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Nepal has estimated that approximately $4.78 billion will be necessary to rebuild following the destructive floods along the Bhote Koshi River. This estimate was published by the government through its Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment after the disaster on August 26. The assessment identified direct physical damage at roughly $1.8 billion and approximated economic losses at about $883 million. Officials clarified that these figures encompass damages in social, productive, and infrastructure sectors. The floods impacted communities and critical infrastructure throughout districts including Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading.

WHO incident manager Thierno Baldé emphasized that the three-month containment timeline hinges on securing the necessary resources for the response. The agency has received approximately $69.3 million of the $115 million it estimates it needs, or about 60%. Over the past two weeks, teams have added more than 400 treatment beds, deployed 100 additional epidemiologists, and mobilized over 500 community health workers for surveillance and contact tracing efforts. The response also requires vehicles, ambulances, medical supplies, and personnel across an expanding affected area. The virus transmission has now reached Bas-Uélé, making it the sixth affected province.

The latest official national economic figures released on Friday verify that the Canadian economy expanded by 0.3 per cent in May, marking the continuation of an ongoing recovery for a second month in a row and surpassing earlier government projections. As detailed in monthly Gross Domestic Product statistics published by Statistics Canada, real output saw increases in 13 out of 20 primary industrial sectors, driven by widespread growth in goods-producing industries and sustained demand across the service sector. The actual monthly growth exceeded the initial preliminary estimate of 0.1 per cent, boosting the momentum of the national economy after April’s revised growth rate of 0.6 per cent.

Paris residents have overwhelmingly voted in favor of a ban on rental electric scooters in the city, with almost 90%…