Qantas repatriation flight sets aviation record

Australian airline Qantas has set a company record by flying a one-off direct flight from Buenos Aires to the city of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. The flight repatriated 107 Australians and set two Qantas records in the process: longest distance covered (15,020 km or 9,333 miles) and longest time in the air for a commercial flight (17 hours and 25 minutes).

More than 120,000 US kids had caregivers die during pandemic

The number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans, a new study suggests. More than half the children who lost a primary caregiver during the pandemic belonged to those two racial groups, which make up about 40 per cent of the U.S. population, according to the study published Thursday by the medical journal Pediatrics.

Strong earthquake in southwest Pakistan kills at least 20

A powerful earthquake collapsed at least one coal mine and many flimsy mud houses in southwest Pakistan early Thursday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 200, an official said. The death toll was expected to rise even further as crews searched in the remote mountainous area, said Suhail Anwar Shaheen, the local deputy commissioner.

"Educating girls vital for development, prosperity"

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom and social worker Helen Grant said that providing quality education to the girls and spreading awareness about climate change was the need of today's era.

Province 2 CM Raut gets vote of confidence with two-thirds majority

CM Raut was supported by Janata Samajwadi Party, Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Center) and CPN (Unified Socialist) whereas lawmakers from CPN (UML) and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party had stood against him in the voting.

CPN (Maoist Center) finalises names of ministers to be included in Cabinet

The meeting decided that leaders Devendra Paudel, Shashi Shrestha and Maheshwar Gahatraj would be ministers in the government, according to Dev Gurung, a member of the Standing Committee of the party.

Nobel in chemistry honors pair for new way to make molecules

Two scientists won the Nobel Prize for chemistry Wednesday for finding an “ingenious” new way to build molecules that can be used to make everything from medicines to food flavourings. The work of Benjamin List of Germany and Scotland-born David W.C. MacMillan has already had a significant impact on pharmaceutical research and made chemistry “greener,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

China to provide additional 1 mln vaccines as grant, 1.6 mln Verocell to arrive soon

Verocell accounts for more than 50% of all the anti-COVID vaccines administered to the people in Nepal.

Arvind Trivedi, Ravana from TV cult hit Ramayan, passes away at 82

Veteran actor Arvind Trivedi, who played the role of Ravana in Ramanand Sagar's TV cult hit Ramayan, has passed away at the age of 82. The news was confirmed by a family member on Tuesday night.

India to pay more than $300 million to next of kin of Covid-19 victims

India's top court approved the government's decision to pay about $670 for every coronavirus death in the country as compensation to the next of kin of the deceased. The payments tally to more than $300 million based on India's current death toll, according to CNN's calculation. It had officially recorded 448,997 Covid-19 deaths as of Monday morning local time, according to the Indian health ministry.