WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An exit poll released after Poland's local and regional elections Sunday showed Prime Minister Donald Tusk's pro-EU party trailing the conservative opposition party that governed Poland for eight years until December. But the socially liberal mayor of Warsaw, a Tusk ally, easily won another term in the capital. Sunday's elections were []
Wong, currently deputy prime minister, will replace Lee Hsien Loong who has
Alliance says there’s not enough ambition in proposed laws to prevent extinctions, as promised by the environment ministerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government is backing away from a promise to substantially transform how nature is protected in Australia and is planning some changes that would make things worse, according to eight of the country’s top environment groups.The conservation organisations said they were concerned the...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign en masse on Thursday, after their conservative ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections. The results of Wednesday’s elections were a huge political blow to President Yoon Suk Yeol, likely setting back his domestic agenda and leave []
BRITAIN’S army of tradesmen and women have taken a massive £14,000 hit to their earnings in the past year, figures reveal. The average income for white van grafters dropped 17 per cent from £82,821
Following a tough few months that has seen mass layoffs, Canadian national
The wealth tax will raise nearly $20 billion Canadian (U.S. $14.5 billion) in revenue over five years.
The Congress alleged that the prime minister always engages in the ‘politics of division’.
The Duke of Sussex cannot resign from the stand-in role as a Counsellor of State which means he can technically still deputise for the monarch if he is overseas on an official trip or ill.
Small brewers are being squeezed, with a flurry of insolvencies hitting the sector despite strong salesNeither Rishi Sunak nor Gordon Brown is a beer aficionado. The former is teetotal and his predecessor all but gave up booze during his time in office.Yet the two prime ministers loom large over the turbulent saga of the UK craft beer scene. Continue reading
A cabinet minister was unable to say whether an airline has been found to send asylum seekers to Rwanda - despite suggesting the scheme will be running "within weeks". Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told Sky News's Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips: "We want them (flights) to take off as quickly as possible We very much plan to have it within weeks." Asked whether the government has a carrier yet, Ms Atkins said: "The Home Office is working on this, and so believe you me, the Home Office is...
Hong Kong has a “bright future” after the enactment of a new national security law, Beijing’s top man on the city’s affairs has said, as he hit back at criticism of the law. Xia Baolong, the director of Beijing’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office (HKMAO), on Monday hailed the recent legislation of the new […]