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Conservatives may support part of Liberals' affordability plan on GST: The federal Conservatives opened the door on Wednesday to supporting part of the Liberal ...
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Conservatives may support part of Liberals' affordability plan on GST
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Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories: MPs from Pierre Poilievre's caucus said the federal government was motivated to ...
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Conservatives may support part of Liberals' affordability plan on GST: The federal Conservatives opened the door on Wednesday to supporting part of the Liberal ...
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Conservatives may support part of Liberals' affordability plan on GST
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Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories: MPs from Pierre Poilievre's caucus said the federal government was motivated to ...
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Conservatives say they may support part of Liberals’ affordability plan after criticizing it as inflationary
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Conservatives say they may support part of Liberals’ affordability plan ...
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Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: Tories: OTTAWA — The government was motivated to reconsider COVID-19 restrictions at ...
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Positive Poilievre polling leads to talk of easing border restrictions: ...
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Has Taylor Swift peaked?: The musician is at the height of her commercial, but not her creative, power
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Has Taylor Swift peaked?
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Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work: Our number-crunching suggests that their plight could be much worse than previously thought
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Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work
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Why South Korean pop culture rocks and North Korea’s does not: Dictatorship stifles creativity and joy
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Why South Korean pop culture rocks and North Korea’s does not
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Efforts to tackle student protests in America have backfired badly: Police intervention at Columbia has provoked protests at other universities
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Efforts to tackle student protests in America have backfired badly
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals : The industry has had a terrible few months. But demand is likely to pick up
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Don’t be gloomy about Tesla and its EV rivals
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Michael Gove can't guarantee no-fault eviction ban before election: The Conservatives first promised to end landlords' ability to evict tenants with no reason in ...
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Michael Gove can't guarantee no-fault eviction ban before election
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UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling: The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first ...
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UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling
Quick Glance: British Parliament Approves Deportations to Rwanda
  • The controversial plan to deport refugees to Rwanda has been approved by the British Parliament.

  • Despite resistance in the upper house and multiple votes, the law was passed.

  • Prime Minister Sunak is pushing for deportations to deter refugees from dangerous crossings.

  • Experts question the effectiveness of the measure, while concerns about costs and legal implications persist.
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The problem with the Angela Rayner story? No one actually cares: It is convenient for the Tories to have her in the public stocks
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The problem with the Angela Rayner story? No one actually cares
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Congress tells China: sell TikTok or we’ll ban it: Only America’s courts can save the video app now
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Congress tells China: sell TikTok or we’ll ban it
Quick Glance: Measures Against TikTok: Biden Sets Deadline for Sale
  • President Biden has signed legislation requiring ByteDance to fully divest from TikTok within a year or potentially face a nationwide ban.

  • This action poses a significant challenge to the future of the video-streaming app in the U.S. and escalates the technological conflict between America and China.

  • TikTok plans to take legal action against the Biden administration, citing concerns that the law could impede the free speech of millions of Americans.

  • This requirement was incorporated into a bill providing foreign aid for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, mandating ByteDance to sell its stake in TikTok within 12 months under the threat of closure.
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine: Disaster has been dodged. But the political malaise that delayed the Ukraine funding bill remains
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Finally, America’s Congress does right by Ukraine
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“We have to make Biden lose”: Arab-Americans are switching to Trump: Anger over Gaza in the swing state of Michigan might cost the president the election
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“We have to make Biden lose”: Arab-Americans are switching to Trump
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Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians: The elderly, the displaced and the disabled are the worst affected
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Two years of war have impoverished many Ukrainians
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z: They are not doomed to be poor and anxious
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Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z
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How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes: New images shared with The Economist show how a swap helped calm a crisis
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How Iran covered up the damage from Israel’s strikes
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How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron: He is now one of Europe’s leading Russia hawks
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How Russia targeted France and radicalised Emmanuel Macron
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Liz Truss sheds tear as she reveals impact on her teenage daughters of short-lived premiership
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Liz Truss sheds tear as she reveals impact on her teenage daughters of ...
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Trudeau questions Poilievre’s judgment, says the Conservative Leader ‘will do anything to win’
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Trudeau questions Poilievre’s judgment, says the Conservative Leader ‘will ...
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Liz Truss says Tories are part of a Blairite attempt to silence her: Reform UK leader Richard Tice said the Conservative Party is 'socialist' and ...
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Liz Truss says Tories are part of a Blairite attempt to silence her
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UK to ramp up defence spending by decade's end - Sunak: Announcement comes even as Britain's strained public services struggle after years of ...
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UK to ramp up defence spending by decade's end - Sunak
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?: The Economist is tracking the race to be America’s next president
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war: And America now hopes to convince others to make better use of the stash
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Frozen Russian assets will soon pay for Ukraine’s war
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Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike: Both sides have a chance to de-escalate their conflict, at least for now
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Israel responds to Iran’s barrage with a symbolic strike
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Labour veteran Frank Field dies: Frank Field was first elected in 1979 and served as an MP until 2019. A lifelong campaigner on welfare ...
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Labour veteran Frank Field dies
Quick Glance: Farewell to Frank Field: A Life Dedicated to Social Justice
  • The former Labour minister and advocate for poverty alleviation, Frank Field, has passed away at the age of 81.

