Needs: Nepal said it needs foreign technical help as well as up to $5 billion to rebuild after Wednesday’s glacier collapse sent rock, ice and debris down a narrow valley. The death toll exceeded 600 people and is expected to rise. More than 2,400 remain missing in Nepal and at least 550 are missing in Tibet. Nepali authorities said some bodies are decomposed beyond recognition. I strongly recommend reading our reconstruction of the glacier collapse that led to the flood.
Survival: An 8-year-old boy ran into a forest and climbed trees to escape the flood. Two days later, Zoyal Ghale was reunited with his mother after she contacted a Reuters journalist who had interviewed the boy. Learn more about the glacial lakes that threaten further destruction.
Special delivery: The legal back and forth continues. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani once again blocked Trump's attempt to restrict the use of mail-in ballots before the midterms. The Supreme Court earlier in the week lifted another order from Talwani. Expect the administration to appeal this latest ruling.
Jes Staley: The former JPMorgan executive told U.S. lawmakers he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive information with the late disgraced sex offender and was at one point named a trustee of his estate.
Settlement: A federal judge said he would approve Bank of America’s $72.5 million class-action settlement with women who accused the bank of facilitating their sex abuse at Epstein's hands. Another judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to throw out her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping Epstein abuse teenage girls.
No likes: A former Meta safety engineer whose testimony helped build a child-safety case against Meta said the Facebook parent’s settlement with U.S. states does not meaningfully address the harms from social media that he described in court.
Trust: The swift rise of AI has tainted the torrential flow of photos and videos produced on smartphones and distributed through social media. Learn how Reuters’ visual-verification team sifts through these images from battlefields to border crossings so you can believe what you see.
Nonagenarian dealmaker: Court documents show that the media mogul with the famously fractious family expressed his longstanding wish to put Fox Corp. and News Corp. back together and that it could yet happen. Fox said there have been no discussions since 2022.
Rough business: The son of EssilorLuxottica’s founder quit his management role at the eyewear giant after reports of a clash with the chief executive. Walmart will pay much less than the U.S. said it might to settle a government lawsuit accusing it of fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic. Volkswagen’s management wants more job cuts to turn the company around. It won’t be easy.
Milo Yiannopoulos, the far-right commentator who called for ICE checkpoints in supermarkets and summary deportation for people who can’t immediately prove legal U.S. residency,
