A series of crises at India's two main carriers, Air India and IndiGo, has exposed safety and regulatory shortcomings in the world's third-largest domestic aviation market.

Vietnam only officially entered the Chinese durian market after a 2022 trade protocol but last year became the country's biggest supplier by volume. 

State broadcaster CCTV reported that of the 546 people missing, 261 were foreign nationals, including 104 from Nepal, 49 from India, 33 from Latvia, and 18 from the United States.

Authorities said some bodies being recovered have decomposed beyond recognition.

No Kwang Chol was not only dismissed as defence minister but also demoted in the ruling party leadership to "first vice-director of the Munitions Industry Department", KCNA said.

The overall death toll in Nepal and China has risen to 750, with more than 3,000 people missing.

Long shadowed by taboo, funeral studies are drawing young people in China as an ageing population fuels demand - but the stable careers many are counting on are far from guaranteed.

Himalayan glaciers, which provide critical water to nearly 2 billion people, are melting faster as the planet heats, exposing communities to unpredictable, costly disasters.

Scientists have warned that Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than ever due to climate change, exposing communities to unpredictable and costly disasters.

“Vulnerable groups that must be evaluated are children, the elderly, pregnant women with asthma and outdoor workers,” said deputy health minister Dante Saksono Harbuwono.

Satellite images suggest that water in the lake has been slowly flowing through, decreasing the reservoir gradually, reported Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, citing the Water Resources Ministry.

Responding to Hong Kong media outlets, the insurance giant confirmed that the individual in question had been suspended from duties while established internal procedures were carried out.

Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said the country needs help in areas including the identification of dead bodies and DNA testing.

The death toll has risen to more than 600, as search and rescue teams battle muddy conditions to reach survivors in affected areas.

A high-altitude collapse of rock and glacial ice sent a fast-moving mass of debris and water down narrow Himalayan valleys. Scientists are working out what triggered the collapse – and whether climate change played a role.

Three months after President Donald Trump’s Beijing visit, the broad contours of a new phase in the US-China relationship are emerging, says veteran newspaper editor Han Fook Kwang. 

If another hazard arrives before systems have recovered, it encounters a place with less resilience and a weakened infrastructure, say two researchers.