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Nepal Glacier Collapse and Flooding Kill More Than 1,300, Cause $2.5 Billion in Damage

Rescuers are searching for thousands of missing people after a glacier collapse and severe flooding devastated infrastructure across Nepal and Tibet, leaving more than 1,300 dead and causing an estimated $2.5 billion in damage.
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OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Astra as Nvidia Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $13 Billion
Global Diesel and Food Prices Surge as Middle East and Black Sea Supplies Are Disrupted
Federal Reserve Signals Possible September Rate Hike as Inflation Pressures Persist
US Urges G20 Nations to Raise Trade Barriers Against Chinese Industrial Exports
US Expands Iran Sanctions as Renewed Military Strikes Fuel Regional Volatility
Russian Drone Strike Targets Ukrainian Intelligence Headquarters in Kyiv
Nepal Glacier Collapse and Flooding Kill More Than 1,300, Cause $2.5 Billion in Damage
NCAA Approves New Rules for Student-Athlete Name, Image and Likeness Deals
US Job Growth Holds Steady as Wage Increases Moderate
FCC Updates Rules for Commercial Low-Earth Orbit Satellite Constellations
NASA Completes Key Artemis Hardware Checks Ahead of Uncrewed Testing
US Postal Service Expands Anti-Fraud and Mail Security Measures
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Clarifies Remarks on US Military Casualties
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Reaches Truce With Caucus Dissenters
FAA Tightens Airspace Security Around Washington
FBI Expands Multistate Crackdown on Pandemic Relief Fraud
US Drought Expands Across Parts of Midwest and Great Plains
US Justice Department Moves to Ban Three Kratom-Related Compounds
US Homeland Security Says Unauthorized Immigrant Population Has Fallen by Nearly 3 Million
US Appeals Court Upholds Bowe Bergdahl Military Conviction
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US Energy Department Funds Expansion of Domestic Critical Mineral Processing
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