Xi-Trump summit plans, Nepal disaster, SCO summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping may take a business delegation to Washington next month, when he is also likely to sign a trade-war truce extension with US President Donald Trump. The potential business delegation is under negotiation ahead of the September 24 summit, the South China Morning Post reported, citing four people with knowledge of the matter. US executives, including Apple’s Tim Cook and…
Months before deadly floods struck Nepal and Tibet, two reports by ICIMOD had warned that rapidly melting Hindu Kush Himalaya glaciers were increasing the risk of catastrophic floods and other cryosphere-related disasters. Glacier ice loss had doubled since 2000, with smaller glaciers shrinking rapidly to intensify hazards like glacial lake outburst floods.
The reports also found that glaciers had lost up to 27 metres of ice thickness since 1975. The recent flash flood triggered by glacier collapse at the Nepal-China border has reignited concerns about these ice melt hazards.
Written by urgent.news from Times of India's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
Also reported by 2 other outlets
- Xi-Trump summit plans, Nepal disaster, SCO summit scmp.com
- Nepal floods: How recent reports warned of this disaster months ago timesofindia.indiatimes.com