  • Throughout his career in Westminster, Lord Field championed social causes such as child poverty and modern slavery for over four decades.

  • Field succumbed to a long battle with cancer in a care home in London. He advocated for a 2021 bill on assisted dying in England and Wales.

  • His family emphasized that Field will be mourned by admirers in the political realm, but most of all missed by those fortunate enough to have experienced his laughter and friendship.
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I don’t want to be prime minister again, Liz Truss insists: Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister had previously declined to rule out standing to be Tory ...
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I don’t want to be prime minister again, Liz Truss insists
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The House of Representatives gives Ukraine its best news in a year: $61bn of aid is on the way. It should have an almost instant effect
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The House of Representatives gives Ukraine its best news in a year
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The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine: Drones already fill the skies. Now uncrewed vehicles are heading to the front lines
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The growing role of fighting robots on the ground in Ukraine
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?: Bernard Arnault sizes up his heirs apparent
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Who will lead the LVMH luxury empire?
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Why the stockmarket is disappearing: Large companies such as ByteDance, OpenAI and Stripe are staying private
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Why the stockmarket is disappearing
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A conservative strategist on how Joe Biden can win: Sarah Longwell says “double-haters” will decide the election
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A conservative strategist on how Joe Biden can win
Quick Glance: Biden criticizes Florida's abortion ban and holds Trump accountable
  • President Biden condemns the upcoming 6-week abortion ban in Florida.

  • He blames Trump for appointing justices who overturned Roe v. Wade.

  • Biden's campaign focuses on abortion rights to mobilize voters.

  • Efforts to leverage Florida's abortion laws for political gain are highlighted.
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British grocery inflation dips to 3.2%, says Kantar: UK grocery price inflation fell for the 14th month in a row in April, partly driven by an increase in ...
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British grocery inflation dips to 3.2%, says Kantar
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Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richer: And its economy is unusually well-defended against American politics
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Without fanfare, the Philippines is getting richer
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Why is so much of the internet’s infrastructure run by volunteers?: Malware smuggled into XZ Utils software highlights a bigger problem
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Why is so much of the internet’s infrastructure run by volunteers?
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After Dobbs, Americans are turning to permanent contraception: More young women are tying their tubes
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After Dobbs, Americans are turning to permanent contraception
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran: Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint
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Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran
Quick Glance: Israel artist calls for Gaza ceasefire
  • The representative of Israel at the international art fair is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • Ruth Patir’s video installation called (M)otherland was scheduled to open on Saturday at Israel’s national pavilion at the international art show but will remain closed for now.

  • Patir stated on her website that the artist and curators are showing solidarity with the families of the hostages and the large community in Israel calling for change, rather than canceling themselves or the exhibition.

