Superpowers compete for technological foothold on world’s highest peak, pushing Nepal towards a geopolitical chessboard.
Nepal celebrates return of stolen 13th-century Buddha statue from New YorkThe Himalayan nation restores centuries-old statue, stolen in the 1980s, to its original temple in capital Kathmandu.
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