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65 Americans remain missing after deadly Nepal flash flood
More than 1,000 people are missing after the Nepal flash floods, including 65 U.S. citizens. Two Americans, a woman, 52, and a man, 55, were rescued.
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Variety
France Faces Thorny Oscar Submission Choice With Andrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’ and Homegrown Contenders
France’s Oscar submission race for 2027 is shaping up around one particularly thorny question: What happens to a major film by an exiled filmmaker when no other country is realistically positioned to claim it? That is the dilemma surrounding Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur,” a scathing portrait of corruption in Putin’s Russia that won the Grand Prize […]
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Reuters
Nepal rescuers hunt survivors of devastating flood; 162 dead
By Gopal Sharma, Sahana Bajracharya and Navesh Chitrakar TRISHULI, Nepal/BEIJING, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Nepal used helicopters on Thursday to scour for hundreds still missing after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border with China's Tibet, sending catastrophic
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Reuters
Factbox-List of nationalities of missing tourists in Nepal flood
Aug 27 (Reuters) - More than 400 foreigners were among the 579 tourists missing after a catastrophic flood in the Himalayan nation of Nepal, tourism officials said.
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AP News
Prominent Sikh separatist says FBI has warned him of new threat on his life
A prominent Sikh separatist says that the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he faces a new credible threat to his life
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Reuters
Trump's Kim gambit deepens doubts over US reliability at a key moment for Asia
By John Geddie, Yukiko Toyoda, Ben Blanchard and Aftab Ahmed TOKYO/TAIPEI/NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Donald Trump's olive branch to North Korea's Kim Jong Un at the expense of a long-standing ally comes at a pivotal moment for U.S. security ties in Asia, as partners from Japan to India reassess
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Reuters
US expected to broaden secondary sanctions to isolate Iran on 'economic D-Day'
By David Lawder, Asif Shahzad and Ariba Shahid WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The United States was set to warn countries to cut ties with Iran or risk their businesses being cut off from the dollar-based financial system when it unveils the "greatest financial offensive ever" on Monday, a
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Reuters
Analysis-Iraq may show how U.S. can squeeze Iran's trade partners
By Michael Georgy DUBAI, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Iraq could serve as an example of how the United States could carry out its threat to force countries that continue trading with Iran out of the dollar-based financial system.
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Italy, Japan, and Croatia Among Top Destinations for U.S. Travelers Seeking Cultural and Scenic Experiences
Italy, Japan, and Croatia Among Top Destinations for U.S. Travelers Seeking Cultural and Scenic Experiences
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Variety
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘The Odyssey’ Extend Battle Atop U.K. and Ireland Box Office as ‘Insidious’ Makes Strong Debut
Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” retained the No. 1 spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office for a fourth consecutive week, collecting £3.6 million ($4.8 million), according to Rentrak. The superhero blockbuster pushed its running cumulative gross to $117.9 million. Universal’s “The Odyssey,” directed by Christopher Nolan, held firmly in second place during its […]
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AP News
The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'
Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts as long as we continue to use gas, oil and coal at our current pace
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AP News
Trump moves toward levying new tariff on China for flooding market with cheap goods, AP sources say
President Donald Trump is moving toward imposing a new tariff on China to penalize Beijing for flooding the global market with underpriced goods
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