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Polish officials said on Monday three people had died after crossing into Poland from Belarus, while a fourth person died inside Belarus.

UN rights chief urges Belarus neighbours to protect asylum-seekers

On Friday Polish border guards reported a fifth death - of an Iraqi man, probably from a heart attack - in the border area.

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India's Odisha, Andhra Pradesh states brace for cyclonic storm

A deep depression over India's Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm that is expected to make landfall on Sunday, the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

Members of Russia's Emergencies Ministry conduct a rescue operation after a group of climbers got stuck while climbing Mount Elbrus, in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, in this still image from video taken September 23, 2021. Photo: Russia's Emergencies Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Five climbers die in snowstorm on Russia's Mount Elbrus

Five climbers died after they got caught in a sudden snowstorm on Russia's Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe, officials said.

This undated photo made available by the National Park Service in September 2021 shows fossilized human footprints at the White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Photo: NPS via AP

Oldest human footprints in North America found in New Mexico

Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago, researchers reported Thursday.

File Photo - The World Health Organisation (WHO) tightened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday for the first time since 2005, hoping to spur countries toward clean energy and prevent deaths and illness caused by air pollution. Photo: Reuters

New WHO air-quality guidelines aim to cut deaths linked to fossil fuels

The World Health Organisation (WHO) tightened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday for the first time since 2005, hoping to spur countries toward clean energy and prevent deaths and illness caused by air pollution.

Vaccine inequity comes into stark focus during UN gathering

India to target children for COVID-19 vaccine from Oct: sources

Sydney COVID-19 cases fall as curbs ease in virus hotspots

India reports 30,773 new COVID cases as it seeks to welcome back tourists

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File - Children, who do not have access to internet facilities and gadgets, walk past a house with the walls converted into black boards after attending open-air classes following the closure of their schools due to the coronavirus disease outbreak, at Joba Attpara village in Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India, September 13, 2021. Photo: Reuters

India to target children for COVID-19 vaccine from Oct: sources

All Indian children aged 12 or older will become eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations from next month, when drug maker Cadila Healthcare launches its ZyCoV-D product.

Photo: Reuters

Canada's Trudeau wins another minority in election, claims 'clear mandate'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hung onto power on Monday as his main rival conceded defeat, saying he had won a clear mandate to govern although he fell short of his goal for a majority win.

FILE PHOTO: A beachgoer in bathing suit and protective face mask walks up the promenade at Bondi Beach during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters/File

Sydney COVID-19 cases fall as curbs ease in virus hotspots

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Monday reported its lowest rise in daily COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks as some lockdown restrictions were eased in Sydney, the state capital, amid higher vaccination levels.

FILE PHOTO: The Sydney Opera House and city centre skyline are seen as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Sydney, Australia, April 20, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Australia at centre of Indo-Pacific alliances to counter China

Canberra's 70-year-old defence alliance with Washington already commits Australia to act in response to an attack on US forces in the Pacific, analysts said.

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India reports 30,773 new COVID cases as it seeks to welcome back tourists

India reports 30,773 new COVID cases as it seeks to welcome back tourists

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World leaders return to UN with focus on pandemic, climate

World leaders are returning to the United Nations in New York this week with a focus on boosting efforts to fight both climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which last year forced them to send video statements for the annual gathering.

A woman passes by the wrapped Arc de Triomphe monument on Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Paris. The "Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped" project by late artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude is on view until Oct. 3. Photo: AP

'A big gray elephant': Paris' Arc de Triomphe is wrapped up

The city of Paris is unveiling a monumental artwork built around an actual monument: the Arc de Triomphe completely wrapped in silver and blue fabric.

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2021, file photo Gen. Frank McKenzie, Commander of U.S. Central Command, appears on screen as he speaks from MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Fla., as he speaks about Afghanistan during a virtual briefing moderated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday, Sept. 17, that an internal review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed. Photo: AP/File

Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error

The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed.

IMF, World Bank urge more COVID-19 vaccination doses to go to poor countries

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other multilateral-organization leaders on Thursday urged countries with high COVID-19 vaccination rates to boost efforts to send doses to low- and middle-income countries.

Fire-resistant wrap covers a historic welcome sign as the KNP Complex Fire burns in Sequoia National Park, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. The blaze is burning near the Giant Forest, home to more than 2,000 giant sequoias. Photo: AP

California wildfires threaten famous giant sequoia trees

Firefighters wrapped the base of the world's largest tree in a fire-resistant blanket as they tried to save a famous grove of gigantic old-growth sequoias from wildfires burning Thursday in California's rugged Sierra Nevada.

FILE PHOTO: Smoke billows from a firework after it was lit on the rooftop of a residential building during Diwali, the festival of lights, celebrations in New Delhi, India, October 27, 2019. Photo: Reuters/File

Delhi orders ban on pollutive firecrackers ahead of Diwali to 'save lives'

Delhi authorities ordered a ban on the storage, use and sale of firecrackers in the Indian capital late on Wednesday ahead of the Diwali festival to curb air pollution levels which cause thousands of deaths each year.

