Nepal's former chief justice Karki likely to be appointed interim PM, source tells Reuters

Nepal's former chief justice, Sushila Karki, is likely to be appointed as interim prime minister, a source aware of the talks told Reuters on Friday, after intense anti-graft protests led to the resignation of KP Sharma Oli. The Himalayan nation's worst upheaval in years, which killed 34 people last week and injured more than 1,300 as police fought to control crowds, was sparked by a social media ban, now rolled back. The violence subsided only after Oli resigned. "Sushila Karki will be appointed interim prime minister," said a constitutional expert consulted by President Ramchandra Paudel and army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel, who sought anonymity as the negotiations are sensitive. "They (Gen Z) want her. This will happen today," the source...