Climate·2026-08-30T17:25:00+00:00
Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as death toll rises to at least 800
Flood warning notices were sent to people’s phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday’s catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet. Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border. It’s going to be very difficult,” said Sattan Singh Tamang, 47, who was working near a bridge when Wednesday’s floods came.
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National·2026-08-30T19:40:19+00:00
Trump threatens NBC reporter with FCC ‘punishment’ over midterm coverage
Welker, speaking early Sunday to a local NBC affiliate, said Trump would “loom large over these midterms.” When it came to endorsements, she added, he “had some mixed results, but most recently, his pick of Senator Darline Graham… was successful in her primary battle.” Trump, in his comments, said “because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or President Donald Trump. He objected to her having said the president had had “mixed results” on his endorsement of political candidates in party primaries, insisting the races had gone his way 98 per cent to 100 per cent of the time.
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Politics·2026-08-30T20:14:39+00:00
Affordability the focus for parties on Day 4 of the Quebec election
The Quebec Liberal Party and Québec solidaire promised to make housing more affordable, while the Conservatives promised more tax cuts and the Coalition Avenir Québec released its full fiscal plan. a third Coalition Avenir Québec government would spend an additional $9.7 billion over five years to fulfil its promises, many of which have yet to be announced. “We will significantly lower immigration quotas, which … is also essential if we are to tackle the historic decline in the use of French in Quebec.”.
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