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    Disaster risk reduction

    Nepal Passes Landmark Tourism Bill with Tougher Everest Climbing Rules

    These hikes aim to generate more revenue – Everest alone brought in over $5 million in 2025 – while deterring casual climbers.
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    Aid

    Race for Next UN Chief Intensifies Amid Gender, Geography and Great-Power Rivalry

    The process remains fluid. Further straw polls are anticipated, and withdrawals or new nominations could reshape the field.
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    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
    Agriculture

    Mekong Delta Farmers Turn to Saltwater as Rising Seas and Upstream Dams Reshape Vietnam’s Rice Bowl

    The shift also aligns with Vietnam’s broader ambition to expand high-quality, low-emission rice production.

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    Aid

    Race for Next UN Chief Intensifies Amid Gender, Geography and Great-Power Rivalry

    The process remains fluid. Further straw polls are anticipated, and withdrawals or new nominations could reshape the field.
    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
    Clean tech

    Nepal Earns Nearly $39 Million from Power Exports to India Despite Deadly Floods

    The latest monthly figures, achieved against a backdrop of disaster recovery, reinforce confidence in the export model.
    Aid

    Race for Next UN Chief Intensifies Amid Gender, Geography and Great-Power Rivalry

    The process remains fluid. Further straw polls are anticipated, and withdrawals or new nominations could reshape the field.
    Civil society

    Sri Lanka Invites NGOs and Public to Pay Fines and Free 1,454 Eligible Prisoners

    The decision to open the door to external payment of fines is a pragmatic acknowledgement that not every person currently incarcerated needs to remain there.

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