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Starmer: Britain’s next prime minister?
Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned-state prosecutor whose ruthless ambition and formidable work ethic look set to propel him to Britain's highest political office.
The 61-year-old, named after Labour's…
Exit polls: UK Labour Party set for landslide victory
Britain's main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated yesterday, with Keir Starmer replacing Rishi Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of Conservative rule.
As polling stations…
UK PM Sunak concedes election defeat, says Labour has won
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat in the national election on Friday, saying the opposition Labour Party had won.
"The Labour Party has won this general election and I have called Sir Keir Starmer to congratulate him on…
Labour predicted to eject Tories in UK election
Britain's political leaders made a final push for votes Wednesday on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule.
Ex-premier Boris Johnson staged an 11th-hour…
Biden rejects growing pressure to abandon his campaign, vows to stay ‘to the end’
US President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the 2024 presidential race during calls with campaign staff and meetings with Democratic lawmakers and governors on Wednesday, as he sought to shake off calls for him to drop out after his shaky…
2024 UK ELECTION Sunak: Conservative leader still hoping for unlikely win
The UK Conservatives hoped Rishi Sunak would stabilise the party and country when they made him leader following his predecessors' chaotic tenures. Instead, he has led them to the brink of electoral wipeout.
The party's MPs installed the…
Palestinian prisoners face ‘all kinds of torture’
The head of the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital said yesterday after being freed from more than seven months of detention that he had been "tortured" by Israel.
Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya was among more than 50…
Biden blasts landmark Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity
President Joe Biden warned Monday that the US Supreme Court's landmark ruling on presidential immunity sets a "dangerous precedent" that Donald Trump would exploit if elected in November.
The conservative-dominated high court ruled…
2023 cyclone Freddy longest on record at 36 days: UN
Cyclone Freddy, which crossed the entire southern Indian Ocean before wreaking devastation on southeastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded at 36 days, the UN confirmed Tuesday.
A panel of…
French far right wins first round: exit polls
France's far right won the first round of pivotal legislative elections yesterday with the centrist forces of President Emmanuel Macron coming in only third behind the left after the highest turnout in over four decades, estimates said.…