It’s a princess

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a girl, Kensington Palace has announced. The baby - who is fourth in line to the throne - was “safely delivered” at 8:34 BST, the palace said in a statement.

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Why Nepal response will be so hard

International aid is beginning to flow into earthquake-hit Nepal, but much more is needed as the scale of the disaster becomes clear and the list of challenges grows. “Three million of them are children, all affected within the space of one day,” said Jean-Jacques Simon,

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Want to help Nepal:

Then cancel debt

Questions abound as to how the impoverished Nepal, ranked 145 out of 187 on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI) – making it one of the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) – will recover from the disaster, considered the worst in Nepal in over 80 years.

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