How Nepal former prime minister KP Sharma Oli rose, ruled and fell
From prison to four terms of prime minister, Mr. Oli’s career traced Nepal’s democratic contradictions — and, in the end, its limits.
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Proposals for expanding Japan’s Imperial family endorsed by Diet leaders
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