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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

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    How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes

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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

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    For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with

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    Are our pampered pets really living their best life?

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    Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform

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Cars submerged, subway riders trapped in water: Scenes from severe flooding in Henan, China

After Europe, it’s China’s turn to face floods.

Scroll Staff
Jul 21, 2021 · 11:36 am
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Passengers trapped by rising floodwaters on the #Zhengzhou subway await rescue by Henan firefighters. I hope they’re all okay. pic.twitter.com/dpNE7tYvYz

— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) July 20, 2021

Subway passengers trapped in the water. pic.twitter.com/IyqmKN7WEr

— Manya Koetse (@manyapan) July 20, 2021

Thunderstorms have hit mid China’s #Henan Province since yesterday and torrential rain has led to severe floods. Heat-wrenching videos are coming in and first responders have been deployed to save lives.@ZhengguanNews please stay safe!Our hearts are with those who are affected. pic.twitter.com/MIoIcHawO2

— Amazing Yunnan (@Amazing_Yunnan) July 20, 2021

Zhengzhou Flooding: People blocked on street helped each other in human chain and narrowly escaped finally. pic.twitter.com/eu1IE7xXsw

— ShanghaiEye (@ShanghaiEye) July 20, 2021
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