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Two trapped workers rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel Friday during an ongoing operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel, officials said.
In Nepal, mourners hold symbolic cremation for missing loved ones
The wall of ice, water and rock that tore through Nepal last week has claimed more than 1,200 lives and left more than 4,000 missing, depriving many grieving families of a basic rite: funerals.
USS Lincoln’s thousands of service personnel swap boots for flip-flops during Thailand R&R
5,000 sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier are in Pattaya, Thailand, on their first break after a record-long deployment mostly spent supporting the Iran war.
Xi visits Egypt as China seeks deeper influence across the Mideast
Chinese leader Xi Jinping aims to present China as a stabilizer in the region and contrast it with the regional military entanglements of the U.S., including the war with Iran.
Hopes of finding survivors dim a week after catastrophic Nepal flood
Hopes of finding more survivors among thousands still missing in Nepal were fading on Wednesday, but authorities believed that dozens of workers trapped in the tunnels of hydropower projects hit by the Himalayan catastrophe could still be alive.
USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand after extended Iran deployment
About 5,000 U.S. sailors and Marines are stopping in the resort city of Pattaya for a “rest and relaxation” break as they return home from a record-setting deployment in the Middle East.
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
It is the second prosecution of Wong, 29, under the Beijing-imposed law, which critics say has effectively stifled the Chinese territory’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement.
Record baby boom brings world’s heaviest parrot back from the brink
There’s been a baby boom among one of the world’s most endangered parrot species – and it’s something to crow about.
Thai city braces for thousands of U.S. service members after record stint on the troubled USS Lincoln
Thailand’s coastal resort city of Pattaya is bracing for an influx of about 5,000 American service members aboard the USS Lincoln.
Smell of death hangs over rescue efforts in Nepal as deaths pass 1,000
The overwhelming stench of death is crushing hopes that more survivors will be found in this Nepalese town devastated by last week’s catastrophic floods.