Your privacy choices

We use analytics to improve Pollar and, with your consent, marketing tools (Meta, X) to measure our ads. You can change this anytime in Settings.

Privacy policy
Pollar
HomeAskLiveBriefOriginalsSearchMapMarketsNotificationsFor You
ThreadsMarkets
NewsroomSupport Pollar
Privacy

David Fischer

  • 2h ago

    Nepal and Tibet glacial collapse triggers flash floods, killing 160 people

    A glacial collapse in the Himalayas triggered flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving 160 people dead and 579 missing across mountain valleys and border crossings.

Reader-supported

Free to read, and staying that way

No ads. Membership keeps Pollar independent.

from$2.99/mo

Support Pollar
Membership

Members don't see this panel.

  • Supporter$2.99/mo
  • Founder$6.99/mo
Support Pollar

Today’s Brief

Nepal's glacial flood kills scores

Floods kill scores in Nepal as Hormuz standoff squeezes trade and platforms face penalties

The day’s hardest news ran through chokepoints, mountain passes, shipping lanes, courtrooms and airport terminals. Climate, war and technology all looked less abstract when they disrupted transport, households or children’s safety.

Read the Brief

Live now

All live coverage
  • Russian drone bases found near NATO border

    Launches military helicopter and issues RO-Alert in Tulcea county after detecting an aerial target near the border with Ukraine

  • Himalaya flash floods in Nepal

    Confirmed 157 dead as investigators identify an ice-rock cascade as the primary trigger for the catastrophic flooding and landslides across Nepal and Tibet.

  • Dolly Parton dies at 80

    Revealed plans for decades of posthumous music releases, according to her management team.

In the spotlight

All threads

World · Updated 43m ago

The Middle East after Gaza

New findings add shipping-flow data and Qatar LNG disruption to the Hormuz picture, but no discrete event alters the post-Gaza balance this cycle.

HomeBriefThreadsAsk
Categories