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104 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

104 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

Residents of Nepal's flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 104 people across the Himalayan republic.

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Austrians vote with far-right in sight of historic win

Austrians vote with far-right in sight of historic win

Austrians began voting on Sunday in a general election that could see the far-right narrowly beat the conservatives for a historic win in the Alpine EU nation.

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Messi scores but Miami held as rivals secure playoff spots

Messi scores but Miami held as rivals secure playoff spots

Lionel Messi grabbed the equaliser as a misfiring Inter Miami were held to a 1-1 draw at home against Charlotte FC in Major League Soccer on Saturday.

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Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom

Nepal dam-building spree powers electric vehicle boom

Taxi driver Surendra Parajuli's decision to buy an electric cab would have been unthinkable a decade ago, when chronic power cuts left Nepalis unable to light their homes at night.

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UK Conservatives assemble to find a new leader and future direction

UK Conservatives assemble to find a new leader and future direction

Britain's opposition Conservatives gather for an annual conference on Sunday, licking their wounds from an historic election defeat and locked in battle over the party's future direction.

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Bike apprenticeship helps break UK reoffending cycle

Bike apprenticeship helps break UK reoffending cycle

Cameron Moseley hopes never to return to jail thanks to a pioneering scheme in London that aims to cut reoffending by training former prisoners to become bicycle mechanics.

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N. Korea players celebrate U20 World Cup victory in Pyongyang

N. Korea players celebrate U20 World Cup victory in Pyongyang

North Korea's young women's football team received a thunderous homecoming after their title win at the 2024 Fifa U-20 World Cup in Colombia, AFP footage showed on Sunday.

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101 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

101 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

Low-lying neighbourhoods in Nepal's capital Kathmandu were inundated by surging floodwaters on Sunday after ferocious monsoon rains that police said had killed at least 101 people around the Himalayan republic.

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More than 60 dead from storm Helene as rescue, cleanup efforts grow

More than 60 dead from storm Helene as rescue, cleanup efforts grow

The death toll from powerful Storm Helene has reached at least 63, authorities said Saturday, as responders, hampered by washed-out bridges and debris-strewn roads, searched house-by-house for survivors in devastated parts of several southern and eastern US states.

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The three contenders vying for power in Austrian election

The three contenders vying for power in Austrian election

A combative far-right marathon-runner is up against a mild-mannered chancellor and a left-wing former warehouse worker in Austria's national election on Sunday.

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