Nearly 600 foreign nationals are missing after deadly floods hit the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday. The flooding began on the morning of August 26, when a surge of water, mud, and debris entered Nepal from the autonomous Chinese region of Tibet via the Bhote Koshi River, Nepal’s Tourism Board said. Around 465 bodies have been
A combination of severe heat and little rain has left many of Europe’s rivers drier than normal this summer, revealing formerly submerged relics and blind spots in the continent’s supply chain. The two rivers at the center of the crisis are the Danube and the Rhine. Both serve as major arteries for shipping and freight
Gen Z is often labeled as cold or less sociable, but that might be an unfair characterization. In order to determine the best places for Gen Z to live, Time Out surveyed local residents ages 18 to 29 around the world, asking them about everything from affordability to nightlife. Time Out travel writer Liv Kelly
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Friday that “violence and insecurity” have hampered the response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo, which he called “deeply worrisome.” Fires erupted at an Ebola treatment center in Rwampara after people were stopped from retrieving a local man’s body, The Associated Press reported. Bodies infected with…
