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1,000 Tourists Stranded In Remote China Village Due To Avalanches
Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday.
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US, Nepalese Climbers Killed By Avalanche On Shishapangma In Tibet
An avalanche struck the Tibetan peak of Shishapangma on Saturday, killing an American and Nepalese climber, while two others remained missing, according to China's staterun Xinhua
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8 Killed In Tibet Avalanche, China sends Team For Rescue
At least eight people were killed following an avalanche in the city of Nyingchi in the southwestern region of Tibet, state media reported
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Bitcoin Bulls Ensure Climb to $31,600 Territory as Altcoins Aim to End May on a High
Cryptocurrency prices today saw bulls pushing Bitcoin beyond the $31,600 (roughly Rs. 24.5 lakh) mark as China decides to ease Covid curbs. Ether and several other major altcoins saw a major uptick in value to end the month after a sharp decline throughout the month of May.
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Dragonfly Raises Third Crypto Fund of $650 Million to Help Fund Startups at All Stages
Dragonfly Capital announced that it had raised $650 million for its third crypto fund, Dragonfly Ventures III. The fund will focus on all stages of blockchain and crypto companies creating a new digital economy with limited partners, including global investment giants Tiger Global, KKR, and Sequoia China, among others.
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Crypto Market Tumbles as Ukraine-Russia Conflict Nears No End, China Continues Crackdown
Along with Bitcoin and Ether, Cardano, Ripple, Terra also saw losses today. Relatively lesser known cryptocurrencies such as Dogefi and Floki Inu managed to see small gains along with stable coins such as USD Coin and Tether.
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TikTok's India Rivals Score Titanic User Numbers After China Apps Ban
In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Within hours, an avalanche of new sign-ups pushed the servers of one of its Bangalore-based rivals, Roposo, to breaking point.
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Trekkers From South Korea, China Go Missing After Avalanche Hits Nepal's Annapurna Circuit
Several trekkers from South Korea and China went missing in Nepal after an avalanche hit a section of the Annapurna circuit trekking route on Friday afternoon, police said.
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In Xi's 3-Hour-Long Speech, The Part That's Relevant For India
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned today that "No one should expect China to swallow anything that undermines its interests" though he also claimed that Beijing is opposed to "the practice of the strong bullying the weak." In a speech that ran longer than three hours, provoking an avalanche of online jokes, he also said that "China's developme...
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15 Dead, Over 100 Missing In China Landslide
Rescuers pulled 15 bodies from an avalanche of rocks that buried a mountain village in southwest China on Saturday as an increasingly bleak search for some 100 people carried into the night.
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Six Dead, Over 100 Missing In China Landslide
Rescuers scoured through an avalanche of rocks into the night on Saturday in an increasingly bleak search for more than 100 people whose southwest China mountain village was buried by a huge landslide.
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Four Climbers Found Dead At Camp On Mount Everest
It was not clear how the climbers died at the camp on Mount Everest and their identities have not been identified yet. Ten climbers have died on Mount Everest, including one on the Chinese side, during this climbing season, which ends this month.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall: Samsung Suffers Backlash in China Over Response
Chinese consumers are unusually alert to safety issues following an avalanche of scandals over shoddy or fake food, medicines and other goods.
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After Nepal Disasters, More Climbers Eye Chinese Route to Top of World
Climber Carsten Pedersen has not given up his childhood dream of scaling Everest, despite last month's avalanche that killed 18 people at base camp after a devastating earthquake. But if he does try again, it may well be from China, not Nepal.
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1,000 Tourists Stranded In Remote China Village Due To Avalanches
Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in a remote holiday village after avalanches hit China's northwestern Xinjiang region with metres-high snow and fickle weather impeding evacuation, state TV reported on Tuesday.
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US, Nepalese Climbers Killed By Avalanche On Shishapangma In Tibet
An avalanche struck the Tibetan peak of Shishapangma on Saturday, killing an American and Nepalese climber, while two others remained missing, according to China's staterun Xinhua
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8 Killed In Tibet Avalanche, China sends Team For Rescue
At least eight people were killed following an avalanche in the city of Nyingchi in the southwestern region of Tibet, state media reported
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Bitcoin Bulls Ensure Climb to $31,600 Territory as Altcoins Aim to End May on a High
Cryptocurrency prices today saw bulls pushing Bitcoin beyond the $31,600 (roughly Rs. 24.5 lakh) mark as China decides to ease Covid curbs. Ether and several other major altcoins saw a major uptick in value to end the month after a sharp decline throughout the month of May.
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Dragonfly Raises Third Crypto Fund of $650 Million to Help Fund Startups at All Stages
Dragonfly Capital announced that it had raised $650 million for its third crypto fund, Dragonfly Ventures III. The fund will focus on all stages of blockchain and crypto companies creating a new digital economy with limited partners, including global investment giants Tiger Global, KKR, and Sequoia China, among others.
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Crypto Market Tumbles as Ukraine-Russia Conflict Nears No End, China Continues Crackdown
Along with Bitcoin and Ether, Cardano, Ripple, Terra also saw losses today. Relatively lesser known cryptocurrencies such as Dogefi and Floki Inu managed to see small gains along with stable coins such as USD Coin and Tether.
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TikTok's India Rivals Score Titanic User Numbers After China Apps Ban
In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Within hours, an avalanche of new sign-ups pushed the servers of one of its Bangalore-based rivals, Roposo, to breaking point.
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Trekkers From South Korea, China Go Missing After Avalanche Hits Nepal's Annapurna Circuit
Several trekkers from South Korea and China went missing in Nepal after an avalanche hit a section of the Annapurna circuit trekking route on Friday afternoon, police said.
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In Xi's 3-Hour-Long Speech, The Part That's Relevant For India
Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned today that "No one should expect China to swallow anything that undermines its interests" though he also claimed that Beijing is opposed to "the practice of the strong bullying the weak." In a speech that ran longer than three hours, provoking an avalanche of online jokes, he also said that "China's developme...
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15 Dead, Over 100 Missing In China Landslide
Rescuers pulled 15 bodies from an avalanche of rocks that buried a mountain village in southwest China on Saturday as an increasingly bleak search for some 100 people carried into the night.
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Six Dead, Over 100 Missing In China Landslide
Rescuers scoured through an avalanche of rocks into the night on Saturday in an increasingly bleak search for more than 100 people whose southwest China mountain village was buried by a huge landslide.
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Four Climbers Found Dead At Camp On Mount Everest
It was not clear how the climbers died at the camp on Mount Everest and their identities have not been identified yet. Ten climbers have died on Mount Everest, including one on the Chinese side, during this climbing season, which ends this month.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall: Samsung Suffers Backlash in China Over Response
Chinese consumers are unusually alert to safety issues following an avalanche of scandals over shoddy or fake food, medicines and other goods.
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After Nepal Disasters, More Climbers Eye Chinese Route to Top of World
Climber Carsten Pedersen has not given up his childhood dream of scaling Everest, despite last month's avalanche that killed 18 people at base camp after a devastating earthquake. But if he does try again, it may well be from China, not Nepal.
