
'Big beasts' slayed as Conservatives suffer UK election bloodbath
Former PM Liz Truss and defence minister Grant Shapps were among a record number of senior ministers to lose their parliamentary seats.
Fri Jul 05 2024

Former British premier Liz Truss: I was never given a chance
Former British PM Liz Truss has said she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party and by a "powerful economic establishment".
Sun Feb 05 2023

New PM Rishi Sunak pledges to lead Britain out of economic crisis
Sunak quickly reappointed Jeremy Hunt as his finance minister in a move designed to calm markets that had balked.
Wed Oct 26 2022

Outgoing UK PM Truss: Brighter days lie ahead
Truss stressed that she still believed in the high growth, low-tax ideology that she attempted to pursue in office.
Tue Oct 25 2022

Indians pinning their hopes on Rishi Sunak on Diwali
Boris Johnson pulled out of the prime ministerial race late on Sunday, boosting Sunak's chances of taking the top job and replacing his Conservative party leadership rival Liz Truss.
Mon Oct 24 2022

Sunak favourite to be UK PM after Johnson drops comeback bid
The former prime minister had secured the public backing of just under 60 Conservative lawmakers by Sunday.
Mon Oct 24 2022

Comeback king: Boris Johnson considering a run for UK prime minister
Can Boris Johnson convince the dozens of lawmakers who abandoned him that he is now the person who can unite the party?
Sat Oct 22 2022

Prescient or traitor? Rishi Sunak is the favourite to be next UK PM
Now Rishi Sunak has to weigh up whether he can convince Britain's governing party he is the man to save it from chaos.
Fri Oct 21 2022

Liz Truss resigns: Who is in and who is out in the race to replace her?
Candidates will need the backing of 100 of their fellow Conservative MPs to run by Monday.
Fri Oct 21 2022

Sterling rallies as Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister
Truss was brought down by her economic programme that sent shockwaves through the markets and divided her Conservative Party.
Thu Oct 20 2022

Liz Truss to quit as UK prime minister next week
Truss is the shortest serving prime minister in British history.
Thu Oct 20 2022

Liz Truss resigns after 6 weeks, making her shortest-serving UK premier ever
British Prime Minister Liz Truss stepped down on Thursday, making her the shortest-serving premier in British history.
Thu Oct 20 2022

UK PM Truss clings to power as chaos in Westminster deepens
Six weeks into the job, Truss has been buffeted by a bond market rout, suffered the lowest approval ratings of a British leader in decades.
Thu Oct 20 2022

UK interior minister quits with criticism of Truss as lawmakers row
The lawmakers openly quarrelled in parliament, underscoring the erosion of the prime minister's authority after just weeks in the job.
Thu Oct 20 2022

Lawmakers will try to oust UK PM Truss this week, Daily Mail reports
British lawmakers will try to oust PM Liz Truss this week despite Downing Street's warning that it could trigger a general election.
Mon Oct 17 2022

Public flips car involved in road accident to rescue child
According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Ramsay reveals hundreds of lucky cat statues stolen from new restaurant
Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Zayn Rayyan case: Two child witnesses complete testimony today
So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit
Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas
Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say
The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Japan to court Tesla on Nissan investment, FT reports
The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.
Fri Feb 21 2025

185 children linked to GISB handed over to families - Exco
The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.
Fri Feb 21 2025

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government
The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Elon Musk wields chainsaw at conservative gathering, a gift from Argentina's Milei
This is the chainsaw for bureaucracy, says Elon Musk.
Fri Feb 21 2025