Nepal stolen, smuggled sacred items: ‘Our gods were locked in the basement’

Associated Press 02/19/2024

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s gods and goddess are returning home. An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad in the past. Now dozens are being repatriated to the Himalayan nation, part…

Nepal earthquake: Tears of a child as Nepalis cremate the dead

11/06/2023

Jajarkot, Nepal—The wails of eight-year-old Prem Kala Kami echoed across her Nepali village on Sunday, as the shroud-wrapped bodies of her parents and two of her brothers lay beside her awaiting cremation. The remote village of Chiuri was…

Earthquake hits Nepal; death toll now 128

Reuters 11/04/2023

KATHMANDU — At least 128 people were killed and dozens injured in Nepal when a strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot, officials said on Saturday, as houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far…

Earthquake shakes Nepal; 69 dead

Reuters 11/04/2023

KATHMANDU — A strong earthquake struck the western area of Jajarkot in Nepal on Friday, killing at least 69 people and injuring dozens. Witnesses said that the houses in the area collapsed and buildings as far as…

Nepal helicopter crash: Six bodies retrieved

07/12/2023

KATHMANDU  -Authorities in Nepal have retrieved the bodies of all six people killed in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, including five Mexican nationals, officials said, the latest in a series of air disasters to strike the Himalayan nation. The…

Azkals to face Nepal, Taiwan in tune-up matches at Rizal Memorial Stadium in June

Glendale G. Rosal 05/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— The Philippine men’s football team or Philippine Azkals will have fitting tune-up matches ahead of their FIFA World Cup/AFC Asian Cup joint preliminary qualifiers later this year. The Azkals will go up against Nepal…

Indian passenger in Nepal plane crash livestreams last seconds of his life

The Straits Times / Asia News Network 01/18/2023

NEW DELHI – A passenger from India recorded in a livestream the last seconds before a plane he was on crashed in the city of Pokhara, in Nepal. A video that has gone viral in India showed Mr Sonu…

Nepal finds black boxes of aircraft after deadliest crash in 30 years

Reuters 01/17/2023

KATHMANDU — Searchers found the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder on Monday, January 16, 2023, from a passenger flight that crashed, killing at least 70 people in Nepal’s worst plane accident for 30 years, officials…

Hopes of survivors in Nepal plane crash ‘nil,’ local officials say

Agence France Presse 01/17/2023

POKHARA, Nepal  — Nepali rescue workers scoured a debris-strewn ravine Monday for three missing bodies from the mangled wreckage of a plane that crashed with 72 people on board, with hopes of any survivors now “nil,” according to…

A pilot couple killed in air crashes in Nepal – 16 years apart

Reuters 01/16/2023

KATHMANDU — In 2010, Anju Khatiwada joined Nepal’s Yeti Airlines, following in the footsteps of her husband, a pilot who had died in a crash four years earlier when a small passenger plane he was flying for…

At least 68 killed in Nepal’s worst air crash in three decades

Reuters 01/16/2023

KATHMANDU  – At least 68 people were killed on Sunday when a domestic flight of Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal, the worst air crash in three decades in the small Himalayan nation. Hundreds of rescue workers…

PH Malditas need a draw against Hong Kong to barge into Women’s Asian Cup in India

Glendale G. Rosal 09/23/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Malditas or the Philippine Women’s National Football Team only needs a draw against Hong Kong tomorrow to book a ticket to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup in India…

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