Kami Rita Sherpa, a renowned Nepali mountain guide, completed his 31st climb of Mount Everest on Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most successful trips to the mountain’s peak.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Rita, 55, has helped climbers…
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 | Ngugi wa Thiong’o
The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African…
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Peruvian farmer loses landmark climate case against German energy giant : NPR
Saul Luciano Lliuya in front of Lake Palcacocha, located at 4,650 meters above sea level at the Huascaran National Park, in…
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – a giant of African literature
Wedaeli ChibelushiBBC News
Ngugi wa Thiong’oNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who has died aged 87, was a titan of modern African literature – a storyteller who refused to be bound by jail, exile and illness.
His work spanned roughly six decades, primarily…
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Bear attack leaves woman in critical condition in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — A woman was in critical condition on Wednesday after a bear attack in a forested area outside Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, police said.
The attack on Tuesday occurred at the edge of the forest in Skofljica, some 10…
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Swiss village engulfed by landslide, 1 person missing – DW – 05/28/2025
A mass of rock and ice engulfed part of a mountain village in Switzerland on Wednesday, authorities said.
A local spokesman said one person was currently missing after the landslide near Blatten, in the southern Lötschental valley in the canton…
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