Nepal appoints its first ever female prime minister after deadly protests
The 73-year-old former chief justice Sushila Karki is being supported by young people to lead the interim government
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Trump tried to convince deported South Korean workers to stay and train Americans
South Korea chooses to bring ‘exhausted and in-shock’ workers home after plant raid
Trump calls on EU to impose 100% tariffs on India and China to stop Ukraine war
Trump says he is prepared to hit India and China with even more sweeping tariffs if Europe is willing to cooperate
Two British men arrested for ‘trying to smuggle a kilogram of cocaine’ into Bali
Indonesian prosecutors said the men had both met in Spain a week before their arrest
BRICS unlikely to last: WH trade adviser
White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro has claimed that the BRICS group is unlikely to last because the member states have “long hated each other.”
UN says 362 earthquake-hit villages in Afghanistan still not reached
The United Nations has announced it has been unable to reach 362 villages in Afghanistan in the wake of a deadly earthquake in its eastern Kunar province, which killed at least 2,200 people and flattened entire communities and their homes.
EU may impose sanctions on China over Russia: FT
The European Union is considering secondary sanctions on China over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas, the Financial Times daily has reported, citing anonymous sources.
The Indian state that now has a lower infant mortality rate than US
Southern Indian state achieves single-digit infant mortality with no urban–rural divide
Why is South Korea bringing home 300 detained workers amid massive Hyundai raid?
Raid stuns many in South Korea because the country is a key US ally
Trump says he and Modi will ‘always be friends’ despite escalating trade war
India’s Modi responds saying says he reciprocates President Trump’s ‘sentiments and positive assessment of our ties’ – but will it change anything about their trade impasse?