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Grief-stricken Nepalis entered the traditional Hindu last day of mourning on Monday for the hundreds who died in the catastrophic flood along the country's border with China even as the government kept search operations going after four miracle rescues in recent days.
Chandika Shrestha was airlifted to hospital after spending more than 10 days in her partially buried house.
Rescues fuel hope more could be found alive as Nepal's flood death toll passes 1,331, with people missing on both sides.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
Rescuers pull two people from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border.
Survivors in relief camps in Nepal are struggling to get basic commodities like food and medicine
The co-founder of Ms. Magazine and celebrated feminist icon Gloria Steinem has died at her home at the age of 92. An internationally recognised activist in the fight for women's equality, she spoke out for the legalisation of abortion, same-sex marriage, and equal pay. She began her journalism career in New York in the 1960s. Politically, she was an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, arguing that the US had taken many steps back when it came to women's rights. FRANCE 24's Journalist and host of "The 51%" tells us more.
BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved, as rescue efforts continue.