Latest updates from flood rescue efforts in Nepal

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Sep 4, 202650:00News & Politics

In Nepal today, some welcome but unexpected news as two survivors were rescued — alive — from the tunnel of a hydropower plant, some nine days after getting trapped by devastating floods. Also, the Spanish Women's Footba...

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