‘I will unite our country’

Rishi Sunak yesterday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to lead the country out of a profound economic crisis and rebuild trust in politics.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Italy committed to Europe, Nato: PM

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed her government’s support for the European Union, Nato and Ukraine yesterday in her first address to parliament, one month after her far-right party won a historic election victory.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

India revels, UK shrugs

Rishi Sunak took charge yesterday as Britain’s third premier this year with his Conservative Party floundering in the polls and daunting challenges ahead.
25 October 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Not a time to relax’ on Covid, flu

As winter approaches, the World Health Organization yesterday stressed the importance of staying vigilant as cases of Covid and influenza rise in Europe, encouraging more people to get vaccinated.
24 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Boris Johnson looks for support in race for UK PM role

Boris Johnson was fighting on Sunday to get enough support to make a shock return as Britain's prime minister after prominent figures on the right wing of the Conservative Party coalesced around the man once accused of betraying him, Rishi Sunak.
23 October 2022, 13:52 PM

Race for UK PM gathers pace

Former prime minister Boris Johnson returned to Britain yesterday from a Caribbean holiday aiming to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK’s top job.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Meloni sworn in as Italy PM

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italian prime minister yesterday, to become the first woman to head a government in Italy.
22 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Johnson or Sunak touted as UK’s next PM

 Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading potential contenders to replace British Prime Minister Liz Truss yesterday, with candidates canvassing support to become Conservative Party leader in a fast-tracked contest.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Dmitry Peskov

We cannot expect any insights or political wisdom from anyone in the West now... especially from Great Britain, where the current head of the executive is not elected by the people.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Mevlut Cavusoglu

The entire world needs Venezuela’s oil and natural gas... On the other side, there’s been embargoes on the Iranian oil. Remove these sanctions... if you want the prices to drop…. You cannot solve the problem by threatening a country.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Charles Michel

This discussion (among EU leaders) showed a very clear will to avoid being naive, but neither did we want to embark into a logic of systematic confrontation (with China). European Council chief Charles Michel
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM

EU agrees ‘roadmap’

EU leaders has reached an agreement on a “roadmap” aimed at putting in place measures within weeks to shield European consumers from soaring energy prices.
21 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Giorgia Meloni becomes Italy's first female PM

Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country's most right-wing government since World War Two.
21 October 2022, 17:21 PM

Failed economic plan: Truss quits after 6 weeks as UK PM

British Prime Minister Liz Truss yesterday announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier in UK history.
20 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Bond star Daniel Craig receives same medal as 007

James Bond actor Daniel Craig on Tuesday received the same honour held by his fictional character, as he is set to retire from the role.
19 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Climate change puts 1b children at ‘extreme risk’

Some one billion children are at “extremely high risk” due to climate change harms, a rights group warned yesterday, adding that youths’ living
19 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Tories will try to oust Truss this week

British lawmakers will try to oust Prime Minister Liz Truss this week, a report said yesterday, as the government axed almost all of its debt-fuelled tax cuts unveiled last month to avert fresh markets chaos, in another humiliating blow for the embattled PM.
17 October 2022, 18:00 PM

‘Fat’ parrot banned from beauty contest

The world’s fattest parrot can’t fly, and now it can’t run either.
17 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Sweden elects right-wing PM

Sweden’s parliament yesterday narrowly elected conservative leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister, leading the country’s first government to be shored up by the far-right Sweden Democrats. Kristersson, 58, was elected by a wafer-thin majority of three votes, after announcing a deal on Friday to form a governing coalition comprising his Moderate Party, the Christian Democrats and the Liberals.
17 October 2022, 18:00 PM

Russia warns Israel against supplying arms to Ukraine

Russia’s former leader Dmitry Medvedev yesterday warned Israel against supplying weapons to Ukraine, saying any move to bolster Kyiv’s forces would severely damage bilateral ties.
17 October 2022, 18:00 PM