Mount Everest, the world highest peak. (File photo)
KATHMANDU: Some 80 climbers, including the Bahrain’s prince, reached the top of Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) Tuesday morning.
According to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB)’s director Meera Acharya, an expedition team led by Bahrain’s prince Sheikh Mohammed Al Khalifa, including others, made the successful ascent of the world’s highest peak at 6:30 am Tuesday.
The Bahrain’s royal was leading a 16-member team to the summit, and around 80 climbers, including 12 from his team, reached atop Sagarmatha, Acharya said from Everest base camp, adding that this was the tentative figure as they were trying to have clear communications with the teams.
Monday, 10 May 2021 07:44 AM MYT
Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa on Friday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most summits of the highest mountain in the world. Reuters pic
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KATHMANDU, May 10 Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa on Friday reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 25th time, breaking his own record for the most summits of the highest mountain in the world.
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Colorado lawyer Chris Kulish, 62, became the second American to have died on Mount Everest in the last 10 days. Veteran climbers blame the deaths on overcrowding due to the Nepalese government selling too many permits. The government blames the bottleneck near Everest’s peak on bad weather.
Mount Everest and its surrounding peaks are increasingly polluted and warmer, and nearby glaciers are melting at an alarming rate that is likely to make it more dangerous for future climbers, an American scientist who spent weeks in the Everest region said Tuesday. Prof. John All of Western Washington University said after returning from the mountains that he and his. China May 29, 2019
Colorado lawyer Chris Kulish, 62, became the second American to have died on Mount Everest in the last 10 days. Veteran climbers blame the deaths on overcrowding due to the Nepalese government selling too many permits. The government blames the bottleneck near Everest’s peak on bad weather.
May 10, 2021 · 10:30 AM EDT
Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem s Old City May 10, 2021. Credit:
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Weeks of mounting tensions between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem’s Old City culminated in another violent clash on Monday. Israeli police fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets in and around the al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam s holiest sites. More than 300 Palestinians were injured during the violent confrontation along with 21 police officers.
The latest round of violence has been spurred on by protests over the possible evictions in the mostly Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem, where Israelis claim to own the property on which mostly refugee Palestinian families have lived for decades. The violence, not seen in years, could push the city toward a wider co