Wednesday, 22 October 2014

The slow, dangerous work of recovering Ukraine's war dead

October 22

What priority should a country give to retrieving, identifying, and burying its war dead? Ask Yaroslav Zhylkin, the head of Ukraine's casualty-recovery efforts, and he'll begin with an anecdote...

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Death toll in Nepal's worst trekking disaster reaches 43

October 22

Rescuers on Tuesday pulled out three bodies of Nepali citizens killed in last week's freak blizzards and avalanches, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation's worst trekking disaster to 43. The...

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