Indonesian mother recounts emergency birth during 7.7-magnitude quake
Pacific Asia • Aug 17, 2026, 3:40 PM
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As an earthquake tore apart homes, buildings and bridges in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, Maria Florida Nogo Kelen was giving birth to her daughter. The 39-year-old went in for emergency surgery during the quake that killed 68 people.
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Why were so many Indian pilgrims in Tibet during the Himalayan mudslide disaster?
Pacific Asia • 1:57 PM
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Hundreds of Indian nationals are missing in Nepal and Tibet following a catastrophic Himalayan flood. They include several pilgrims doing the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, a mountain in Tibet that holds sacred significance for Hin
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Nepal flash flood: Disaster in a geological battleground zone
Pacific Asia • 11:33 AM
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France 24's Leela Jacinto takes a look at how the extreme geography of Nepal and Tibet, dominated by the Himilaya mountains, contributed to the initial confusion over the cause of catastrophic floods that have killed at least 180 people - now believed to
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Nepal floods: Rescue teams search for over 1,300 missing
Pacific Asia • 11:09 AM
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After flash floods destroyed entire villages in a Himalayan valley on the Nepal-Tibet border, the search for over 1,300 missing people, including tourists and pilgrims, is underway.
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Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97
Pacific Asia • 4:03 AM
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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama died at the age of 97 on August 14 in Tokyo, her company said Thursday. The avant-garde artist known as the “polka dot queen” had channelled her hallucinations and traumas into her work over the course of a career spanning se
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What we know about the environmental causes behind the Nepal landslide
Pacific Asia • 1:43 AM
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Deadly floods along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday highlighted the near-impossible task of predicting sudden landslides and mudflows in the Himalayas. Experts say the terrain can turn a blocked river into a devastating torrent within minutes, while
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Nepal-Tibet live: Death toll surpasses 360 amid warnings of fresh floods
Pacific Asia • 12:25 AM
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Landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet on Wednesday, killing at least 362 people and leaving more than 1,300 missing. Nepal and China both warned of fresh risks o
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