Nepal floods: children as young as 11 among 39 Australians missing after disaster
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Nepal floods: children as young as 11 among 39 Australians missing after disaster

Nepali tour operator fears 15 Australians who had been on a trek near the border with China have died after devastating floodNepal flash flood live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales couple on a spiritual pilgrimage are among the first of 39 Australians identified as missing after flash flooding ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border.New South Wales couple ...

Nepal floods: children as young as 11 among 35 Australians missing after disaster

Nepal floods: children as young as 11 among 35 Australians missing after disaster

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Nepali tour operator fears 15 Australians who had been on a trek near the border with China have died after devastating floodNepal flash flood live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales couple on a spiritual pilgrimage are among the first of 35 Australians identified as missing after flash flooding ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border.Venkatraman Balakrishna...

CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations

CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations

The Guardian

Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%The average CEO of the US’s 100 largest, lowest-paying corporations earned 614 times more than their average worker last year, according to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).IPS’s latest executive excess report analyzed compensation at the 100 S&P 500 corporations with...

Australian officials ‘working around the clock’ to check welfare of tourists missing in Nepal

Australian officials ‘working around the clock’ to check welfare of tourists missing in Nepal

The Guardian

Dfat minister Matt Thistlethwaite says staff are liaising with Kathmandu to find 35 missing Australians, and plans to send emergency team to the regionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government is urgently seeking information on the welfare of at least 35 Australians missing in Nepal, after a catastrophic flash flood swept through the Nepal-Tibet border re...

3 women charged over Hong Kong play-area brawl, police say grandmother was hit first

3 women charged over Hong Kong play-area brawl, police say grandmother was hit first

SCMP

Three women have been charged after a brawl broke out in a children’s play area at a Hong Kong shopping centre, igniting heated debate across the city. Police released new details of their investigation on Thursday, saying the 68‑year‑old woman seen in a viral video slapping a young girl was struck first. Footage widely circulated online shows the elderly woman, who was visiting the play zone with...

Nordics weigh merging their stock exchanges into one regional market

Euronews

A group of the Nordic region's largest companies and investors is examining whether Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland could combine their national stock exchanges into a single regional marketplace in an effort to deepen liquidity and win more listings.

Hong Kong to launch free AI courses with tech giants Google, Microsoft for SMEs

Hong Kong to launch free AI courses with tech giants Google, Microsoft for SMEs

SCMP

Free courses coordinated by the Hong Kong government will leverage the expertise of tech giants such as Google and Microsoft to help boost the adoption of AI by businesses for content creation, data analysis and workflow efficiency. The Hong Kong Productivity Council on Thursday announced the launch of the programme targeting industries such as education, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and logi...

Families await news of missing loves ones after catastrophic floods

Families await news of missing loves ones after catastrophic floods

NBC News

Relatives of people missing in devastating floods along the border of Nepal and China waited outside a Kathmandu hospital, desperate for news of loved ones. "All I want is that my husband comes back to me safely in one piece. I do not want anything else," said Subina Tamang, one of many relatives who crowded the hospital to register the names of loved ones still unaccounted for.

Youth unemployment in UK falls below 1 million

Youth unemployment in UK falls below 1 million

The Guardian

Number of Neets is 30,000 higher than a year ago but figures boost efforts to reverse rise in economic inactivity The number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) across the UK fell below 1 million in the latest three-month period. In a boost to the government’s efforts to reverse years of rising economic inactivity among people aged 16 to 24, the Office for National St...

UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

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Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to BritainUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government expects the Instagram owner Meta to roll out the same protections for children in Britain as those it agreed in the US on Wednesday, as part of a court settlement that could cost the company up to $18bn (£13bn).Pat McFadden,...