With UN Speech, Nepal PM Balen Shah Faces 1st Big Test After Flood Disaster

Nepal's rapper-turned-prime minister swept to power six months ago on a wave of youth-led anti-corruption protests, buoyed by optimism for change.Now Balendra Shah faces his biggest test as his country's leader after a catastrophic flood on the China-Nepal border killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands missing.The disaster has pushed climate diplomacy to the centre of the 36-year-old's premiership, overshadowing the anti-corruption agenda that powered his rise to office.Shah is due to address the United Nations General Assembly this week, using his first foreign trip as prime minister to press Nepal's case for greater international support to recover from a disaster scientists have linked to climate…