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Aug 26 (Reuters) - A massive flash flood killed at least nine people on Wednesday in the Himalayan border areas of Nepal and adjoining Tibet, washing away villages, damaging roads, bridges and power projects, with authorities fearing more casualties.
Here are some of the biggest disasters in the Himalayas over the last dozen years, which some ***** ysts have blamed on climate change and widespread development.
AUGUST 2025
Four die, with dozens missing, in sudden flooding and landslides in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
SEPTEMBER 2024
#himalayan #tibet #here #Indian
Here are some of the biggest disasters in the Himalayas over the last dozen years, which some ***** ysts have blamed on climate change and widespread development.
AUGUST 2025
Four die, with dozens missing, in sudden flooding and landslides in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
SEPTEMBER 2024
#himalayan #tibet #here #Indian
2 months ago
BRUSSELS, July 2 (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union expressed concern on Thursday about China's new law on ethnic unity that went into effect this week and gives Beijing the legal basis to take action against people outside its borders.
China passed the law in March to create a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority groups, which include Tibetans and Uyghurs, some of whom chafe under Chinese governance and have often staged protests, some of them violent.
The law, which went into effect on Wednesday, includes a clause saying people and groups beyond the borders of the People's Republic of China can be held legally accountable for undermining "ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism."
In a statement, an EU spokesperson said the law may further restrict the cultural, linguistic and religious rights of ethnic minorities.
Such rights should be upheld in line with international human rights standards and China's commitments within the U.N. framework, the spokesperson added.
China passed the law in March to create a "shared" national identity among the country's 55 ethnic minority groups, which include Tibetans and Uyghurs, some of whom chafe under Chinese governance and have often staged protests, some of them violent.
The law, which went into effect on Wednesday, includes a clause saying people and groups beyond the borders of the People's Republic of China can be held legally accountable for undermining "ethnic unity and progress or inciting ethnic separatism."
In a statement, an EU spokesperson said the law may further restrict the cultural, linguistic and religious rights of ethnic minorities.
Such rights should be upheld in line with international human rights standards and China's commitments within the U.N. framework, the spokesperson added.
