47 die in Indian storms, lightning
NEW DELHI, May 29: Storms and lightning across a swathe of northern India have killed at least 47 people, officials said Tuesday, the latest deaths from freak weather that has battered the country this month. Disaster management officials in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand states said a combined total of 47 people had died in overnight storms across the region. — AFP
Myanmar names new deputy home minister
YANGON, May 29: The Myanmar government has appointed Maj-Gen Aung Thu from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) as new Deputy Home Minister to replace Maj-Gen Aung Soe, according to an order of the President's Office issued on Monday. Aung Soe was reassigned to perform his original military duty, the order said. — Xinhua
Nepal grants amnesty to 816 prisoners
KATHMANDU, May 29: Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari granted amnesty on Tuesday, to 816 prisoners in various prisons across the Himalayan country, a presidential spokesman said here. Chhabindra Parajuli, the spokesman at the President's Office, said in a press statement that eligible 816 inmates were granted amnesty. — Xinhua
Great Barrier Reef on sixth life in 30,000 years
PARIS, May 29 (AFP): Australia's Great Barrier Reef, under severe stress in a warmer, more acidic ocean, has returned from near-extinction five times in the past 30,000 years, researchers said on Monday. — AP
Paraguay to have its first woman president
ASUNCION, May 29: Paraguay will have a woman president for the first time in its history, at least temporarily, after outgoing leader Horacio Cartes stepped down Monday ahead of schedule. Vice President Alicia Pucheta, 68, will complete Cartes's mandate after he resigned to become a senator. On August 15, fellow conservative Mario Abdo Benitez, elected in April 22 polls, will begin his five-year term as president of one of Latin America's poorest countries. — AFP
Doctors uncertain about Skripals' health
MOSCOW, May 29: The doctors who treated a Russian former spy and his daughter after they were poisoned with a nerve agent in Britain say they don't know what the pair's long term health outlook is - and initially feared the incident could have been much worse. Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russia's military intelligence who betrayed dozens of agents to Britain, and daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a public bench in English city of Salisbury on Mar 04. — Reuters
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