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8:03AM KP Sharma Oli re-appointed PM of Nepal as opposition parties failed to muster majority to form new govt File Pic In Nepal, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has re-appointed KP Sharma Oli as Prime Minister as the opposition parties failed to put together a coalition government by the 9 pm deadline yesterday. Oli will take the oath of office today. He had lost a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Monday. He will have 30 days to prove that he has ma...

The establishment faction of the CPN-UML led by party Chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a standing committee meeting on Thursday and decided to lift the suspension of four leaders of the party’s rival faction, namely, senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, Surendra Prasad Pandey, Bhim Bahadur Rawal, and Ghanashyam Bhusal.

Doctors union in Japan calls on government to cancel Tokyo Games From CNN’s Emiko Jozuka in Hong Kong The Olympic Rings are displayed by the Odaiba Marine Park Olympic venue in Tokyo, Japan, on May 12. Carl Court/Getty Images A doctor’s union in Japan has urged the government to cancel the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.  Members of the union went to Japan’s Health Ministry on Thursday to present a written request addressed to Japanese Prime Minist...

Singapore will tighten restrictions on social gatherings and public activities after Covid-19 clusters emerged in the past two weeks, the country’s Ministry of Health announced Friday.

May 14, 2021 Share Nepal’s ousted prime minister, who lost a vote of confidence in Parliament earlier this week, will stay in office as the leader of a minority government after political parties couldn’t agree to a coalition. Khadga Prasad Oli still must prove he has majority support of lawmakers within a month — a struggle since his own party has split and other parties are unwilling to support him. Oli will head a minority government because his party is still the biggest one i...

Publix will no longer require masks for fully vaccinated employees and customers From CNN’s Natasha Chen Publix will be changing their masking policy to match the new guidelines set forth by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a company spokesperson told CNN on Friday. Starting Saturday, fully vaccinated employees and customers will not be required to wear face coverings, according to the statement. “As a result of the recently updated U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

Nepal tries to form a new government as its Covid-19 crisis deepens Nepal has been thrown into political turmoil after the country’s Prime Minister was forced to step down following public anger over his response to a deadly second wave of Covid-19. K. P. Sharma Oli — who touted unproven coronavirus remedies and attended crowded events even as cases rose — was removed from his position after losing a vote of confidence on Monday. Just a month ago, the Himalayan nation of 31 million people...

Nepal has been thrown into political turmoil after the country's Prime Minister was forced to step down following public anger over his response to a deadly second wave of Covid-19.

CPN-UML lawmaker Bhim Bahadur Rawal, who belongs to the Madhav Kumar Nepal-Jhalanath Khanal faction of the party, has urged lawmakers close to Nepal and Khanal to resign en masse to facilitate the formation of a new government.

The main opposition party in the Parliament, the Nepali Congress, is likely to lay claim to form the next government, although it faces an uphill task of cobbling together at least three political parties.