Scientists are examining how an ice-and-rock avalanche, a possible river blockage and a nearby earthquake may have combined in the Himalayan flood that killed at least 98 people.
Authorities in Nepal and China are searching for hundreds of missing people after flash floods devastated a Himalayan border corridor and cut roads, power and communications.
At least 98 people are dead and hundreds remain missing after a fast-moving Himalayan flood. Here is what is known about the toll, the suspected trigger and the continuing risk.
Flash floods and debris flows along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 98 people and left hundreds missing as rescue teams search damaged Himalayan communities.
Prime Video has tapped Dan Stevens to play Alex Murphy in a new RoboCop series from showrunner Peter Ocko and executive producer James Wan.
The British actor will lead an eight-part television revival that brings Alex Murphy back into a world of corporate power and rapidly advancing technology.
The Downton Abbey and Legion star will play Alex Murphy in Amazon’s eight-episode television reimagining of the 1987 sci-fi classic.
Tim Curry, whose performances became fixtures of midnight movies, horror marathons, comedy rewatches and video-game memes, has died at 80.
The British actor made audacity his signature, from the stage-born Frank-N-Furter to Pennywise, Wadsworth and a long run of memorable villains and voices.
The actor behind Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise spent five decades turning theatrical excess, menace and humor into a distinctive cultural language.
From Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise to Wadsworth and a long catalog of voice roles, Tim Curry built a five-decade career around characters audiences could not ignore.
The British actor whose performances as Dr. Frank-N-Furter and Pennywise became pop-culture landmarks has died at 80 after a career spanning stage, film, television and voice work.
A proposed end to the €150 VAT exemption now links domestic revenue mobilisation, marketplace regulation and the timetable for a €3.7bn EU assistance instalment.
Kyiv's plan to remove the €150 VAT exemption has become a revenue reform, a competition issue and a formal condition for the next EU macro-financial assistance instalment.
Dmitry Medvedev used personal insults against Finland’s Alexander Stubb after the Finnish president backed deeper Ukrainian strikes inside Russia. The clash is less about one retailer than …
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Dominican farmer Gilles Carbon-Jno Baptiste has been recognised by the Food and Agriculture Organization as one of its 100 Women Heroes, honouring her contribution to agriculture and rural …