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Nepal flood death toll rises to 469 as search for 1,400 missing continues

Nepal's flood death toll has reached 469 with 1,400 still missing, as barrier lakes threaten a fresh surge and rescue teams retreat to higher ground while foreign governments scramble to trace missing citizens

Nepal flood missing toll surges past 1,300 as death toll rises to 270

The US Geological Survey has confirmed a glacial collapse, not an earthquake, unleashed the disaster, as Chinese authorities warn of further landslides in Tibet's Gyirong county and the Dalai Lama offers prayers for the victims

Everest: Nepalese Cami Rita reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time, breaking his own record

A mountain guide for over 20 years, Kami Rita, now aged 55, first climbed the "Roof of the World" in 1994

UN warns of record glacier mass loss in recent years

The 9,000 gigatons of ice lost since 1975 are equivalent to a piece of ice the size of Germany, 25 meters thick

6.9 magnitude earthquake in Tibet: At least 36 dead – Watch video

The earthquake was felt as far away as Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal

China says boy picked by Dalai Lama now a college graduate

Neither the now-31-year-old man or his family wishes to be disturbed in their “current normal lives”

Dalai Lama: Europe belongs to the Europeans

The Tibetan spiritual leader says refugees should return to their countries and rebuild them

Dalai Lama: “Europe belongs to the Europeans” & “refugees must eventually return to native countries”

He has made some to the point observations on the refugee crisis in the past