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Boris already at halfway point as momentum builds for sensational No 10 comeback
Date: 2022-10-20 22:45:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:9833557
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - More than 50 British MPs have already backed the ex-PM to make a return as the Tory leadership race kicks off, the Express newspaper reported. The momentum behind the campaign to bring back Boris Johnson as Prime Minister ....
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Biden recommits to close US-UK cooperation in response to Truss resignation
Date: 2022-10-20 20:58:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:9833231
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - US President Biden on Thursday reiterated his commitment to close cooperation between the United States and United Kingdom in response to the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, The Hill reported. “The ....
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I came into office at a time of great economic and int'l instability - Truss
Date: 2022-10-20 17:08:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:9832990
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss said in her resignation statement on Thursday that she came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. She added that families and businesses were worried about ....
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United States to help Ukraine restore infrastructure
Date: 2022-10-20 14:31:03 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:52 - ID:9832737
KYIV, Oct 20 (MENA) The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Commerce signed a Joint Statement on supporting Ukraine’s infrastructure resilience and restoration, Ukrinform News Agency reported on ....
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Liz Truss quits as prime minister
Date: 2022-10-20 12:52:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:9832757
LONDON, Oct 20 (MENA) - U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday following a failed tax-cutting budget that rocked financial markets and which led to a revolt within her own Conservative Party, the BBC reported. Truss said in a statement ....
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Overconsumption created three-fold planetary emergency of climate change: UN chief
Date: 2022-10-20 11:09:33 GMT - India - World - SN:36 - ID:9832406
NEW DELHI, Oct 20 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said overconsumption has resulted in a three-fold planetary emergency of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, and called for the need to treat the ....
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US says it has “abundant evidence” of Russia’s use of Iranian drones to strike Ukraine
Date: 2022-10-20 06:59:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9831876
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (MENA) - The United States has “abundant evidence” that Russia is using Iranian drones to strike Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. “The United States began warning in July that Iran was planning to transfer ....
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Liz Truss least popular PM on record, poll finds
Date: 2022-10-19 20:18:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:9831669
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is now viewed unfavourably by 80 per cent of voters, of which 62 per cent see her very unfavourably, a recent poll found. The Prime Minister received a net favourability rating of minus 70 on a ....
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Macron, UK PM discuss Ukraine
Date: 2022-10-19 17:10:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:9831452
LONDON, Oct 19 (MENA) - Prime Minister Liz Truss spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday. The leaders discussed their deep concern at Russia’s recent barbaric attacks on civilian areas in Ukraine. They agreed the UK and France will ....
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Cameroon youths see COP27 as key opporunity for promoting environmental efforts
Date: 2022-10-19 15:27:48 GMT - Cameroon - World - SN:49 - ID:9831152
YOUNDE, Oct 19 (MENA) - Local initiatives to restore lost forests are now sprouting across Cameroon, and some of them see COP27 as an opportunity to galvanise support for their work, according to Fair Planet organization. Mbingmboh, a small ....