Guides poisoned trekkers' food with baking powder, uncooked chicken and even rat droppings to trigger altitude sickness symptoms, then terrified them into unnecessary evacuations.
Gee Atherton seems to be on some sort of terrible mission, riding the most insane lines with very, very little room for error. Despite some of the most terrifying crashes we've seen and some of the worst injuries, Atherton keeps coming back.
Eighteen people died and seven remain missing after multiple villages were swept away in the eastern Ilam district bordering India, police spokesperson Binod Ghimire said. Six members of one family were crushed when a landslide buried their home overnight, local officials added. Authorities said 114 people had been rescued, Ilam's assistant administrative officer Bholanath Guragai said, though continued rainfall and blocked roads were hampering relief efforts.
Karki is a former chief justice known for challenging the corrupt and the elite. Before she was selected as prime minister, she got the most votes in a poll on the group chat app Discord, organized by a youth advocacy group. That was days after mobs burned down government buildings and assaulted political leaders at their homes. UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Shouting in non-English language).
Nepal's army has taken over the streets of the capital, Kathmandu, in a bid to end two days of protests against corruption that rapidly escalated into a full-blown public revolt against the country's political elite, culminating in Prime Minister KP Oli's resignation on Tuesday. At least 19 people were killed in clashes with security forces on Monday that further inflamed protesters, who on Tuesday set the country's Parliament building on fire while also torching the homes of several prominent politicians.
The protest, dubbed the "Gen Z rally," saw young demonstrators pushing through barbed wire and overwhelming riot police as they marched toward Parliament. The protesters included many young people dressed in school or college uniforms. Police initially used tear gas and water cannon but were quickly forced to retreat behind the gates of the parliamentary complex. The situation escalated when officers began firing into the crowd.
In a probing 36-page report, a parliamentary committee revealed that the $216 million Pokhara airport project fell victim to corruption and oversight failures, primarily benefiting the Chinese contractor.
