'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
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Judge tosses Trump 2020 election case after prosecutors' request
It represents a big legal victory for Donald Trump, who won the Nov. 5 US election and is set to return to office on Jan. 20.
Tue Nov 26 2024
DHL plane crash in Lithuania leaves authorities searching for answers
Rescue services said the plane hit the ground, split into pieces and slid over 100 metres (110 yards).
Tue Nov 26 2024
National squad to hold friendly matches for 2025 Indoor Hockey World Cup
The warm-up matches will involve matches against better ranked teams in the world, namely Austria (first) and Belgium (third).
Tue Nov 26 2024