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Sharif also approved action against a company responsible for hospital security and its officials. The government also already announced compensation of 5 million rupees (about $18,000) for each bereaved family. Emergency services were not called until six minutes after the fire started, and the first emergency responders arrived 15 minutes after receiving the call, the statement said. Investigators found that only two subsections of the hospital’s 13 standard operating procedures referred to fires or other emergencies. About two minutes of surveillance video of the nursery fire was shown during Saturday’s meeting. The footage was not immediately released. The interim report said a nurse risked her life to save a baby before the flames spread through the ward. Sharif approved a recommendation that she receive the Sitara-i-Khidmat, a state award recognizing public service.

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Why communities near glaciers face mounting risks Living in the shadow of the world’s spectacular, ice-capped mountains has always carried dangers, but the devastating flood wave that carved a path of destruction on the Nepal-China border this week shows how life for the millions worldwide who live downstream of these peaks is becoming more unpredictable and more deadly. Nepal is a country of jagged, towering peaks with sheer slopes sweeping down to narrow valleys, cut through by powerful rivers. Its stunning landscape attracts hordes of tourists; it’s also treacherous. Nestled in the rapidly warming Himalayas, the country has long been a hotspot for flooding and landslides. But what happened on Wednesday “was of significantly larger scale than what we have seen in the recent past,” said Prashant Baral, a cryosphere analyst at ICIMOD, a Nepali climate organization.

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8 officials suspended after probe into Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 newborns IslamabadAP — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday ordered the suspension of eight officials and directed that criminal proceedings be initiated against those found responsible for a fire that killed 14 newborns at an Islamabad hospital, his office said. Sharif issued the orders after an investigative committee headed by retired senior civil servant Shahid Khan presented its interim report on Wednesday’s fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, or PIMS, his office said in a statement. The fire was confined to a third-floor nursery but officials said it spread so quickly that staff were able to rescue only one baby from among the 15 being cared for there. The inquiry found that the nursery had no fire alarm or sprinkler system and that the hospital lacked detailed procedures and training for responding to fires and other emergencies, the statement said.

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Iman Fandi performs at Snoop Dogg’s Los Angeles music event, debuts upcoming single Singaporean singer Iman Fandi performed at a live music event in Los Angeles, California, headlined by American rapper Snoop Dogg on Aug 15, where she made the international debut of her upcoming single, It Is. The performance came days after the 26-year-old performed her NDP 2026 song Giants, written by Weish, at the National Day Parade on Aug 9. On Tuesday (Aug 18), Iman shared photos and videos from the event on Instagram, calling the experience “a milestone I’ll never forget”.

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