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Human remains believed to be those of a British climber who went missing a century ago on Mount Everest have been found. Mine attack leaves 20 dead in Pakistan.
Remains of climber who disappeared on Mount Everest 100 years ago found
Remains of a man who may be a British climber who went missing 100 years ago while trying to scale Mount Everest have been found on the slopes of the world’s highest peak, it was announced Friday National Geographic.
Andrew Irvine and his compatriot George Mallory were last seen on June 8, 1924, a few hundred meters from the summit of Everest, before disappearing. The body of the second was found in 1999 at an altitude of more than 8,300 meters by an American expedition.
Last month, a new team financed by the American magazine National Geographic found under the north face of Everest, taken from the central Rongbuk glacier, a shoe containing the remains of a human foot. Inside, team members discovered a red sock with an “AC IRVINE” label sewn into it, the magazine reported.
Members of the British climber’s family have offered to share DNA samples to confirm the identity of remains found on Everest.
Agence France-Presse
20 dead in Pakistan coal mine attack
PHOTO FARID KHAN, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Twenty coal miners were shot dead in an overnight attack by a group of heavily armed men who laid siege to their homes in Balochistan province.
Twenty minors were killed in the night from Thursday to Friday during an attack carried out by a group of armed attackers in Baluchistan, a province in the south-west of Pakistan, police told AFP. The victims slept in accommodation located on the mining site.
“Around 12:30 a.m., 35 to 40 heavily armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on coal mine workers for around 30 minutes before fleeing,” Asim Shafi, the head of the mine, told AFP. from the police of the Duki district where the attack took place, 225 kilometers from the provincial capital.
“They were equipped with rocket launchers and grenades,” he added, although the attack has not been claimed at this stage.
Agence France-Presse
Russian-American arms exchange at ASEAN summit
PHOTO TANG CHHIN SOTHY, ASSOCIATED PRESS
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
The summit of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN) gave rise to a new skirmish between the United States and its allies on one side, and Russia and China on the other, Friday, on the last day of discussions marked by the war in Ukraine, and tensions in the South China Sea.
Vientiane, the capital of Laos renowned for its tranquility, saw the heavyweights of world diplomacy converge for three days of dialogue which also focused on the civil conflict in Burma.
But the number of differences on international issues, in particular the crisis in the Middle East, prevented agreement on a joint communiqué at the end of the summit, said an Asian diplomat.
Agence France-Presse
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