Navin Singh Khadka
Environment correspondent, BBC World Service
BBCI grew up in Nepal’s capital watching the Himalayas. Ever since I left,…
Category: 2. World
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Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see
BBCTrekking in Nepal’s Annapurna region, where haze obscures visibility of the epic mountains even at close range -
Gold is booming – but how safe is it for investors, really?
Theo LeggettInternational business correspondent
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“What you have there is about £250,000 worth of gold,” Emma Siebenborn says as she shows me a faded plastic tub filled with old, shabby jewellery – rings, charm…
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Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Cruise to hit red carpet
Paul Glynn & Ian YoungsCulture reporter
Fair Winter LLCPaul Mescal plays a budding singer who forms a friendship with Josh O’Connor’s music student in The History of Sound Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Cruise are among the Hollywood…
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Gérard Depardieu sexual assault trial verdict expected
French cinema star Gérard Depardieu faces a suspended prison term and registration as a sex-offender if he is convicted today of assault.
At his trial six weeks ago, the court heard testimony from two women who said the 76-year-old actor groped…
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Kim Kardashian to appear in court as witness in Paris burglary case
Kim Kardashian is due to appear in court in Paris later today as a witness in a burglary case dating back to 2016, when she was held up at gunpoint and had millions of dollars’ worth of jewellery taken from her.
The reality TV star and business…
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Gaza parents desperate as children face starvation under Israeli blockade
The BBC’s Fergal Keane reports on the rise of malnutrition in Gaza’s children.
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Diddy jury hears opening remarks as sex-trafficking trial begins
Warning: This story contains distressing details
Prosecutors opened their case by accusing hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs of using fame and violence to sexually abuse women, while the rapper’s attorneys defended his “swinger” lifestyle and…
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What’s in it, and will it work?
Mike Wendling and Laura BlaseyBBC News
Watch: Trump to ‘equalise’ drug prices between the US and other countries US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that aims to reduce high prescription drug prices – but its details and…
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Poland says Russia recruited arsonists online for Warsaw fire
Polish Foreign Minister tells the BBC there is evidence Moscow was behind huge shopping centre fire Poland’s foreign minister says his country has evidence that Russia recruited people on the Telegram messaging service to carry out last year’s…
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Rapper taken to hospital after being stabbed in California prison
Rapper Tory Lanez has been taken to hospital after he was stabbed at a California prison, state corrections officials said.
The Canadian hip-hop artist was attacked by another inmate on Tuesday morning in a housing unit at the California…
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