KATHMANDU: Nepal has issued a record 454 permits to climb Mount Everest this spring, officials said Monday (Apr 24), four years after at least four deaths on the world’s highest peak were blamed on overcrowding. “This is the highest number of permits the department has issued to summit Mount Everest,” BigyanContinue Reading
The US plans to build a successor to its unique USS Jimmy Carter spy submarine, bringing updated capabilities necessary for seabed warfare operations as tensions mount with China across various maritime theaters. This month, Naval News reported that the US Navy would procure a one-off spy variant of the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, designated Modified […]Continue Reading
Indians are migrating to big cities in search of a better life – but are there enough jobs for them?Continue Reading
TAIPEI/BEIJING: Taiwan said on Wednesday (Apr 12) it had successfully urged China to drastically narrow its plan to close air space north of the island, averting wider travel disruption in a period of high tension in the region due to China’s military exercises. China has not commented on the no-flyContinue Reading
TAIPEI: China will set up a brief no-fly zone north of Taiwan on Sunday (Apr 16) due to what the island’s transport ministry described as “space activities”. The closure comes after Beijing completed three days of massive war games around self-ruled Taiwan last week, during which China simulated targeted strikesContinue Reading
It also showed 15 carrier-based J-15s, most likely flying from China’s Shandong aircraft carrier, flying east of Taiwan. Taiwan has been tracking the Shandong in the Western Pacific since last week. Reuters reporters on the coast near the Chinese city of Fuzhou on Tuesday saw separate, and much more low-key,Continue Reading
The ministry published a map showing that on Monday Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line, which normally serves as an unofficial barrier, to its north and centre. It also showed 15 carrier-based J-15s, most likely flying from China’s Shandong aircraft carrier, flying east of Taiwan. Taiwan has beenContinue Reading
The ministry published a map showing that on Monday Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line, which normally serves as an unofficial barrier, to its north and centre. It also showed 15 carrier-based J-15s, most likely flying from China’s Shandong aircraft carrier, flying east of Taiwan. Taiwan has beenContinue Reading
DONG NAI, Vietnam: A thick layer of dust from the construction of a huge airport in Vietnam has been blanketing nearby neighbourhoods for months, staining everything from trees to homes to schoolchildren’s uniforms a sickly shade of red. Located 40km from southern business hub Ho Chi Minh City, the four-runwayContinue Reading
The foreign ministers from the two bitter Middle Eastern rivals meet for the first time since 2016.Continue Reading