek thousands missing

Nepal was burying on Monday some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing. Distraught families have packed rescue stations and hospitals in search of their missing relatives, while others have faced the grim task of identifying bodies at […]

Google Maps renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ in US — but not Canada

Google redesignated Lake Ontario as “Lake America” on maps seen by US users Sunday after President Donald Trump announced he was renaming the body of water, with a Canadian official slamming the cross-border tensions as “absolutely backwards.”People in Canada will still see the body of water labeled Lake Ontario, the Indigenous-rooted name used since the […]

Iceland votes ‘No’ to resuming EU talks

Iceland voted ‘No’ to resuming membership negotiations with the European Union, referendum results showed Sunday, dealing a blow to Brussels which had been keen to welcome a new wealthy member. Almost 53 percent of Icelanders rejected the resumption of EU entry talks suspended 13 years ago, while some 47 percent voted in favour in Saturday’s referendum. […]

At least 8 die, more missing, as ferry capsizes off Northern Cyprus

A passenger ferry capsized and sank off Northern Cyprus Sunday, killing at least eight people and leaving more than a dozen missing, officials and media reports said, as police took the captain and seven crew members into custody. Several rescued passengers told local media a blast had gone off at the bow of the ferry […]

Niamey back to normal after soldiers’ mutiny

Life returned to normal in Niger’s capital Niamey on Sunday, after the military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers. Intense fighting took place overnight from Friday to Saturday, before the army and its Russian Africa Corps allies managed to take back control late in the day. Mutineers notably tried […]

Manhunt in Switzerland after fatal rave shooting

Swiss police were on Sunday hunting at least one gunman who opened fire at a rave, killing an Italian woman and wounding five other people, some of them seriously. The shooting, which happened in the early hours in Aarau, near Zurich, and sent partygoers running for cover, is a rare event in the Alpine nation, […]

Niger mutiny suppressed, but questions remain over junta’s cohesion

Niger’s military regime and its Russian paramilitary partners put down a mutiny by soldiers after a long and confusing day of fighting around the capital Niamey. But many questions remain surrounding the events that posed one of the gravest challenges to the regime of General Abdourahamane Tiani, who himself came to power in a July […]

King Haakon joins Norway memorials for Harald

Norway’s new King Haakon VIII attended a memorial service Sunday, as churches across the Scandinavian country paid tribute to his father King Harald, who passed away two days ago, aged 89. The palace announced that the late monarch’s funeral would take place on Wednesday, September 9, and the public would be able to view his […]

The missing in Nepal-Tibet flash floods

More than 3,000 people were listed as missing Sunday, with at least 797 confirmed dead, after the flash floods and landslides that hit the Nepal-Tibet border. The figures are likely to change, which is not uncommon in the chaos after a major disaster. Here are the latest numbers:- In total: 3,048 missing -Nepal’s disaster agency […]