Ecuadoran activist Alex Lucitante has never shied away from the fight against land-grabbing miners and armed groups in his restive part of the Amazon jungle bordering Colombia. Later this month ...

This time of year has been the hardest for Nabin Gautam since leaving his family in Nepal to study in Australia in 2019. Far from home for the 15-day Dashain festival — the most important ...

The Russian president sought the opinions of shamans before launching his invasion of Ukraine (Picture: AFP) Vladimir Putin has a ‘special attitude to mysticism and even consulted shamans before ...

Vladimir Putin, 71, meanwhile has, what Kremlin insiders call a 'special attitude to mysticism' and a deep belief in shamanism – that individuals can communicate with the spirit world.

Rescuers are searching for people missing after flooding and landslides in Nepal that has killed more than 200 - as images show the devastation left behind by the extreme conditions. Nepal's ...

Nepalese capital Kathmandu was inundated by floodwaters last week after record-breaking rains caused the Bagmati river to breach its banks. More than 200 people have been killed and thousands of ...

The death toll from rain-induced floods and landslips across Nepal crossed 215-mark on Tuesday (October 1, 2024), while the number of those gone missing stands at 28, officials said. The disaster ...

The Nepal Development Update is produced twice a year to report on key economic developments that occurred during the year, placing them in a longer-term and global perspective. The Update is intended ...

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom last week announced California’s emergency regulations to protect children and teens from the adverse effects of dangerous intoxicating hemp products are now in effect.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A man walks on a muddy alleyway carrying belongings salvaged from his house in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday ...

Hindus and Tamang shamans celebrate there on the same full ... showed how advanced ancient Nepali engineering was. That was a very anachronistic point of view because obviously the idea used ...