Why one of Asia's poorest countries grows Japan's cash

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Japan has long harvested a shrub called mitsumata for its money supply. But when mitsumata started dying out, Japan frantically searched for alternatives to make yen.

Nepal Currently Being Run Via Discord After Gen Z Uprising

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A man is hanging a pirate flag as smoke and flames rise from the Singha Durbar after people set fire to the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal government's various ministers offices in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 9, 2025.

Mount Everest Is Getting Taller

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Mount Everest as seen from an airplane.

I took 36 flights in 4 months, and it was exhausting. These were my 2 biggest mistakes.

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A woman wearing sunglasses crouches down on rocks before a green lake and mountain peaks.
Anu Verma has been on multiple solo trips, traveling to 36 countries in the space of four months.

Anu Verma

Nepal just suffered another fatal plane crash. Its aviation safety record is so poor that all its airlines are banned from flying to most of Europe.

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Firefighters trying to douse a fire that erupted in a Saurya Airlines' plane after it crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
A passenger plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu, killing 18 of the 19 people onboard.

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Indian and Nepalese men say they were tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine and can't return home

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Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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A country just banned TikTok because it disrupts 'social harmony' and 'family structure'

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Two phones display the TikTok logo with the ByteDance logo in the background.
Nepal's government is no fan of TikTok.

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