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Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border?

27 August 2026 at 06:09

Floods and mudslides have swept away houses and roads with many hundreds missing


More than 1,400 people are still missing and 392 have been confirmed dead after the flash floods and landslides on the Nepal-Tibet border.hit the Himalayan border areas of ⁠Nepal and in ​Tibet in China. An avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure.

Officials said hundreds of travellers from countries including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Malaysia, were reported missing.

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© Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

© Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

© Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse?

25 August 2026 at 09:00

As people grow used to AI chatbots, we’d like to hear your views about Google’s search engine

Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest of the internet has been profound, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting.

“AI is driving the most significant upgrade of the Google Search experience ever,” Liz Reid, Google’s vice-president of search, wrote last August. In May, the company said more AI is coming.

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© Photograph: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

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