The councillor is stepping down as leader of West Northamptonshire Council, which he has led since 2021.
Rishi Sunak is asked if he backs predecessor Gordon Brown who spoke of Scotland's role inside, or outside, the UK.
The BBC hears accounts from women who had relationships with Jonathan Nunn between 1990 and 2013.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said Monday that he was offended by President Biden's recent comments suggesting his uncle was eaten by cannibals in the Oceanic nation during World War II. Marape expressed disappointment in a statement Monday that Biden would suggest his nation was rife with cannibals, noting also that Papua New Guinea was unwillingly pulled into the global conflict in the 1940s. Biden's comments suggesting his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finnegan Jr., was eaten in...
PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon told some 500 party members that Quebecers have one 'ultimate' chance to secure their language and culture.
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon reiterated on Sunday his pledge for a third referendum on independence should his party take power in the next election. At the PQ's national council in Drummondville, Que., St-Pierre Plamondon told some 500 party members that Quebecers have one "ultimate" chance to secure their language and culture amid what he called an "existential threat" from Ottawa and the province's declining weight within the federation. "One thing is certain," he...
In just the last few years, two former Los Angeles City Council members have gone to prison for corruption, one more has been sentenced for fraud and bribery and two current members face accusations of ethics violations. At least four high-ranking city officials have pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of roles in various corruption schemes. It should be obvious that L.A. needs a stronger, more independent Ethics Commission to prevent and penalize corruption and help rebuild public trust in...
House congressional leaders were toiling on a delicate, bipartisan push towards weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson this week set in motion a plan to advance the package, which has been stymied in Congress since October of last year by a bulk of GOP lawmakers resistant to approving more funding for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. As the Republican...
Papua New Guinea “does not deserve” to be stereotyped, its leader said, after Biden suggested his aviator uncle was eaten there during WWII.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray claimed that in 2019, during Devendra Fadnavis’ tenure as Maharashtra Chief Minister, Fadnavis had expressed his intention to groom Thackeray’s son, Aaditya Thackeray, as the next CM of the state, as part of a power-sharing agreement between the two parties. Thackeray also said that the senior BJP leader had told him that he would move to the Centre in the next two to three years. Addressing a rally in Dharavi on Saturday, the former Maharashtra CM claimed...
Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday.
Angela Rayner has accused the Conservative party of attempting to ‘smear’ her and insisted that controversy over her tax affairs is ‘manufactured’