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From Everest to the Alps and Karakoram: Nepal's Sherpas take their skills to the world's great ranges
27 June 2026The spring climbing season on Nepal's mountains may be over, but for hundreds of Nepali Sherpa guides and high-altitude workers, the work is far from done.
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GlobalNew York State Assembly honours Nepali Sherpa leader, Urgen Sherpa, for two decades of community service
27 June 2026The New York State Assembly has issued a formal proclamation honouring Urgen Sherpa, a Nepali community organiser, Buddhist scholar and advocate, for more than two decades of service to Himalayan and immigrant communities in New York City.
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GlobalWomen hold just 6% of pilot seats and 3% of land transport jobs, UN Tourism report finds
26 June 2026Women remain severely underrepresented across all sectors of tourism transport, in the air, on land and on water, with legal, cultural and structural barriers continuing to block their access to decent work, career advancement and leadership roles, according to a new global report released jointly by UN Tourism and the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).
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EnvironmentSeventy volunteers pull 55 sacks of waste from Pisang trekking routes in Manang cleanup drive
26 June 2026Seventy volunteers removed 55 sacks of waste from trekking routes around Pisang in Manang during a one-day cleanup campaign, covering ground from Swargadwari Bridge to Ngoro Danda and from Upper Pisang to the Pisang-Ghyaru Bridge.