In this image made from video run by China's CCTV, rescuers search for survivors at a damaged house following an earthquake in Luxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Photo: CCTV via AP

Southwest China earthquake collapses homes, kills at least 3

An earthquake destroyed houses, killed at least three people and injured dozens Thursday in southwest China's Sichuan province.

File -Chinese cities issue travel warnings after Fujian COVID-19. Photo: China Daily via Reuters

Chinese cities issue travel warnings after Fujian COVID-19

China's COVID-19 outbreak in Fujian province, which has reported 152 local cases in five days, has prompted cities in other parts of the country to issue travel warnings ahead of major holidays, though state media warn against imposing blanket travel curbs.

File - A sign advertises the availability of COVID-19 vaccine doses at a city centre pharmacy during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, September 9, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Sydney nightly curfew to end as COVID-19 vaccinations hit fresh milestone

A curfew imposed on more than two million people in the 12 Sydney suburbs hardest hit by the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant will end on Wednesday night, authorities said, stopping short of easing more lockdown restrictions.

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India's Odisha, Andhra Pradesh states brace for cyclonic storm

A deep depression over India's Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm that is expected to make landfall on Sunday, the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

The Muktinath Temple in Mustang district, as pictured on Sunday, 15 January 2017. Photo: RSS/File

Muktinath temple opens for public

The famous Muktinath temple, a holy place of pilgrimage for Hindus and Buddhists, situated in Mustang, has been opened from Sunday. It was closed due to Covid-19 pandemic since last April.

FILE - People reading newspapers in Chautara, Khairenitar of Tanahun, on Saturday. Photo: THT

Number of registered newspapers jumps to 7,874

The number of registered newspapers across the country is 7,874.

Manchester City's Phil Foden in action with Chelsea's Thiago Silva during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester City, at Stamford Bridge, in London, Britain, on September 25, 2021. Photo: Reuters

Reality check for Chelsea, Liverpool go top after thriller at Brentford

Chelsea tasted defeat for the first time this season as Pep Guardiola's Manchester City earned a statement 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge on a day that Manchester United were beaten by Aston Villa and Liverpool were held by Brentford.

FILE - Landless squatters at Haraiya camp, in Dhangadi Sub-metropolitan City, Kailali, on Saturday. Photo: THT

Land ownership certificates still a far cry

People of Mohanpur, Shivaratnapur and Hausalpur bordering with India have been deprived of land ownership certificates for five decades, in Kailali.

Kathmandu Kings-XI’s Ryan Burl plays a shot against Lalitpur Patriots during their Bajaj Pulsar Everest Premier League match at the Tribhuvan University Stadium in Kathmandu on Saturday. Photo: Udipt Singh Chhetry / THT

Kings hammer Patriots in opener

Kathmandu Kings-XI defeated defending champions Lalitpur Patriots in the opening match of the Bajaj Pulsar Everest Premier League here at the Tribhuvan University Stadium . on Saturday

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has highlighted the need to build robust and renewed global partnership in a bid to build a greener, safer and more sustainable world.

PM calls for renewed global partnership to build greener world

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has highlighted the need to build robust and renewed global partnership in a bid to build a greener, safer and more sustainable world. He also called for ensuring easier and direct access to financing and modern technologies for countries in special situations.

Nepal Communist Party-Unified Socialist Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the CPN-UML would face defeat in the upcoming general elections.

'CPN-UML will be defeated in polls'

Nepal Communist Party-Unified Socialist Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the CPN-UML would face defeat in the upcoming general elections.

FILE - A large number of urban migrants’ kids are back in their villages and are virtually attending classes in their schools based in Kathmandu valley. Photo: Naresh Shrestha/ THT

Schools to run classes in-person

A large number of urban migrants’ kids are back in their villages and are virtually attending classes in their schools based in Kathmandu valley.

CPN-UML leaders, who offered their suggestions on the three political documents to be discussed in the party’s statute convention, have said that the 70-year retirement age and two-term limitation for those working in executive bodies should be retained in the party statute.

UML third-fronters losing lead roles

CPN-UML leaders, who offered their suggestions on the three political documents to be discussed in the party’s statute convention, have said that the 70-year retirement age and two-term limitation for those working in executive bodies should be retained in the party statute.

Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 790,662 on Saturday with 790 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.

Active caseload drops to 19700, death toll reaches 11087

Nepal's coronavirus caseload reached 790,662 on Saturday with 790 more people testing positive for the infection in the past 24 hours.

Manaslu Expedition 2021 team from Seven Summit Treks successfully scaled the 8th highest peak this morning between 6:20 - 8:45 am, Saturday, Spetember 25, 2021. Photo: Seven Summit Trek/Facebook

More climbers scale Mt Manaslu as summit bids underway

At least 20 climbers successfully stood atop the world’s eighth highest mountain this morning after rope-fixing Sherpas from the Seven Summit Treks opened a climbing route to the summit of Mt Manaslu yesterday.

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