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Lunar New Year festivals are taking place in China and cities across the world to mark the start of the Chinese New Year.

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Nepal is raising the permit fees to climb Mount Everest from $11,000 to $15,000. Income from the fees is a key source of ...

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Rising upon the Yarlung Tsangpo River, also flowing through India and Bangladesh as the Brahmaputra, the planned dam site boasts the nickname "the Everest ... provides Beijing with a better ...

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A deadly earthquake in Tibet has killed 126 people, injured 188, and left thousands displaced as rescuers race to save lives in freezing conditions.

More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts of ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Over 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake ... about 80 km (50 miles) north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. It also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, ...

More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in a remote part of western China.