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A massive surge of water, rocks and ice debris tore through the narrow valley of the Trishuli River on the border between Nepal and Tibet — the water level rose by nearly nine metres in just half an hour. Roads and homes were destroyed, and

The remains of Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk are being prepared for exhumation, according to sources close to the investigation into his death cited by the news portal iRozhlas. The case, now nearly 77 years old, remains a subje

On the evening of July 31, seven cyclists collided at once on a shared bike and pedestrian path between the villages of Živanice and Lázně Bohdaneč in the Pardubice Region. According to police spokeswoman Dita Holečková, every single person

Halberstädter Konserven, the German cannery famous for more than 140 years for its sausages sold in glass jars, has finally ceased operations. Insolvency administrator Karina Schwarz announced this week that all efforts to rescue the compan

Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick has for the first time explained in detail why he walked away from the Czech national team, telling the To nemá kam podcast that the squad "took more than it gave" and that players tended to lose form

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow, flying in from Riga, Latvia, aboard a US military Boeing C-17A Globemaster III. According to The Wall Street Journal, the visit was personally arranged by US President Donald Trump,

A serious road accident occurred on the D2 motorway heading toward Brno, when a car slammed into the trailer of a truck driving ahead of it. The woman driving the car and the three children she was carrying were injured in the crash.Accordi

In late May, an attack on a woman took place on the outskirts of a small village in the Nýřany district. The victim was roughly 40 years older than her attacker, police spokeswoman Eva Červenková reported.The woman was walking along a field

The Slovak town of Bardejov is hosting its 53rd annual Bardejov Fair, which runs until Sunday. On Thursday, the event was visited by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Tibor Gašpar from the Smer-SD party and Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok, c

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has effectively withdrawn from active public life following his party's defeat in April's parliamentary elections. According to political analyst Andrea Virágová, speaking to nepszava.hu, the 63-

Czech police have launched an investigation into a social media post by Radim Panenka, deputy editor-in-chief of Parlamentní listy, who publicly defended Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army. The news was confirmed by

Filip Vávra, once the leader of the extremist movement "Národní odpor" ("National Resistance"), now heads a list of candidates for the Prague City Assembly elections. His platform is built around the demand that only Czech be spoken in Prag