Ousted Thai PM slams impeachment vote
Bangkok: Ousted Thai Premier Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday attacked impeachment proceedings against her ahead of a crunch vote that could see her banned from politics for five years and deepen the country’s bitter divide.
Nepal to miss another Constitution deadline
Kathmandu: Disruptions and chaos prevailed in Nepal’s Constituent Assembly on Thursday with warring political parties not budging from their positions on contentious issues of Constitution drafting as failure in meeting tonight’s deadline for framing the document seemed inevitable.
evo Morales sworn in for 3rd term as prez
la Paz: Evo Morales was sworn on Thursday for a third term as President of Bolivia at a ceremony in the country’s national assembly as thousands of supporters cheered outside.
New powers for Scotland unveiled
london: Britain’s Government published a draft law on handing more powers to Scotland including greater control on tax and welfare after the country rejected independence in a referendum last year.
US, Cuba seek to reopen embassies
Havana: Cuban officials sat down on Thursday with the highest-level US delegation to visit Havana in 35 years for landmark talks on reopening embassies and thawing long frozen ties.
4-yr-old OZ boy gets 1st artificial pancreas
Melbourne: A four-year-old boy in Australia has become the first person in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas in a ground-breaking technology to treat his Type 1 diabetes.