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Six folks have been killed in a helicopter crash close to Mount Everest after coming back from a sightseeing tour.The plane got here down on Tuesday morning close to Likhu - simply north of Nepal's capital Kathmandu. Five Mexican vacationers and their Nepalese pilot died, in keeping with Kathmandu airport official Teknath Sitoula.Authorities stated the victims had already been recovered.The helicopter was operated by Manang Air, which runs vacationer flights, search and rescue operations and expedition flights to Everest. "The helicopter took off... in good weather," stated an organization spokesperson."The weather was not bad. Now we can't say what caused the crash. It will have to be investigated." But one other airport official, Sagar Kadel, stated the ...

BEIRUT — The commander of the U.N. peacekeeping drive deployed on the tense Lebanon-Israel border relayed Monday an Israeli request to take away a tent arrange by the militant Hezbollah group in a disputed space. ...

Two medication used as diabetes and weight-loss therapies are being investigated after some sufferers reported having suicidal ideas.Both Ozempic and Saxenda are being investigated by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), after Iceland's well being regulator flagged two circumstances of Ozempic sufferers having suicidal ideas and one on Saxenda interested by self-harm. Ozempic, which comprises the energetic ingredient semaglutide, was designed as a diabetes therapy however has gained reputation as a "miracle" weight-loss help.It is produced by Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker. Shares within the agency fell by 1% on Monday following information of the investigation, Reuters reported.Novo's earlier and fewer efficient weight-loss drug, Saxenda, can be an injection that suppres...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president has vowed to proceed campaigning towards the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections, breaking a longstanding custom of Mexican presidents conserving out of the race to succeed them. ...

A large poster on the highway into the host metropolis of this week's NATO summit in Lithuania reads: "Ukraine deserves NATO membership now."That is what Kyiv wish to see, although it isn't going to occur so long as Ukraine is in a fierce warfare with Russia. Even after the combating stops, a speedy accession to the transatlantic membership may be very unlikely, regardless of such a pathway being the sturdy need of Vilnius and its fellow Baltic state capitals.Yet the query about how shut to carry Ukraine will dominate the two-day gathering of NATO leaders, together with US President Joe Biden, the UK's Rishi Sunak and President Emmanuel Macron of France, within the Lithuanian capital.A prime US diplomat informed Sky News that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who can e...

TALLINN, Estonia — Russia’s first brazenly transgender politician has deserted plans to run in a gubernatorial election, saying that the nation’s newest anti-LGBTQ+ invoice has eroded the assist wanted to register her candidacy. ...

A girl has died in Brazil - two days after she was hit within the neck by a beer bottle throughout a brawl at a soccer stadium.Gabriela Anelli, 23, suffered two coronary heart assaults after she was hit outdoors the Allianz Parque whereas ready to get in. According to her brother Felipe, she was taken to hospital and operated on after being hit, and had beforehand had coronary heart, lung and kidney surgical procedure as a baby.Football membership Palmeiras, who play on the Sao Paulo stadium, mentioned on social media it "cannot accept that a 23-year-old woman be a victim of barbarism in a place that should be for entertainment".It added it needed the police to analyze what occurred because it "hurts the image of Brazilian soccer". On the identical day, one other incident hap...

LONDON — British detectives met with representatives of the BBC on Monday over allegations {that a} main presenter paid a youngster for sexually express photographs. But police mentioned they'd not opened a legal investigation, and a lawyer for the younger individual denied something inappropriate had occurred. ...

Iceland's Fagradalsfjall volcano, which is round 20 miles away from capital Reykjavik, has begun erupting.The eruption is in an uninhabited valley close to the Litli-Hrutur mountain within the southwest of the nation. It is the second time in lower than 12 months that the volcano has erupted, however has managed to trigger no harm or disruption regardless of being near a serious airport. The Iceland Meteorological Office stated the "eruption is small and there is presently no emission of ash to the atmosphere" - including the lava is rising as "a series of fountains" from a 200m lengthy fissure.Officials are asking individuals to not stroll to the positioning of the eruption, saying there might be "dangerously high levels of volcanic gases" accumul...

BEIJING — Employers throughout a lot of China have been ordered Monday to restrict outside work as a result of scorching temperatures, whereas the east and southwest have been warned to organize for torrential rain because the nation struggled with warmth, flooding and drought. ...