•Army personnel carry the body of a flash flood victim outside a temporary relief camp in Trishuli, Nepal’s Nuwakot district, today The United Nations (UN) appealed today for $50 million to help more than 84,000 people in Nepal affected by catastrophic flooding, warning that winter was fast approaching. The August 26 floods on the China-Nepal...
•A mushroom used for illustrative purpose Here’s a novel idea for countering the painful side effects of chemotherapy: beforehand, take the hallucinogenic drug found in magic mushrooms. The study published yesterday in the journal Science involved tests on rats and certain human tissues as researchers looked at using psilocybin to fight a cond...
•Army personnel carrying a worker who was trapped inside a tunnel, during a rescue operation at Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district Two hydropower workers were pulled alive today from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal, a rare ray of hope on the tenth day of rescue efforts after catastrophic Himalayan flooding. Rescuers ...
Planning to study in the United Kingdom requires more than securing admission to a university or college. International students must also meet a number of immigration requirements before they can obtain a UK Student visa. The visa is available to applicants aged 16 or over who have been offered a place on a course by […]
•A migrant tries to board a smuggler’s inflatable dinghy in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France Five African migrants died on the perilous Atlantic route to the Canary Islands, Spanish rescuers said today, but an NGO warned dozens more may have perished. Spain’s maritime rescue service Salvamen...
•People walk along a street amid heavy rain due to Super Typhoon Kong-rey in Keelung Taiwan had planned an “extreme heat drill” for government officials and emergency workers to practise their response to 40C temperatures, but today’s exercise was almost washed out by heavy rain. As downpours drenched much of the island, officials in New [&he...
•Heatwave Belgium logged nearly 3,000 excess deaths during successive heatwaves since June, health authorities said today, days after this summer was confirmed as the hottest on record in the northern European nation. Some 365 excess deaths were observed between July 28 and August 16, when Belgium sweltered under its third heatwave of the seas...
•People gather for a New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani look-alike contest at Washington Square Park on August 30, 2026 New York is banning student use of artificial intelligence until high school, the city’s mayor announced yesterday, in a move designed to protect children’s education and mental health. The one-year restriction, which impact...
A Nigerian-British taxi driver, Kolawole Erunkulu has been jailed for six years after falling asleep at the wheel and causing a crash that killed a 59-year-old man in Surrey, UK. Surrey Police said Erunkulu of Bexleyheath, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving after his Audi crossed into a roadside layby and struck Philip [&hell...
•Tinubu and FBI logo The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was the subject of a criminal investigation into drug-trafficking crimes in the early 1990s. This is according to a sworn declaration filed in a US federal court. The declaration was submitted on August 28, 2026, before...
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