The Nepali teen staring down the world’s tallest peaks
At just 18-years-old, Nima Rinji Sherpa has already scaled 13 of the world’s highest peaks.
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Dozens, Mostly Children, Drown During a Hindu Festival
At least 46 people drowned in the eastern Indian state of Bihar as millions of Hindu devotees were celebrating a three-day festival for the well-being of children, officials said on Thursday.
AP PHOTOS: As Thailand approves same-sex marriage, a couple celebrates feeling freed
BANGKOK (AP) — Kunchanok Khantiphong and Edward Jonathan Caiga were at work when the Senate voted to allow same-sex marriages on a June afternoon.
Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage, allows couples to wed starting in January
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law Tuesday, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed.
Thailand makes history with same-sex marriage law signed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn
The Thai king has signed same-sex marriage into law, the official Royal Gazette announced on Tuesday, making Thailand the first country in Southeast Asia and the biggest place in Asia to recognise marriage equality.
AP PHOTOS: Cascading disasters push residents of a Nepalese valley to the brink
MELAMCHI, Nepal (AP) — In between the Himalayas’ towering mountains, the town of Melamchi is no stranger to extreme weather, and its landscape bears the scars of years of floods and landslides.
