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Nepali climbers return home on top of the world after K2 triumph
AFP, Published on 26/01/2021
» KATHMANDU - Nepali mountaineers who conquered one of the world's most treacherous peaks returned home to a rapturous welcome Tuesday, with cheering supporters hailing their first-ever winter summit of K2 as a triumph for their Himalayan nation.
Sri Lanka sends waste back to UK
Published on 31/10/2020
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has started shipping 242 containers of hazardous waste, including body parts from mortuaries, back to Britain after a two-year court battle by an environment watchdog, officials said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka returns containers of illegal waste to Britain
AFP, Published on 28/09/2020
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material.
Tycoons jostle for stakes amid Vietnam's 'Buy Thai' craze
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2016
» HANOI -- Through supermarkets, malls, dairy and beer, Thai tycoons are pursuing deals in Vietnam that could break mergers and acquisitions records in the upwardly mobile market of 90 million people, at the expense of their Asian rivals.