World May 24 Mountain guide Kenton Cool climbs Everest for 20th time and says he's not ready to quit yet Briton Kenton Cool scaled the peak for the 20th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.
World May 22 Everest record-holder Kami Rita Sherpa urges limit on climbers as crowds swell on the peak A renowned Mount Everest guide who this week scaled the peak a record 32nd time urged authorities on Friday to limit climbers on the summit.
World Nov 04 Rescuers in Nepal search for climbers killed in an avalanche The Dolkha district administration office said that eight other climbers who were injured in the avalanche were flown to the capital, Kathmandu, for treatment.
World Oct 16 Kanchha Sherpa, last surviving member of history-making Mount Everest trek, dies at 92 Kanchha Sherpa was among the 35 members of the team that put New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the 29,032-foot peak on May 29, 1953. A mountain guide for most of his life, he was…
World Sep 14 Nepal's new Prime Minister Karki urges calm after deadly anti-corruption protests Sushila Karki, the country's first woman prime minister, told top officials gathered at her temporary office that each family of slain protesters will receive monetary compensation of 1 million rupees (about $11,330) and assured that those injured would be taken care…
World Sep 13 Curfew lifted in Nepal as calm returns after deadly protests and new interim PM appointed Nepalese authorities lifted the curfew in the country's capital and surrounding areas on Saturday as calm returned following the appointment of the Himalayan nation's first woman prime minister in the wake of protests this week that killed at least 51 people and…
World Sep 10 Nepal protesters want former chief justice as interim PM as army moves to restore order Armed troops in the main areas of Kathmandu appeared to give some sense of control returning to the city on Wednesday, after the protests had grown increasingly violent the day before. The resignation of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli appeared…
World Sep 08 Nepal police open fire on crowd protesting social media ban, killing at least 17 people Protesters pushed through barbed wire and forced riot police to retreat inside the Parliament complex.
World Sep 29 Flooding and landslides near capital of Nepal kill at least 148 people, leave dozens missing Rescuers in Nepal recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital Kathmandu, as the death toll from flooding rose to at least 148 with dozens missing, officials said Sunday.
World Aug 20 LGBTQ+ activists and supporters rally in Nepal's capital during annual Pride parade After years of struggle, gay couples were able to register same-sex marriages for the first time in Nov 2023, following a Supreme Court order.