Ensuring stability a tough task as veteran leader Oli returns as PM
KP Sharma Oli, a wily politician who has wrecked many governments in Nepal in the past and endangered ties with India during his first tenure, has a tough task ahead as the new prime minister amidst frequent political turmoil. Almost on predictable lines, the Oli-led Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist...
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No place in America for violence: Biden
US President Joe Biden on Saturday condemned the life-threatening attack on his Republican rival and predecessor Donald Trump and said “there is no place for this kind of violence in America”. Delivering remarks to the press at his Rehoboth Beach house in Delaware, Biden said he tried to get in touch...
World leaders condemn Trump assassination attempt
World leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, on Sunday denounced the appalling assassination bid on former US president Donald Trump and asserted that violence has no place in politics and democracies. Trump, 78, survived an attempt on his life on...
Manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin dismissed
A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor’s trial and saying it cannot be filed again. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors...
Biden signs into law a bill enhancing US support for Tibet
President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill which enhances US support for Tibet and promotes dialogue between China and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the dispute over the status and governance of the remote Himalayan region. China had opposed the Resolve Tibet Act and described it...
Oli-led government to be sworn-in on Monday
KP Sharma Oli, who is set to become Nepal’s new Prime Minister, was busy on Saturday consulting his alliance partner Nepali Congress in preparing the list of ministers to be inducted into the new coalition government that is likely to be sworn in on Monday. President Ram Chandra Paudel is expected...
Man held in UK over human remains found in suitcases
British police said Saturday they have arrested a man in connection with the deaths of two men whose remains were found in two suitcases in southwest England. The Metropolitan Police said armed officers detained a 24-year-old suspect at a train station in Bristol early Saturday. Police also said more human remains were...
IMF bails out Pak
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday said the USD 7 billion aid package deal struck with the IMF would help bring macroeconomic stability to the cash-strapped country. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the aid package, spread over more than three years, late on Friday night, giving much-needed respite to...
