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Nepal 'addicted' to the trade in its own people
AFP, Published on 16/02/2026
» KATHMANDU - Rudra Bahadur Kami returned to Nepal through a back door of Kathmandu airport in a battered coffin after working for more than a decade in Saudi Arabia to feed his family back home.
EU and India agree on ‘mother of all’ trade deals
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» NEW DELHI - India and the European Union announced Tuesday the “mother of all deals”, a huge trade pact to create a market of two billion people, reached after two decades of negotiations.
Submersibles revealing mysteries of the deep sea
AFP, Published on 26/01/2026
» ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 metres in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.
With 'Board of Peace,' Trump tries hand at institution-making, to wide doubt
AFP, Published on 23/01/2026
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - After a year of tearing down global norms and withdrawing from UN bodies, US President Donald Trump is trying his hand at international institution building with his self-styled "Board of Peace" -- to wide skepticism.
Grok barred from undressing images after global backlash
AFP, Published on 15/01/2026
» SAN FRANCISCO - The social media platform X has announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualised photos of women and children.
K-Pop heartthrobs BTS to kick off world tour in April
AFP, Published on 14/01/2026
» SEOUL — K-Pop megastars BTS will kick off their first world tour in four years in April, their label said on Wednesday, part of a hotly-anticipated comeback following a hiatus for the South Koreans whose music has become a global phenomenon.
Indonesia flood deaths pass 1,000 as aid work speeds up
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia - Devastating floods and landslides have killed 1,006 people in Indonesia, rescuers said Saturday as the Southeast Asian nation grapples with the huge scale of relief efforts.
Hardships mount in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as flood tolls rise
AFP, Published on 08/12/2025
» JAKARTA - Officials in flood-hit parts of Indonesia reported shortages of food, shelter, and medicine as the death toll reached 950 Monday following weeks of heavy rain.
Sri Lanka issues landslide warnings as cyclone toll hits 618
AFP, Published on 07/12/2025
» COLOMBO - Sri Lankan authorities issued fresh landslide warnings on Sunday with rains lashing areas already devastated by a powerful cyclone, as the death toll rose to 618.
Frustration in Indonesia as flood survivors await aid
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» TUKKA — Officials in Indonesia and Sri Lanka battled Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll in the disaster that hit four countries topped 1,300.