KATHMANDU: A Chinese climber, who lost both his legs to frostbite in 1975 during his first attempt to reach the summit of Mt Everest, has scripted a history on the roof of the world becoming the first double amputee climber to stand atop the world’s highest peak from Nepal side ... Read More »
A woman opened fire at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., shooting three people before taking her own life and causing widespread panic in the technology hub south of San Francisco. Two law enforcement sources told The Times that the shooting was a domestic incident, with the shooter targeting someone ... Read More »
California USA . An “active shooter” opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters Tuesday afternoon in San Bruno, California as police rushed to the scene. Hospital officials told KTVU they received multiple patients. KGO-TV reported the shooter was believed to be a white woman wearing a headscarf and a dark top, but ... Read More »
Nepal, creeping forward in its reconstruction drive after the devastating earthquake of 2015, has invited some of India’s famous actors to spread the message of safety and to promote Nepali tourism globally. Salman Khan and over 60 actors will be performing in Kathmandu on March 10. The event is expected ... Read More »
USA – Facebook wants to make sure its users aren’t duped by stories from untrustworthy news publications. So it’s asking users which news publications they trust. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Friday the social media network is using surveys to rate news organizations and assign them trust scores. It will ... Read More »
Texas us – At least 26 people were killed in Sunday’s church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a press conference. Many others were wounded, said Freeman Martin, a regional director with the Texas Department of Public Safety, with victims ranging in age from 5 to ... Read More »
Pokhara : Three Indian nationals, who are in wanted list of Indian police, were arrested from Siddharthachowk in Pokhara on Friday evening. A Nepali youth believed to be close aide of the arrested trio was also nabbed. According to the District Police Office in Kaski, an investigation is underway suspecting ... Read More »
Taxas . A South Texas woman was arrested last week after police say she sexually assaulted her daughter’s teenage boyfriend. Claudia Yaneth Lopez, 44, of Pharr, a suburb of McAllen, faces a charge of sexual assault of a child. She was arrested Thursday and released from the Hidalgo County jail ... Read More »
The year 1922 was a busy one for Albert Einstein: He completed his first paper on unified field theory, went to Paris to help normalize French-German relations and joined an intellectuals committee at the League of Nations. Shortly before heading to Asia for a lecture tour, he learned that he ... Read More »
Kathmandu – Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba reshuffled the Cabinet on Tuesday evening. The recently added ministers and state ministers from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) have been allocated ministries and the CPN (Maoist Centre) ministers have been left without portfolios. PM Deuba has appointed RPP Chairman Kamal Thapa as ... Read More »
