[ad_1] CNN — Hundreds of emergency personnel on Monday resumed a search and recovery mission in Nepal following a deadly plane crash that has once again highlighted the dangers of air travel in a country often referred to as one of the riskiest places to fly. Of the 72 people …
Read More »Missing teenage girls in Pakistan ran away to meet BTS, police say
[ad_1] CNN — Two teenage girls reported missing in Pakistan last week have been found more than 750 miles from home after attempting to travel to South Korea to meet K-pop super band BTS, police in the South Asian country said. The two girls, aged 13 and 14, went missing …
Read More »Donors pledge more than $9 billion for Pakistan’s flood recovery
[ad_1] Story by Reuters — International donors on Monday committed over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from ruinous floods last year, exceeding its external financing goals and paving the way for a new model on raising funds to fight climate disasters in poorer countries. Officials from some 40 countries …
Read More »Hindu woman’s mutilated body found in Pakistan
[ad_1] Islamabad, Pakistan CNN — The mutilated body of a Hindu woman was found in a field Thursday in southeastern Pakistan, police said, as they investigate her alleged murder in the latest suspected attack against minorities in the Muslim-majority country. The woman’s son, Somar Chand, said he found her disfigured …
Read More »Rishabh Pant: India cricket star injured in car accident
[ad_1] New Delhi CNN — India international cricketer Rishabh Pant has been hospitalized after he was injured in a car accident in the northern state of Uttarakhand on Friday. The state’s chief minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, confirmed the news on Twitter, while wishing Pant, 26, a “speedy recovery.” The car …
Read More »This Afghan interpreter risked his life for US Marines. Now, they’re fighting for him to stay in the US
[ad_1] CNN — It was November 2010 and a platoon of Marines was patrolling outside of a village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan – slowly, and carefully, to avoid accidentally stepping on hidden improvised explosive devices. They walked in a single file line meant to reduce the risk of multiple Marines …
Read More »Devastating disasters and flickers of hope: These are the top climate and weather stories of 2022
[ad_1] CNN — From a small island in Polynesia to the white-sand beaches of Florida, the planet experienced a dizzying number of climate and extreme weather disasters in 2022. Blistering summer heat broke records in drought-stricken China, threatening lives and food production. In the United States, drought and sea level …
Read More »Ukraine’s Zelensky seeks Indian Prime Minister Modi’s help with peace plan
[ad_1] CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he was relying on India’s help to implement a “peace formula” during a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The call comes as New Delhi seeks to boost trade ties with Moscow after becoming one of the largest purchasers of …
Read More »Three foreign aid groups suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bars female employees
[ad_1] CNN — Three foreign aid groups said Sunday that they were moving to temporarily suspend their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred female employees of non-governmental organizations from coming to work. “We cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in Afghanistan without our female staff,” …
Read More »Taliban use water cannon on women protesting education order in Afghanistan
[ad_1] CNN — A group of women took to the streets in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Saturday, protesting against a Taliban order this week suspending all female students from attending university in the country. Video footage circulating on social media showed Taliban officials using a water cannon …
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