Former chief justice Karki named Nepal's first female leader after unrest

Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, will become the first woman to lead Nepal, to be sworn in as interim leader later on Friday after violent anti-graft protests forced Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to resign, the president's office said. President Ramchandra Paudel's office announced Karki's appointment following negotiations between Paudel, army chief Ashok Raj Sigdel and the protesters who led Nepal's worst upheaval in years. Fifty-one people were killed and more than 1,300 injured this week in the anti-graft protests by the 'Gen Z' movement, named for the age of its mainly young supporters. The protest was sparked by a social media ban that has since been rolled back. The violence subsided only after Oli resigned on Tuesday....