Politics
Cost Of Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral Revealed By Treasury
King Charles III follows the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her State Funeral on September 19,…
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Politics
State agencies coerced Libor traders into perjury, claims senior Tory MP
LONDON — British and U.S. authorities covered up state involvement in Libor rigging and scapegoated low and middle-ranking bankers, some of whom spent years in…
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UK and Japan to boost defense and chips ties ahead of G7
LONDON — Britain’s Rishi Sunak will sign a new deal on defense cooperation with Japan when he meets with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida later Thursday,…
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Russian Senior Officials Banned From Resigning To Avoid ‘Defeatism’, UK Says
Russian soldiers parade during 78th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 09, 2023. Russia is stopping its own…
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The West may have to learn how to live with Erdoğan
Nathalie Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Europe’s futures fellow at IWM, Vienna and a part-time professor at the European University Institute. Her…
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Rishi Sunak walks away from leadership pledge to close China-backed Confucius Institutes
LONDON — The U.K. government won’t shut down Chinese-state sponsored Confucius Institutes across the country despite a Conservative leadership pledge made by Prime Minister Rishi…
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Wickremesinghe appoints Provincial Governors with an eye on the Presidential election
Colombo, May 17: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday appointed former parliamentarian Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, former Vavuniya Government Agent PSM Charles, and Ceylon Workers…
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Mhairi Black was told not to say 10 Downing St was ‘pished’ in the Commons and her response was A+++
You surely won’t see a more satisfying exchange in the Commons than this, the moment the SNP’s Mhairi Black was upbraided for suggesting Boris Johnson’s…
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Brigitte Macron’s relative assaulted in apparent politically motivated attack
PARIS — The great-nephew of France’s first lady Brigitte Macron was beaten up in what appears to have been a politically motivated attack, sparking widespread…
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Business
Alberta NDP’s costed fiscal plan promises increased corporate tax rate and surpluses
Alberta’s NDP released a costed platform Tuesday, promising budget surpluses and to increase the corporate income tax to 11 per cent from eight per cent…
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