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Alongside “Namaste”, “Have you eaten yet?” is a common greeting in Nepal. For millennia the land where Buddha was born has been home to a multitude of ethnic groups and faiths.Today more than 100 languages are spoken across the country, according to Shree Ram Adhikari, the founder of Nepal Cooking School in Kathmandu.Nepalis are protective of their society’s harmony, he says. “We say here that Nepal means Never-Ending Peace And Love.”The cuisine reflects the country’s diversity, with distinct regional delicacies, and dishes that adopt and adapt from Nepal’s northern and southern neighbours.A typical Nepali spread“Dal bhat power, 24 hour!” Shree…

Oxford rowing coach calls Thames pollution a ‘national disgrace’ E. coli Found on the rowing track.Sean Bowden, Oxford’s coach since 1997, also admitted health risks could also prevent the tradition of the winning bull being thrown or jumped into the river.As The Guardian first reported on Tuesday, organizers have issued new safety guidelines this year, including warning rowers not to enter the water and to cover any open wounds.This unprecedented action comes after Second E. coli The levels were found to be nearly 10 times higher than those found in bathing water rated “poor” (the worst rating) by Environment Agency…

The former US senator Joe Lieberman, who ran as the Democratic nominee for vice-president in the 2000 election and became the first Jewish candidate on a ticket for the White House, alongside presidential candidate Al Gore, has died at the age of 82.Lieberman died in New York, according to a statement from his family. He was a Connecticut senator for four terms.Lieberman took one of the most controversial arcs in recent US political history. Though he had the status of a breakthrough candidate for America’s Jewish community as Gore’s running mate, his support for president George W Bush’s Iraq war…

AKenya’s Angela Okutoy entered uncharted territory as she reached the semi-finals of the tennis tournament at the African Games in Accra last week. Across the net is Mayar Sherif of Egypt, ranked 532nd in the world, an elite player ranked 70th. With the tournament winner potentially qualifying for the Olympics, the stakes are high. Incredibly, more than four hours later, the 20-year-old Okutoy won 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5) and left Ghana with the gold medal.Making history has become the order of the day in Otoy’s short career. In 2022, she became the first Kenyan to win the Australian Open, a…

Luis Rubiales could face a prison sentence of two and a half years if convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips against her will, court documents have shown. The former Spanish football federation chief has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion in the aftermath of the kiss, offences carrying jail terms of one year and 18 months respectively.The 46-year-old grabbed ­Hermoso and kissed her on the lips on 20 August during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England in the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney, sparking global outrage and ­causing a national…

Iowa State superstar Caitlin Clark has received a $5 million offer to join the BIG3 3-on-3 basketball league.”We intend to keep this offer secret while Caitlin Clark fights for the title,” Big3 founder Ice Cube posted on X on Wednesday. “But I won’t deny it now. What’s Already Happened: The BIG3 made a historic offer to Kaitlin Clark. Why wouldn’t we? Kaitlin is a generational athlete who can have great success in the BIG3.”The BIG3 recently announced that the league’s seventh season – an all-male tournament to date – will kick off on June 15.Clark, the all-time scoring leader in…

French politicians from across the spectrum have expressed dismay over the resignation of a Paris school principal who had received death threats after asking a student to remove her Muslim veil on the premises.In a show of support, prime minister Gabriel Attal, a former education minister, was set to receive the principal late on Wednesday, his office said.Secularism and religion are hot-button issues in France, which is home to Europe’s largest Muslim community.In 2004, authorities banned schoolchildren from wearing “signs or outfits by which students ostensibly show a religious affiliation” such as headscarves, turbans or kippas on the basis of…

The late-night host discusses Donald Trump’s questionable sale of his ailing Truth Social Network and why he’s pissed off about something again.Stephen ColbertStephen Colbert began his appearance on The Late Show with a surprise: “Breaking News: Donald Trump is upset about something.”The host brought up the former president’s latest complaint that he is being falsely portrayed by Democrats as someone who wants to destroy Obamacare, which he previously campaigned on and recently said he wanted to “kill” it.Colbert said his opponents want to keep it and believe “people like radical political theory alive.”This week, his social media network, Truth Social,…

The final death toll from the Moscow concert hall terrorist attack could be much higher than the 140 confirmed dead, with Russian state investigations saying they have received 143 reports about people who were missing.The investigative committee said in a statement that 84 bodies had so far been identified.Earlier on Wednesday, Baza, a Telegram channel with ties to Russia’s security services, reported that 95 individuals not listed among the 120 names in the official registry of victims were unaccounted for after last week’s shooting at the Crocus City Hall. Their relatives have been unable to establish contact with them since…

Donald Trump’s social network floated on Tuesday, quickly valuing it at nearly $8bn (£6.3bn), a rise of more than 15% on its initial public offering (IPO) value. Shares rose again in volatile trading on Wednesday, rising 14%, valuing the company at $9.6 billion. This huge success has also raised some questions, not all of which are easy to answer.How could it possibly be worth $9 billion?The diplomatic answer is “because someone bought the company’s stock at the latest price of $66.46.” The valuation of a publicly traded company like Truth Social (formally known as Trump Media Technology Group Inc. and…