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Why the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see

Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service BBC Trekking in Nepal’s Annapurna region, where haze obscures visibility of the epic mountains even at close range I grew up in Nepal’s capital watching the Himalayas. Ever since I left, I’ve missed sweeping, panoramic views of some of the highest mountain peaks on Earth. Each time […]

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Real Madrid woes continue as Vinícius Júnior injury confirmed

Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 12, 2025, 11:58 AM ET Injuries to Vinícius Júnior and Lucas Vázquez added to Real Madrid’s problems on Monday, with the club on the brink of missing out on the LaLiga title, and head coach Carlo Ancelotti set to depart for Brazil. Vinícius and Vázquez were both substituted during Madrid’s […]

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Tariff Truce With China Demonstrates the Limits of Trump’s Aggression

President Trump’s decision to impose, and then walk back, triple-digit tariffs on Chinese products over the past month demonstrated the power and global reach of U.S. trade policy. But it was also another illustration of the limitations of Mr. Trump’s aggressive approach. The tariffs on Chinese goods, which the United States ratcheted up to a […]

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Husband of school stabbing victim calls for action

BBC John Hopkin says life has changed forever after his wife Liz was stabbed The husband of a teacher who was stabbed at a school in Carmarthenshire has accused the Welsh government of “kicking the can down the road” on staff safety. John Hopkin, 54, who is also a teacher at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in […]

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Videos: Flamingos Make Vortexes With Their Beaks to Suck Up Prey

If you’ve ever really looked at how flamingos eat, you know how captivatingly peculiar it is. They bob their inverted heads in the water and do a kind of waddle cha-cha as they inch their way across shallow water, filter-feeding small crustaceans, insects, microscopic algae and other tiny aquatic morsels. Victor Ortega-Jiménez, an integrative biologist […]

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Qatar’s plane for Trump fuels ethical concerns : NPR

President Trump walks off Air Force One on April 29 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Qatar has offered to replace Air Force One with a luxury Boeing 747 jet. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images While not yet finalized, the Trump administration’s plan to accept a luxury plane from […]

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Trump Signs Executive Order Asking Companies to Lower Drug Prices

President Trump on Monday signed an executive order asking drugmakers to voluntarily reduce the prices of key medicines in the United States. But the order cites no obvious legal authority to mandate lower prices. The order said the administration would consider taking regulatory actions or importing drugs from other countries in the future if drugmakers […]

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

President Trump will sign an executive order on Monday aimed at lowering some drug prices in the United States by aligning them with what other wealthy countries pay, he said on Truth Social on Sunday evening. The proposal he described, which alone cannot shift federal policy, is what he calls a “most favored nation” pricing […]

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