WorldIn Nepal’s Nuwakot area, rescue workers were moving flood victims’ remains on August 28. A glacier collapse on August 26 unleashed catastrophic flooding; deaths reached 547 in Nepal and five in China, while nearly 1,000 people were missing across the two countries.
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WorldNepal’s new government faces its biggest test as it responds to a devastating disaster that has caused widespread destruction. Rescue operations and funding have been mobilised, but the scale of the crisis is making it difficult to meet immediate needs. Media representatives stress the importance of verifying information amid unverified reports.
WorldScientists believe a partial glacier collapse unleashed a deadly wall of water that inundated villages and towns along the Nepal-Tibet border. Rescue teams are urgently searching for hundreds of people reported missing, while fears of additional flooding grow.
WorldThe death toll in the Nepal-Tibet disaster is nearing 500, with many people still missing. Rescue operations have resumed in the Himalayas as flood risks ease. Elsewhere, Typhoon Saudel hit eastern China twice, prompting evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands.
SciencePresident Donald Trump is taking part in a Congressional Space Medal of Honor presentation ceremony for the Artemis astronauts at NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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PoliticsPeter Doocy covers President Donald Trump's Texas effort to aid Ken Paxton.
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WorldA Port Moody, B.C., couple is missing after severe flash floods and mudslides struck along the Nepal-Tibet border. Dhaval and Megha Shah were touring the Timure region when ice, mud and rock collapsed into a mountain river, triggering the disaster, and their family is urgently seeking help to locate them.
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EconomyU.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is delivering keynote remarks at the 2026 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium. Investors worldwide are watching for further details on the economy, recent bond-market volatility and risks to the U.S. and global outlooks.
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PoliticsA coalition of civil rights leaders, including Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, is joining labor and civil rights groups to host “March on Washington 2026: Defend the Vote.”
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EconomyFederal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh is speaking at the Jackson Hole Symposium in a live event.
SocietyA growing xenophobic movement in South Africa has driven thousands of foreign nationals from their homes. Led by March and March, anti-immigrant protests have gained broad support as activists blame migrants for crime and unemployment. With the group’s latest deadline for undocumented immigrants nearing, the report examines the roots of the anger, who benefits and its effects on migrant communities.
WorldCatastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border has left hundreds missing. Rescuers pulled survivors from the dark mud, while helicopters evacuated people stranded by the disaster.
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SocietyJurors in Lindsay Clancy’s trial are deliberating after hearing several days of testimony about the mother’s alleged killing of her three young children. They are weighing the murder charges against an insanity defense.
WorldRescue work was briefly suspended after a landslide-dammed lake on the Nepal-China border began overflowing. Floods triggered by a glacier collapse on Wednesday have killed at least 538 people in Nepal and five in Tibet. Climate specialist Arun Bhakta Shrestha warns that warming is destabilising the cryosphere and increasing the risk of glacier collapses and other floods.
WorldNepal warns that further flooding could disrupt rescue efforts. The program also examines a White House exodus posing a new challenge for Trump at a pivotal time, alongside discussions of Iran and other news, political, lifestyle and cultural topics.
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EconomyBloomberg This Weekend features Kevin Warsh saying inflation is not slowing and pledging to reach the 2% target, alongside a report that the US is set to control a major portion of Venezuela’s oil wealth. The program also includes a Meta story and conversations across news, politics, lifestyle and culture.
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CultureJake Reiner gave his first sit-down interview since his parents’ deaths, speaking with KABC’s Marc Cota-Robles in Los Angeles while his brother, Nick Reiner, awaits trial on murder charges.
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CultureLive coverage continues from a Las Vegas courtroom on the 10th day of Duane “Keffe D” Davis’ trial. Davis is charged with murder in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur.
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OtherEdmonton’s annual auction of properties with unpaid taxes will include 8638 Saskatchewan Drive this fall. The historic home overlooking Hawrelak Park and the North Saskatchewan River valley once belonged to original Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington. In 1982, Pocklington, his wife Eva and two others were held hostage there at gunpoint for half a day.
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ScienceScientists at the University of Queensland have developed cyborg cockroaches, nicknamed “paraborgs,” equipped with injectors and cameras. The insects could eventually support search-and-rescue teams by delivering lifesaving drugs to people trapped after disasters.
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PoliticsThe National Transportation Safety Board is investigating another serious communication problem involving President Trump's Marine One helicopter.
SciencePresident Trump is taking part in a Congressional Space Medal of Honor ceremony for the Artemis II astronauts in Houston.
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ScienceDutch students are testing Stella Juva, a solar-powered ambulance that can run ultrasound, X-ray and vaccine-fridge equipment off-grid. The project aims to bring healthcare to remote parts of Kenya where reliable electricity is unavailable.
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PoliticsPresident Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” amid a trade dispute with Canada. The move echoes his earlier decision, during a dispute with Mexico, to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.”