At least five people are dead after a helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashed near Mount Everest in Nepal. The helicopter was due to return to the capital Kathmandu on Tuesday morning when it went missing
The Solomon Islands has signed an agreement to boost cooperation with China on law enforcement and security matters in a move likely to raise concerns among the South Pacific island’s traditional partners.Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer prices that traders hope will show inflation is easing, reducing the need for more interest rate hikes.
Russia’s war on Ukraine is in its 17 month and Western countries are sending increasingly hi-tech and long-range weapons and ammunition to help President Volodymyr Zelenskyy defend his country.Airport official Sagar Kadel said weather conditions had caused changes to be made to the helicopter’s planned flight route.
It is common for flights to be delayed and routes changed during the monsoon season amid heavy rains. The tourist and mountaineering season ended in May with the onset of the rainy season and tourist flights to the mountains are less common this time of year as visibility is poor and weather conditions become unpredictable.
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