1. Scott Morrison sworn in as Australia`s Prime Minister
• Scott Morrison has been sworn in as Australia`s Prime Minister, 11 days after retaining the position in the country`s general election.
• He was sworn in by Queen Elizabeth`s official representative in Australia, Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove, at a ceremony in the capital, Canberra. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack was also sworn in.
• Morrison`s revamped Cabinet, which includes a record seven women, and Australia`s first Aboriginal federal Cabinet member had also taken the oath.
2. Maldives ex-leader Nasheed elected as new Speaker
• Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has been elected as the new speaker of Majlis or Parliament.
• Mr. Nasheed received the support of 67 MPs in 87 member parliament during a secret ballot held last night during first sitting of the new parliament. His rival and former speaker Qasim Ibrahim received 17 votes.
• Earlier, Mr. Nasheed, who leads the Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) was unanimously nominated for the post of the speaker by its newly elected MPs.
• Another MDP MP Eva Abdulla has been elected for the post of deputy speaker.