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Soaring ticket prices and transport costs at this year's World Cup will expose fans to cyber fraud and scams as supporters are attracted by fakes in the mistaken belief they have bagged a bargain, an industry expert has warned, Reuters reported. 

Scam artists are active around every major global sporting event but there is an increased danger with World Cup tickets more expensive than at any previous edition, Nuno Sebastiao, the CEO and co-founder of Feedzai, told Reuters.    

"Large gatherings like a World Cup are a scammer's dream," said Sebastiao, whose company works with banks around the world to detect and prevent fraud and other financial crime. 

The country is under the influence of westerly and local winds, along with a low-pressure system in the lower atmosphere near the eastern region, resulting in cloudy conditions in most parts of the country, according to the Weather Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.

Currently, light to moderate rain accompanied with thunder, lightning and windstorms is taking place in some places of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Karnali Provinces, and at a few places in Madhes and Sudurpaschim Provinces, the Department stated.

This afternoon, the weather will be generally to fully cloudy conditions across the country.   

There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at some places in Koshi and Madhes Provinces as well as in the hilly and Himalayan regions of the country.

The weather will be generally cloudy in the Himalayan region of the country and partly cloudy in Tarai, the Department mentioned in its weather bulletin.

The Bagmati Irrigation Project has announced that it would begin a campaign to demolish nearly 400 huts and other structures built illegally by encroaching upon the land of the project in Rautahat district.

The Project has already issued a public notice informing the residents there to clear the site on the bank of the irrigation canal. 

The authorities are working to clear more than 400 structures, including huts, sheds and other properties with assistance from the Nepal Police, the Armed Police Force and other agencies.

It is said that the people there are living for 28 years by encroaching upon the land of the canal in wards. 5 and 6 in Chandrapur Municipality, Rautahat.

The Chief of Bagmati Irrigation Project Karmaiya, Santosh Chaudhary, said they are clearing the encroached land on the canal bank by force as the encroachers are not leaving the site. 

Mayor of Chandrapur Municipality Sanjay Kumar Kafle, Chief District Officer of Rautahat Dinesh Sagar Bhusal and representatives of the security agencies would visit the area and the site will be cleared, Chaudhary shared. 

Project Chief Chaudhary said, "The campaign to clear the illegally built structures and control new encroachment has begun". 

Likewise, Member of the House of Representatives (HoR) of Rautahat 4, Ganesh Paudel said  thatthe government took this decision for canal management and the expansion of irrigation facilities. 

He said management of the Bagmati Irrigation Project was crucial since it is a national pride project.

The US may reduce its number of troops deployed in Germany, Donald Trump has announced, days after the country’s chancellor said America was being “humiliated” by Iran, The Guardian reported. 

In a post on his Truth Social platform, the US president said his administration was “studying and reviewing the possible reduction of troops in Germany, with a determination to be made over the next short period of time”.

On Monday, Friedrich Merz suggested the Trump team was being outplayed in its negotiations with Iran to secure an end to the ongoing war and a reopening of the strait of Hormuz.

The United States' war in Iran has cost US$25 billion so far, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday (Apr 29), providing the first official estimate of the military's price tag for the conflict, Reuters reported. 

With just six months before mid-term elections in which Trump's Republicans may face an uphill battle to keep their House majority, Democrats are riding high in public opinion polls as they attempt to link the unpopular Iran war with affordability.

Jules Hurst, who is performing the duties of the comptroller, told lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee that most of that money was for munitions.

Two Jewish men have been stabbed in Golders Green, north London, in what has been declared a terrorist incident by police, BBC reported. 

The two men, named locally as Shilome Rand, 34, and Moshe Shine, 76, were treated at the scene and are now in a stable condition in hospital, the Metropolitan Police said.

A 45-year-old man, a British national born in Somalia, was Tasered by police before being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, the force said. The suspect is now in custody.

Former FBI Director James Comey surrendered to authorities to face charges alleging that an image he briefly shared on social media posed a threat to the life of US President Donald Trump, BBC reported. 

The case stems from a 2025 Instagram post shared by Comey, which contained a photo of seashells on a beach arranged to read "86 47". "Eighty-six" is a slang term for "get rid of", and prosecutors allege it encourages violence against Trump, the 47th president.

Comey denied any wrongdoing, saying he did not know what the numbers meant, and accused the prosecution of political motivation.

The Art of Living, in collaboration with India’s Ministry of External Affairs, launched a six-day BIMSTEC Youth Leadership Exchange Program in Bengaluru on 25 April 2026 to nurture future leaders from the BIMSTEC region.

The initiative brought together young leaders and policy practitioners from member countries representing a region of 1.7bn people and a $5trn economy. It aims to address shared regional challenges such as political instability, brain drain, and limited intra-regional cooperation.

The program was part of a three-to-four-month mentorship framework designed to transform ideas into community impact projects. It focused on holistic leadership development through emotional resilience, self-awareness, and inner wellbeing.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar emphasized that leadership should be rooted in service, compassion, and unity, encouraging youth to realize their inner potential and lead change.

Key focus areas included conflict resolution, entrepreneurship, innovation in the age of AI, and cultural exchange to strengthen regional ties.

With over 60 percent of BIMSTEC’s population under the age of 35, the initiative aimed to empower youth as future policymakers and bridge gaps in connectivity, trade, and cooperation through value-based leadership.