New UK PM vows to ‘rebuild Britain’ after election win

New UK PM vows to ‘rebuild Britain’ after election win

Head of state King Charles III asked Starmer to form a government during a meeting at Buckingham Palace, officially appointing the 61-year-old former human rights lawyer as PM. Flag-waving crowds of cheering Labour activists lined Downing Street as Starmer arrived as the party’s first Prime Minister since Gordon Brown in 2010. “Now, our country has…

UK poll: Sunak apologises to Britons, to step down as PM

UK poll: Sunak apologises to Britons, to step down as PM

Rishi Sunak on Friday apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the United Kingdom general election, and said he would step down as party leader. The 44-year-old former financier gambled on going to the country six months before he had to, hoping that better economic data would swing public support…

Keir Starmer officially appointed UK Prime Minister

Keir Starmer officially appointed UK Prime Minister

Britain’s head of state King Charles III officially appointed Labour leader Keir Starmer as Prime Minister on Friday during an audience at Buckingham Palace. A photograph released by the palace showed the monarch shaking hands with Starmer, whose party won a landslide election victory. The king earlier accepted the resignation of Conservative leader Rishi Sunak….

US presidential debates over the years: gaffes, chaos, scandals

US presidential debates over the years: gaffes, chaos, scandals

From Gerald Ford’s catastrophic Soviet gaffe to Ronald Reagan’s witty remark about his age and Joe Biden asking Donald Trump to “shut up,” US presidential debates have been funny, vicious and everything in between. Here are some of the most memorable moments from more than 60 years of modern American debates. Kennedy – Nixon, September…

Spain joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

Spain joins South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

<!– tmc_ads_send({ “data-tmc-application”: “240527QJBmDrni”, “data-tmc-seat”: “240527FGR657jX” }) –> Spain said on Thursday that it will join South Africa’s case at the UN’s top court in which Pretoria has accused Israel of “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. “Our sole goal is to put an end to the war and to advance on the road of applying…