Mt Everest a bit higher than past measurements, say China, Nepal

China and Nepal have jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The new height of the world’s highest peak is 8,848.86 metres, which is slightly more than Nepalࢀ™s previous measurement and about 4m higher than Chinaࢀ™s. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Gyawali, simultaneously pressed buttons during a virtual conference and the new height flashed on the screen. The height of Everest, which is on the border between China and Nepal, was agreed on after surveyors from Nepal scaled the peak in 2019 and a Chinese team…