Nepal's rapper-turned-PM Balendra Shah faces gravest test after flood catastrophe. 1,000+ dead, 4,500 missing. Has not publicly addressed nation. Six months in office. Expectations were exceptionally high.
Dutch central bank moves 86 tonnes of gold from US and Canada to London citing geopolitical unrest. London market deepest and most liquid. Total Dutch gold 612 tonnes worth 72 billion euros.
European Council president Antonio Costa meets Luc Frieden in Luxembourg. Market and capital union, EU budget, Ukraine support. Costa condemns Leipzig airport incident. Investment needed but not with new debts.
Driver flees police drugs control in Esch-sur-Alzette, forcing officers to jump aside. Canine unit and helicopter deployed. 25g hashish and cash found. Driver later apprehended. Car seized, driving ban issued.
Turkish cargo ship sinks in Marmara Sea after collision with tanker. 10 crew missing, all Turkish nationals. Ship sank within 11 minutes. 900m deep waters. Lifeboat found empty.
China's Xi Jinping visits Egypt for first time in a decade. Urges against external interference in Middle East. Signs Suez Canal industrial zone phase 3. $4 billion already invested. Beijing seeks greater regional foothold amid US-Iran war.
Nepal tunnel rescuers seek trapped hydropower workers but hit dead ends. 639 workers missing. Tunnels blocked by mud and sludge. 11 hydropower stations stopped, 10 percent of capacity.
EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen says regulatory gulf between Brussels and Washington not so big. US courts police same companies EU law targets in advance. 80% of Europeans want careful AI regulation.