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Nepal

October

The Happy House in Nepal.

This humble ‘house’ in Nepal has lured celebrities and revived a village

Buy the stunning hand-woven rugs of Phaplu that grace the floors of Happy House, or wander down the road to watch the ateliers at work.

  • Nina Karnikowski

August

Students at the University of Sydney. It, along with other Group of Eight universities, will lose the largest number of students under changes the government is making.

Major universities smashed in Labor about-face on overseas students

The government will cap numbers and redistribute them across the sector, one of the country’s biggest export industries, with smaller institutions to benefit.

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  • Julie Hare

May

Sunset above Bandipur, Nepal. The couple have not planned an itinerary; they are working it out as they go.

How to quit the treadmill and travel for six months – yes really

We all crave time out from routine and life stress to discover a different, more peaceful world. Here’s how one Australian couple pulled off “the impossible”.

  • Nina Karnikowski
Short, steep and with a wall at one end and a perilous drop at the other, the runway at Lukla’s airport isn’t for the faint-hearted.

This airport is one of the world’s most scenic – and treacherous

Trekking in Nepal’s Everest region is on many a bucket list. But the adventure starts well beforehand, with a landing at Tenzing-Hillary Airport.

  • Alana Christensen
Perhaps the most spectacular vista anywhere, especially given how hard you have to work to get to this elevation.

Mount Everest from your tent? That’s a view worth the trek

Waking up to behold Nepal’s most renowned mountains is a dream come true. But you’ve got to put in the hard yards to get there.

  • Alana Christensen
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Chinese students are not suffering the same visa knock back rates as those from other countries.

Chinese do better than others in student visa crackdown

Nearly every Chinese student who applies for a visa to study at an Australian university gets approved. It’s a different story for others.

  • Julie Hare

December 2023

Child and adult priests at Kwa Bahal, or Golden Temple, Patan.

‘People thought I was crazy’: how to spend eight weeks in Nepal

A longer trip around the south Asian nation drops you into a gentler rhythm of daily life. But it’s still hard to resist some hiking.

  • Jason Mowen

August 2023

Visas to study at Australian universities are easier to get than some other visas.

The data that signals ‘students’ are coming for work, not uni

Universities are bleeding money as thousands of international students enrol in dodgy colleges as a means of accessing paid work.

  • Julie Hare

May 2023

Discover where the legend of Everest went to de-stress

The renowned mountaineer rented this former sherpas’ hostel for decades. Now a refurbished hotel, you too can hire it all for $8835 a night.

  • Nina Karnikowski

April 2023

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‘One in a million’: Climber saved after three days in 300m crevasse

Mountaineer Anurag Maloo had been missing for days after falling into the crevasse on Mount Annapurna in Nepal but was rescued after a daring and dangerous mission.

  • Gopal Sharma

January 2023

Washed up? Australia day, in its current form, will never unite the country as it should.

Why Australia Day will just die of old age

Migration and changing attitudes of the young will ensure fewer conservatives with the power to cling to Australia’s colonial past.

  • Craig Emerson
Salesforce, San Francisco’s largest private employer and occupant of its tallest tower, plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce.

A tech giant paid big salaries – now it’s paying the price

The pro-employee culture of Salesforce is under threat from activist investors and an economic downturn.

  • Aaron Patrick
Rescue teams working at the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines ATR72 aircraft after it crashed in Pokhara, Nepal,

Nepali pilot dies in crash 17 years after her husband met same fate

Despite family opposition, Anju Khatiwada vowed to continue her pilot husband’s dream when he was killed in plane crash in Nepal. On Sunday, she met the same fate.

  • Bhadra Sharma and Mujib Mashal
Rescue workers gather around the crashed plane.

Nepal mourns after deadly plane crash kills at least 66

A witness who recorded footage of the plane’s descent from his balcony said he saw the plane flying low before it suddenly veered to its left.

  • Anish Bhattarai, Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq
Rescue workers recover the body of a victim of the passenger plane that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, on Sunday.

Plane crash in Nepal resort town kills 68 people

The plane carrying 72 people, including an Australian, was attempting to land at a new airport after a 27-minute flight when it crashed.

  • UPENDRA MAN SINGH, SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANISH BHATTARAI
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August 2022

Pent up demand from international students could result in a record-breaking 2023.

International students to return en masse in 2023

Predictions that the education sector would take years to recover from the pandemic appear wrong as numbers point to a bumper 2023.

  • Julie Hare

May 2022

International students are returning but there are concerns some are not genuine.

Nepalese ‘students’ flood in to work unlimited hours

A huge surge in approvals for student visas from Nepal is likely being driven by non-genuine students who want to take advantage of the removal of a cap on the number of hours they can work.

  • Julie Hare

September 2021

Walmart said it would invest about $14 billion this year on areas including supply chain, automation and technology, up from the $US10.3 billion it spent the year before.

Capex booms as companies prepare for consumer surge

Globally, corporate capital expenditure, or capex, will jump by 13 per cent this year, according to S&P Global Ratings, with growth in all regions and broad sectors.

  • Enda Curran

May 2021

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Singapore-Hong Kong travel bubble in doubt

Quarantine-free travel between the two cities is under review as community transmission increases in Singapore.

  • Emma Connors

March 2021

Jab time in Indonesia, one of several countries in the region to benefit from China’s Health Silk Road Initiative.

Global vaccination a jab in the dark in some developing economies

Because Asian states have largely done a good job containing COVID-19, they may not face the same immediate pressures for widespread vaccination campaigns.

  • Jeremy Youde

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