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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry
Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry

Nepal estimates the reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse last month will amount to $4.78 billion, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

September 11, 2026

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Maresca says spotlight not on him ahead of Manchester derby
Maresca says spotlight not on him ahead of Manchester derby

Enzo Maresca said Friday he was not the "main focus" as he prepares to take charge of his first Manchester derby, seeking to maintain his team's 100 percent record this season.

September 11, 2026

Investors on edge as energy costs, surging bond yields roil markets
Investors on edge as energy costs, surging bond yields roil markets

High oil prices and US diesel prices at record levels kept inflation fears at the fore on Friday, ratcheting up expectations that more central banks will have to hike interest rates despite the risk of weighing on economic growth.

September 11, 2026

Philippine Coast Guard finds bodies aboard ferry after blaze
Philippine Coast Guard finds bodies aboard ferry after blaze

The Philippine coast guard has discovered bodies aboard a ferry consumed in a blaze that swept through it "in seconds", it said Friday, with dozens of people still missing.

September 11, 2026

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Yemen's Houthis complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP
Yemen's Houthis complete takeover of Bab al-Mandab area: govt official to AFP

Yemen's Houthis seized on Friday a key Red Sea island in the middle of the Bab al-Mandab strait, completing a push to take control of a waterway crucial to Saudi oil exports, a local government official and eyewitnesses told AFP.

September 11, 2026

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The Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted in security trial
The Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists convicted in security trial

A Hong Kong court sentenced three pro-democracy activists on Friday who organised annual vigils to mark China's deadly Tiananmen crackdown on charges of "incitement to subversion".

September 11, 2026