Sugam Pokharel

Director, News, Video - CNN

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on, Moscow is looking further afield to feed its war machine. In Nepal, young men are lured with the promise of significant payments – but as @mchancecnn reports from Kathmandu, it has left bereaved and outraged families without answers.

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Russia has recruited as many as 15,000 Nepalis to fight its war. Many returned traumatized. Some never came back. Our story from Kathmandu: https://t.co/p9nSZ5dYYt @mchancecnn @MihirMelwani @Neshaant

[Sugam Pokharel @SugamCNN]

Nepal’s ambassador to Israel tells CNN: 9 Nepalis wounded following an attack on a farm where 14 Nepalis were working. Militants captured an underground shelter near the farm where the attack took place. The embassy has no info about any Nepalis taken hostage and moved elsewhere

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@andersoncooper speaks with Gelje Sherpa, the Nepali climber who saved a Malaysian in a daring Everest ‘death zone’ rescue.

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Congratulations @CricketNep. There’s still a lot of hard work ahead to qualify for the World Cup…but we got this!

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Search operation for the 4 people onboard who remain missing has resumed Monday morning, Nepal Army told CNN https://t.co/kRkERrKp0K

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Underrated tweet

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Do the people who built iNEWS use iNEWS because what is this

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In the nine-minute recording – the longest New Year’s address of his rule – Putin said that “moral, historical righteousness is on our side.” https://t.co/9x9zcW1Kha

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95, will be buried in the papal tombs under St Peter's Basilica on Jan 5 https://t.co/aKBiIwYCwu

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Nepal’s Supreme Court said it made the ruling on the grounds of Sobhraj’s age and health. The famed French serial killer, aged 78, is suffering from a heart disease and needs open-heart surgery, the court said. https://t.co/GoSQa9a8LA

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Iran has continually denied it intends to assemble nuclear weapons. The move however potentially further shortens Iran’s so-called “breakout time” to create a nuclear weapon. https://t.co/6SK1CENET9

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The troubled game. A historic World Cup blighted by controversy https://t.co/bhedhBHWqe

[James Frater @jafrater]

A @zpz_polbru police officer has died and another seriously injured following a stabbing attack in #Brussels.

Authorites are now investigating whether the motivation behind the attack was "terror-related."

@cnni w/@sha_braithwaite @SugamCNN

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London’s High Court dismissed the appeal, saying Nirav Modi’s risk of suicide does not rule out his extradition. https://t.co/a1O9xyOQ2h

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At least 5 killed as 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolts far-western Nepal early Wednesday. https://t.co/3xMLOXPSF4

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Russia announced it is pulling out of the vital Black Sea grain exports deal with Ukraine as it accused Kyiv for being responsible for drone attacks in Crimea on Saturday— but Moscow had previously suggested it might not renew the agreement. Our report: https://t.co/9mvS0iQYKY

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Putin spoke for nearly 4 hours. Here’s our report: https://t.co/Z6g5L8T1vi

[Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7]

What a crew

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India keen to speed up installation of network of radar systems along Bangladesh coastline to add to its capability to keep watch on the Indian Ocean region - New Delhi already set up coastal radar systems in Seychelles, Mauritius and Maldives.
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