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  "id": 5749119,
  "title": "Rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel 10 days after floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/rescuers-in-nepal-pull-a-chinese-national-alive-from-a-hydropower",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T08:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
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    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/nepal-floods-chinese-national-alive-f9a6d181a30af8366700e47e498ec3b1"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rescuers in Nepal successfully pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, more than a week after deadly floods struck the country. The rescue operation was conducted in the Trishuli hydropower project, where the man was located in a 225-meter (738-foot) tunnel. The Chinese worker is currently undergoing a health assessment. Two Nepalese workers were also rescued from the same site on Friday. The disaster has left about 900 workers missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, with around 500 believed to be trapped in various tunnels. At least 1,300 people were killed and more than 5,000 remain missing following the floods on August 26, believed to be caused by a glacier collapse.",
  "summary": "KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, according to a social media post by the country’s prime minister’s…",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/in-nepal-for-eight-days-malaysian-wife-presses-on-with-search-for",
        "published": "2026-09-05T08:06:05.000Z"
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        "title": "Rescuers in Nepal pull a woman alive 10 days after floods hit Nuwakot town",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Chinese national rescued alive from Nepal tunnel",
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        "published": "2026-09-05T09:20:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Chinese national rescued from tunnel in Nepal 10 days after catastrophic flooding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/chinese-national-rescued-from-tunnel-in-nepal-10-days-after",
        "published": "2026-09-05T09:25:06.000Z"
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        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "2 more rescued in Nepal 10 days after devastating floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/2-more-rescued-in-nepal-10-days-after-devastating-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-05T09:40:34.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Chinese national pulled from Nepal tunnel after 10 days",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/chinese-national-pulled-from-nepal-tunnel-after-10-days",
        "published": "2026-09-05T10:13:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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