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LIVERenowned climber Nirmal Purja among 10 feared missing after Pakistan avalancheThe avalanche occured in Pakistan’s Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains.
Trump, in an earlier social media post, said that once Hamas’s disarmament is complete, Israeli forces will withdraw; there has been no statement from Israel so farHamas said Friday it agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.The group’s disarmament has been one of the key sticking points in the advancement of a ceasefire deal that has been in place in Gaza since October.Hamas officials told AFP a committee established by Trump’s Board of Peace to govern Gaza would oversee the…
AFPNirmal Purja at the summit of Mount EverestA ten-member international mountaineering team led by renowned Nepal-born former Royal Marine Nirmal Purja is feared missing after an avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains.Pakistani mountaineering officials say the avalanche hit at around midday on Thursday on the 8,047-metre (26,400 ft) peak in the Karakoram range. There has been no subsequent communication with the team.An American, a Chinese national, an Omani and five Nepalis are said to be part of the climbing group.Purja, the expedition leader, is known for climbing all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre plus mountains…
Mohammad JunaidMohammad Junaid (right) was one of the most recognisable volunteers of the CJP protests led by Abhijeet Dipke (left)The first thing Mohammad Junaid learned about education was that it could change a person’s destiny. His parents had never been to school. They farmed a small plot of land outside Ghaziabad in northern India, and neither of them could read or write. Yet they spoke about ilm – the Urdu word for knowledge – with something close to reverence. Whatever else happened, they told their children, they would study. Education was the one gift they could afford to give.It is…
Western region and Al Ain area remain most likely to receive showers as upper-air trough weakens and move south by Friday.Cloud seeding operations were conducted over the past few days whenever suitable clouds were identified, the National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) said, as the UAE experienced the peak of its current rainy weather today.The recent showers, driven by the influence of an upper-air trough, have brought relief to various parts of the Emirates. The cloud seeding missions are intended to enhance natural rainfall and increase the volume of drops reaching the ground.According to NCM, the current weather system is expected…
ReutersUS President Donald Trump says the Board of Peace has reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza.A senior Hamas official has told the BBC they have agreed to the Board of Peace’s plan to completely disarm in Gaza and that an official statement will be released soon. Israel has yet to comment.Trump said Israel would withdraw from Gaza “as disarmament is completed” and called the agreement “a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government”. The second phase of a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire plan includes the disarmament of…
BBC/ Lulu LuoMae Sot has become home to so many who left Myanmar to oppose the junta – and their future is increasingly uncertain”One day we will get our freedom back.”The 22-year-old has spent much of his adult life fighting for it. But now, after five years of civil war in Myanmar, he has had enough of war and political struggle.”I want to help our people as much as I can. But I choose another way. A non-violent way.”The young man is part of a huge exodus of people from Myanmar seeking sanctuary in the Thai border town of Mae…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Ancient mummy DNA recovered in Chile has yielded the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas.Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history before it was eradicated in 1980, largely thanks to vaccination. For centuries, the virus had killed about one-third of the people it infected and left most survivors with deep and sometimes disfiguring scars.Outbreaks struck Asia and Europe and eventually spread to the Americas, where colonial writings, administrative records and missionary reports documented how it killed millions and devastated Indigenous populations who had never been exposed to…
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PA MediaGlen Hansard died in a motorbike crash in Dublin on WednesdayThe death of Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard in a motorbike crash in Dublin on Wednesday has been met with widespread shock and grief.The 56 year old, who shot to prominence when he was cast in 1991 musical comedy film The Commitments, was long-time frontman of rock band The Frames.From Bono to Bruce Springsteen, tributes have poured in from around the world with friends and fans sharing stories about his life and the impact he made. His was a life in music, from first picking up a guitar as a…