A Nepali man has created history by becoming the fastest climber to reach the summits of the world’s 14 tallest mountains.
36-year-old Nirmal Purja completed the feat in just over six months.
Most seasoned climbers around the world take years to scale all 14 summits.
Eight of the world's 14 tallest mountains are in Nepal while five are in Pakistan and one in Tibet.
Hong Kong court finds tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty in landmark security trial
Hong Kong's High Court on Monday found pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and to publish seditious material under a China-imposed national security law that could see him jailed for life.
At least 37 people killed in flash floods in Morocco
At least 37 people were killed in flash floods triggered by torrential rains on Sunday in Morocco's Atlantic coastal province of Safi, 330 km south of the capital Rabat, Morocco's state-run 2M TV reported on Monday.
School bus accident in Colombia kills 17, injures 20
Seventeen people were killed and 20 injured after a bus carrying school children fell off a cliff in a rural area in northern Colombia, the local governor said on Sunday night.
Australia plans tougher gun laws after father and son kill 15 at Bondi Beach
Australia signalled plans for tougher gun laws on Monday as the country began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which a father and son duo killed 15 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Police to release man detained over Brown University mass shooting
The man held as a "person of interest" in the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine injured will be released from custody, authorities said on Sunday night.
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