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The Philippine Embassy in New Delhi and the Honorary Consulate General in Nepal on Wednesday, Oct. 8, said that there were no Filipinos stranded during the Mt. Everest blizzard that left hundreds of hikers needing rescue earlier this week. “According to the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi and its...

BEIJING (AP) — About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm struck the area Saturday night, cutting off access to where the hikers were staying in tents at...

More than 30 sick climbers have been evacuated from the foot of Mount Everest, raising fears that coronavirus may scupper a hoped-for bumper season on the world's highest mountain. In this photograph taken on May 2, 2021 mountaineers trek along the Khumbu glacier near Everest base camp in the Mount...