  • It is believed that there are still individuals in Gaza, including 129 captives taken during the attacks led by Hamas on Israel on October 7, with 34 of them presumed dead.
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Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These charts suggest not
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Labour are ahead in the polls, but have they won hearts and minds? These ...
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How to get more people into military uniforms: Why mandatory military service makes sense for some countries but not others
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How to get more people into military uniforms
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What to read about India’s economy: Can it emulate China’s past manufacturing success—and should it even try?
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What to read about India’s economy
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Would you really die for your country?: Military conscription is on the agenda in the rich world
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Would you really die for your country?
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The dark side of growing old: A coming wave of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia will test China to its limits
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The dark side of growing old
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Citigroup, Wall Street’s biggest loser, is at last on the up: Jane Fraser’s unexpected success
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Citigroup, Wall Street’s biggest loser, is at last on the up
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UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after two years of challenges
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UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after two ...
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Truth Social is a mind-bending win for Donald Trump: And disturbing evidence of how he destabilises reality for Americans
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Truth Social is a mind-bending win for Donald Trump
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On its 150th anniversary, Impressionism is surprisingly relevant: What the once-derided movement reveals about art today
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On its 150th anniversary, Impressionism is surprisingly relevant
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New temporary leader of West Northants Council speaks out following resignation of former leader Jonathan Nunn
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New temporary leader of West Northants Council speaks out following ...
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Why do cicadas have such a strange life cycle?: Two broods will soon emerge simultaneously for the first time in 221 years
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Why do cicadas have such a strange life cycle?
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Käthe Kollwitz, a pioneering German artist, finally gets her due: Major exhibitions in Frankfurt and New York showcase her portrayals of the scars of war
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Käthe Kollwitz, a pioneering German artist, finally gets her due
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How the Chinese state is hollowing out religion in Xinjiang: Our weekly podcast on China. This week our co-host travels to Xinjiang during Ramadan to see the ...
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How the Chinese state is hollowing out religion in Xinjiang
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How Hollywood fell in love with video games: “Fallout” is the latest in a successful run of adaptations
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How Hollywood fell in love with video games
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay: Expensive oil could put Donald Trump in the White House
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Even without war in the Gulf, pricier petrol is here to stay
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich: Millennials were poorer at this stage in their lives. So were baby-boomers
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Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election: More than 60 are Conservatives and they include former prime minister Theresa May.
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100 MPs to stand down at the next general election
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Desmond Shum on how Xi Jinping beat down China’s red aristocrats: It took one of their own to do it, says the businessman and author
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Desmond Shum on how Xi Jinping beat down China’s red aristocrats
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Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia: Its superdrones can reach targets as far away as Siberia
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Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia
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Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death: During covid-19 a preacher lured thousands of people into a remote forest. Then he told them to stop eating
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Inside the Kenyan cult that starved itself to death
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Everything seems to be going wrong for Rishi Sunak: With just two weeks until local elections that will likely go badly for his governing Conservative Party ...
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Everything seems to be going wrong for Rishi Sunak
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?: The fund will freeze out China if that is what it takes to offer relief
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Can the IMF solve the poor world’s debt crisis?
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Why growing student protests at American universities could be bad for Biden: Also on the daily podcast: Brexit regret and whale-detection technology
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Why growing student protests at American universities could be bad for ...
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The Rwanda policy isn’t the answer to the Tories’ electoral woes: Rwanda has become something far bigger than policy for the Tories and there is a risk that it ...
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The Rwanda policy isn’t the answer to the Tories’ electoral woes
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Inside the battle to oust Sunak: hardcore anti-Sunak plotters haven’t given up yet
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Inside the battle to oust Sunak: hardcore anti-Sunak plotters haven’t ...
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What to read to understand Chechnya: Four books and a film that unpack an influential region of Russia
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What to read to understand Chechnya
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Tensions mount between China and the Philippines : The latest incident was just inside the “nine-dash line”
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Tensions mount between China and the Philippines
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How American politics has infected investing: Beware: taking a stand can be expensive
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How American politics has infected investing
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Mark Menzies to Stand Down as MP in Fresh Blow to Sunak's Tories: A Conservative lawmaker facing misconduct allegations said he’ll stand down as a Member of ...
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Mark Menzies to Stand Down as MP in Fresh Blow to Sunak's Tories
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Will Spain’s prime minister suddenly quit?: Pedro Sánchez stunned Spain with a promise to announce plans on April 29th
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Will Spain’s prime minister suddenly quit?
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As Russia’s attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support: An interview with the country’s new national security chief
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As Russia’s attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support
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The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss: It is time for Xi Jinping to accept that Germany isn’t America’s puppet
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The German chancellor’s awkward meeting with China’s boss
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China is talking to Taiwan’s next leader, just not directly: Officials in Beijing want the island’s new president to be more like one from the past
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China is talking to Taiwan’s next leader, just not directly
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Some of the top mundane anecdotes from Liz Truss's book: Liz Truss's new book Ten Years to Save the West features some brilliantly mundane anecdotes - here ...
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Some of the top mundane anecdotes from Liz Truss's book
Quick Glance: Liz Truss: From Premiership to Resignation in 49 Days
  • Liz Truss became Prime Minister and resigned after just 49 days, despite her husband's prediction that 'it would all end in tears'.

  • Truss assumed office on September 6, 2022, succeeding Boris Johnson, but faced early challenges and personal struggles.

  • Despite implementing economic measures and facing political turbulence, Truss resigned after a mini-budget led to a pensions crisis.

  • She reflects on her failed tenure, attributing blame to structural issues and drawing parallels to the controversial football manager Brian Clough.
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change narrative on tax controversy: Angela Rayner usually relishes standing in for Keir Starmer at PMQs when the Prime ...
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change narrative on tax ...