Nepal Honors Sherpa Guides, Climbers to Mark 70th Anniversary of Mount Everest Conquest

Logo U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
2023-05-29 06:27:24  • 2 mins

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) Nepal's government honored record-holding climbers Monday during celebrations of the first ascent of Mount Everest 70 years ago.

Hundreds of people from the mountaineering community, Sherpa guides and officials attended a rally in Kathmandu to mark the anniversary. Participants waved celebratory banners and walked in the center of Kathmandu to tunes played by military bands.

Among those honored were Sherpa guides Kami Rita, who climbed the world's highest mountain twice this season for a record 28 times overall, and Sanu Sherpa, who has climbed all of the world's 14 highest peaks twice.

Continue read on usnews.com

Nepal became the first team to score more than 300 runs in a T20 international as they rewrote the record books against part-timers Mongolia at the Asian...
The most meaningful tracking method for daily physical activity is step counting.
Logo FortuneFortune
2023-09-30 10:00:00  • 1 min
HANGZHOU, China (AP) Oksana Chusovitina competed in her first Olympics at the 1992 Barcelona Games and won a gold medal in gymnastics. Her first title in a...
Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk A/s NVO has set its sights on India for the introduction of its breakthrough weight-loss drug Wegovy. The company aims for a...
Logo BenzingaBenzinga
2023-09-29 12:31:44  • 1 min
Washington — A flood of tributes are pouring in following the death of California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, as Senate colleagues on both sides of the...
Logo CBS NewsCBS News
2023-09-29 15:16:00  • 1 min
Senator Dianne Feinstein died on Friday at the age of 90. Not only was Feinstein the longest-serving woman senator in history, she was the first woman to...
Logo CBS NewsCBS News
2023-09-29 14:17:00  • 2 mins
(RTTNews) - Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWDRY.PK) announced Friday it has secured a 38 MW order with Toda Corp. for Iwaki Miwa Wind Farm in Fukushima...
Logo NasdaqNasdaq
2023-09-29 12:00:16  • 1 min
A luxury home in the upscale district of Hong Kong where inspectors discovered dozens of suspected illegal structures in the wake of a recent landslide has...
A 17-year-old Edmonton high school student has won top honours at an international science competition for her project that examines CAR T-cell therapy, an...
Logo Global NewsGlobal News
2023-09-29 18:57:46  • 1 min
Fintel reports that on September 29, 2023, HC Wainwright & Co. initiated coverage of Elevation Oncology ( NASDAQ:ELEV ) with a Buy recommendation....
Logo NasdaqNasdaq
2023-09-30 04:54:48  • 1 min
NINGBO, China -- Top-seeded Ons Jabeur won her fifth career title at the Ningbo Open with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over teenager Diana Shnaider on Saturday. The...
Logo ESPNESPN
2023-09-30 10:11:42  • 1 min
The 75-year-old's books sold over half a million copies in the first half of 2023, estimates say.
Logo FortuneFortune
2023-09-29 14:01:14  • 1 min
The oldest sitting senator, elected in 1992's "Year of the Woman," she was also San Francisco's first female mayor.
Logo FortuneFortune
2023-09-29 13:20:37  • 1 min
Archaeologists have discovered a paved surface under a double stone row that dates back thousands of years. The 590ft (180m) long path of mainly quartz rocks...
Logo BBCBBC
2023-09-30 08:07:38  • 1 min
Jabeur won a hard court WTA Tour title for the first time with victory in the Ningbo Open Tunisia's Ons Jabeur produced a dominant display to beat Diana...
Logo BBCBBC
2023-09-30 11:46:30  • 1 min
By Mariko Oi Business reporter Hui Ka Yan, the founder and chairman of Chinese property giant Evergrande, was once Asia's richest person. The 64-year-old,...
Logo BBCBBC
2023-09-29 22:01:50  • 1 min
MANILA -The Board of Investments (BOI) on Friday said that it approved at least P730.49 billion worth of investments from January to September, growing its...
Logo Inquirer.netInquirer.net
2023-09-29 18:30:00  • 1 min
The title race in Saudi Arabia is more exciting than ever. The top places are in the balance, thanks in large part to Cristiano Ronaldo. Al-Tai came close to...
Logo MarcaMarca
2023-09-29 20:12:20  • 1 min
Kenyan Robert Kimutai Ngeno was aiming to win the 38th edition of the Buenos Aires marathon until a dog got in his way and dashed his hopes. Ngeno clocked a...
Logo MarcaMarca
2023-09-28 18:05:49  • 1 min
STOCKHOLM (AP) Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in...
Logo U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
2023-09-30 04:20:10  • 2 mins