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Central Reserve Police Force personnel help people disembark from an Indian Air Force helicopter after they were rescued f...

World Oct 09

Indian rescuers fly to Himalayan region where flood washed out bridges and killed at least 74

By Wasbir Hussain, Anupam Nath, Associated Press

Agents for Change Jun 29

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Climate change forces major lifestyle changes high in the Himalayan mountains

Research published last year shows the massive Himalayan glaciers have shrunk 10-times faster over the past four decades than during the previous seven centuries. It threatens agriculture and the water supply for millions across South Asia. Fred de Sam Lazaro…

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

World May 08

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News Wrap: China loyalist elected as Hong Kong’s next leader

In our news wrap Sunday, a staunch Beijing loyalist has been elected as Hong Kong's next chief executive in a rubber-stamp committee vote, Nepali Sherpa Kami Rita scaled Mnt. Everest for a record 26th time, and the Kentucky Derby saw…

By PBS NewsHour Weekend

World Jun 18

India cautions China over its claim to area of deadly clash

India is cautioning China against making "exaggerated and untenable claims” to the Galwan Valley area in the high Himalayas even as both nations try to end a standoff after a deadly military clash there.

By Ashok Sharma, Emily Schmall, Associated Press

World Jun 16

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Himalayan border tensions between China and India turn violent

The world’s most populous nations, both nuclear powers, are locked in a deadly face-off over a contested border high in the Himalayas. Tensions in a decades-old dispute between China and India have boiled over recently, with 20 Indian soldiers dying…

May 22

Two dead and two missing near the summit of Mount Everest

By Michael D. Regan

Two people died and two are missing near the summit of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.

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Nov 13

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Mt. Everest disaster raises questions of compensation for Sherpas

By PBS News Hour

In April, an avalanche on Mt. Everest killed 16 Nepalese guides in the worst accident in the mountain's history. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Chip Brown of National Geographic on how the deadly disaster has affected the Sherpa community and the…

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Dec 15

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In Himalayas, Evidence of ‘Alarming’ Glacial Melting

James Mates of Independent Television News looks at the alarming rate glaciers are melting atop Mt. Everest and how that could affect the rest of the world.

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May 12

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Powerful Earthquake Destroys Buildings, Builds Mountains in China

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There's a saying among seismologists: "Earthquakes don't kill people. Buildings do." The powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked central China on Monday afternoon, killing upwards of 8,500 people, was a grim reminder of that common phrase.

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