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Renowned Everest guide says using xenon speeds climb and makes it safer, better for environment

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 27, 2025 (AP) — Using xenon gas treatment and the latest technology is making climbing Mount Everest not just faster but also better for the environment, cutting down garbage and waste, a renowned mountain guide said Monday. Lukas Furtenbach took a team of British climbers, who left London on May 16, to scale the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak on May 21. They returned home two days later, in one of the fastest ascents on record of the world’s highest peak, including the climbers’ travel from their homes and back. The use of xenon gas treatment has, however, drawn

India and Pakistan’s drone battles mark new arms race in Asia

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, May 27 (Reuters) – A little after 8:00 pm on May 8, red flares streaked through the night sky over the northern Indian city of Jammu as its air-defence systems opened fire on drones from neighbouring Pakistan. The Indian and Pakistani militaries have deployed high-end fighter jets, conventional missiles and artillery during decades of clashes, but the four days of fighting in May marked the first time New Delhi and Islamabad utilized unmanned aerial vehicles at scale against each other. The fighting halted after the U.S. announced it brokered a ceasefire but the South Asian powers, which spent

Trump threatens to shift $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools

WASHINGTON, May 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools. His comments on his social media platform Truth Social come less than a week after his administration sought to block the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students as part of Trump’s extraordinary effort to seize some government control of U.S. academia. Trump, a Republican, has frozen some $3 billion in federal grants to Harvard in recent weeks, complaining that it has

Congress appoints Gaurav Gogoi as president of Assam unit

New Delhi/Guwahati, May 26 (PTI) Ahead of next year’s Assam assembly elections, the Congress on Monday appointed Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi as the new president of its state unit, replacing Bupen Kumar Borah. The Congress also appointed three new working presidents – Jakir Hussain Sikdar, Roselina Tirkey and Pradip Sarkar – to its Assam unit. The term of the current assembly in Assam is up to May 20, 2026, and the Congress is going all-out in its bid to wrest power from the BJP after losing two consecutive state polls. “Congress President has appointed Gaurav Gogoi as the President

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