Rettungskräfte in Nepal kämpfen gegen Regen und steigende Pegelstände

Heftige nächtliche Regenfälle und steigende Wasserpegel haben in Nepal die Versuche der Rettungskräfte behindert, die vermutlich in einem Tunnel eingeschlossenen Bauarbeiter zu befreien. Das Büro des nepalesischen Regierungschefs teilte am Sonntag mit, die Teams seien “anhaltendem Regen und schwierigen Bedingungen” ausgesetzt gewesen. Sie hätten dennoch die ganze Nacht ohne Unterbrechung gearbeitet, “um diejenigen zu suchen […]

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Ein Todesopfer und fünf Verletzte bei Schüssen bei Rave-Party in der Schweiz

Bei Schüssen bei einer Rave-Party in Aarau im Norden der Schweiz ist ein Mensch getötet worden. Fünf Menschen seien verletzt worden, erklärte die Kantonspolizei Aarau am Sonntag. “Die Fahndung nach der unbekannten Täterschaft läuft.””Nach vorläufigen Erkenntnissen haben die nächtlichen Schüsse im Aarauer Schachen ein Todesopfer und fünf, zum Teil schwer verletzte Personen gefordert”, erklärte die […]

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Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood tops 3,000

Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday through leg-sucking mud and the threat of rising rivers and a newly formed lake to search for thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages. Latest figures from both countries put the number of missing at 3,044 with a […]

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Rescuers dig into tunnel as missing toll from Nepal, China flood over 3,000

Rescuers in Nepal and China battled Sunday through leg-sucking mud and the threat of rising floodwaters to find thousands missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages. Latest figures from both countries put the number of missing at 3,044 with a further 750 confirmed deaths — and […]

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Nepal flood survivors return to ruins to salvage memories

Days after a wall of water and debris ripped through Nepal, Shanti Lamichhane sat on a fruit crate in the dirt where her village once stood, staring at what remained of her home. Across Nepal’s flood disaster zone, survivors are returning to villages reduced to mud and debris, searching for belongings, documents and fragments of […]

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Venezuela says retains ‘sovereignty’ in US oil deal

Interim leader Delcy Rodriguez assured the public Saturday that Venezuela retains control of its oil under a new agreement that allows the United States significant access to it. The United States will have majority control of 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven reserves in what President Donald Trump described Friday as “the biggest oil deal […]

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Killing of Palestinian children and teens by Israel surges in West Bank

Alia al-Hallaq’s son Mohammed was nine when he was killed by an Israeli army bullet last October, but the Palestinian homemaker still speaks of herself as a mother of five, not four.”I still haven’t accepted the idea of the loss. I often sit in the courtyard of the house and look at Mohammed’s grave below, […]

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NASA’s Roman telescope set to launch on cosmic mapping mission

NASA is preparing to launch its new flagship space telescope on Sunday, embarking on a multi-year mission to create an unprecedented map of the cosmos and shed light on some of the biggest mysteries in physics. Designed to take a panoramic view of the vast reaches of space, the Roman Space Telescope “will help unlock […]

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