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• Experts zero in on likely cause of deadly Nepal mudslide, with more than 1,300 missing

  27-08-2026 14:04 via foxnews.com
  
  The catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet that have killed at least 273 people were triggered by a massive glacier collapse and debris flow that registered as a magnitude 5.2 landslide, according to the U.S. Geological Service (USGS).The USGS originally pinpointed the cause of the mudslides as a 4.4 magnitude earthquake but later updated its analysis after observing data from nearby seismic stations, long period seismic waves and satellite imagery. That data suggested that no earthquake had occ
  
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• US counters China as Beijing’s ‘shock wave’ hits African economies

  27-08-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  JOHANNESBURG: A top State Department official has hit out at China for what analysts are calling "the China shock wave" effect now crippling African economies.African manufacturing is reportedly being battered by a surge of Chinese imports. It’s a triple whammy — China takes raw materials, including critical minerals, from the continent and floods Africa with state-subsidized products. And Beijing isn’t importing anywhere near an equal amount of African products.The China Globa
  
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• Dominican Republic joins global fight against antisemitism with landmark move

  27-08-2026 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  The Dominican Republic is set to become the 48th country in the world and the seventh in Latin America to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism after President Luis Abinader ordered the country’s foreign ministry to formalize the decision.The move came as Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. special envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, urged other Latin American governments to follow the Dominican Republic’s lead,
  
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