The World

In Nepal today, some welcome but unexpected news as two survivors were rescued — alive — from the tunnel of a hydropower plant, some nine days after getting trapped by devastating floods. Also, the Spanish Women's Football League has announced it will subsidize the procedure for players on the national team to freeze their eggs. And, Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy’s longest continuously serving prime minister since Benito Mussolini. Plus, finding hospitality in an unknown part of the Indian Himalayas.

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A new intelligence report alleges that the Moroccan government masterminded the recent migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Also, heat, drought and war have disrupted the global food supply, hiking food prices. And, after trade talks between the US and Canada fell apart, Canadians are fighting back with boycotts of American alcohol and other products. Plus, a look at Gloria Steinem’s impact on women’s rights around the world.

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The World reports from on the ground in one of the hardest-hit districts of Nepal from recent flooding. Also, tributes honoring the former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladić, who died last week while serving a life sentence at The Hague for genocide and war crimes, have caused outrage across much of Bosnia and Herzegovina. And, Mexico pushes back against the FDA narrative that a major Cyclospora outbreak in the US originated in Mexico, as scientists say that the exact point of contamination is still unclear. Plus, national weather agencies across the globe are increasingly turning to AI to for more accurate forecasts.

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Families of Colombian veterans, who traveled to Ukraine and Russia to fight in the war between the two countries, are now searching for their loved ones who have disappeared on the battlefield, or whose bodies remain thousands of miles away. Also, as the fighting in Sudan continues, the warring sides are seeking more foreign backing. And, boycotts of American alcohol are boosting Canadian wineries as the trade war between the US and Canada escalates. Plus, a new open-air machinery museum in the Australian outback.

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Nearly a thousand of the people unaccounted for following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet are Nepali hydropower workers. Hundreds of them are thought to be alive but trapped in tunnels and infrastructure buried by mud and debris. Also, Spain’s smallest island is seeking independence to slow the influx of tourism. And, key details of an oil deal between the US and Venezuela remain unclear. Plus, Denmark takes new steps to confront the use of AI in schools.

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