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Fri, 21 Oct 2022 18:30:20 +1100
Liz Truss resigns as British Prime Minister
Liz Truss has resigned as British Prime Minister after weeks of economic turmoil.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:57:32 +1100
Britain urgently needs fresh, competent leadership
Liz Truss was right to quit her job as British prime minister rather than subject the nation to further political flux.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:55:31 +1100
Teen chess grandmaster files $100m lawsuit over cheating allegations
American Hans Niemann is suing world champion Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com. He claims they are “colluding to blacklist” him from the professional chess world.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:44:45 +1100
Spacey found not liable in his civil abuse trial
Actor Kevin Spacey has been found not liable in his civil abuse trial against fellow actor Anthony Rapp.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:42:07 +1100
Liz Truss: 44 days in office
In one of the most controversial tenures of all time, British Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned after only 44 days in office.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:39:36 +1100
Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister
Liz Truss has become the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history after resigning overnight.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:37:13 +1100
Campaign to bring back Boris Johnson threatens to derail replacement of Liz Truss as British PM
Rishi Sunak has emerged as the early favourite to become Britain’s next PM after Liz Truss resigned. But the race now threatens to be overshadowed by a campaign to bring back Boris Johnson.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:46:12 +1100
The forces that finished Truss were the markets, not the people
There are lessons for centre-right politics in Australia in the British prime minister’s spectacular fall.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:36:22 +1100
Stickers, no sausages, and a big say in US politics: Midterms in Georgia heat up
Georgia is home to two of the most critical races in the US. One could shift the balance of power in the US Senate, the other could hold the key to victory in 2024.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:50:21 +1100
US eyes security review for Elon Musk’s businesses, including Starlink
Musk, the world’s richest person, has taken to Twitter in recent weeks to announce proposals to end Russia’s war and threaten to cut financial support for Starlink internet in Ukraine.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 12:08:06 +1100
Can Boris Johnson really be Britain’s prime minister again?
If he can convince colleagues he can win his own seat back and theirs, too, then the self-appointed “world king” may be poised to become the king of comebacks.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:31:54 +1100
The lettuce wins, outlasting Liz Truss
To be compared directly to lettuce was one of many indicators that Truss had a nightmare turn as Britain’s leader.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:44:42 +1100
Tory troubles: A brief timeline of UK political upheavals
It is a British cliché that a week is a long time in politics. Liz Truss proved it true on Thursday when she became the shortest-serving British prime minister in history.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 10:00:03 +1100
Kennedy grandson ‘willing to die’ fighting against Putin’s forces in Ukraine
Kennedy, who has returned from Ukraine, said he kept his presence there secret because he did not want his family to worry.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:10:54 +1100
Iranians in Crimea are helping Russia target Ukraine with drones, White House says
The disclosure marked a fresh point of tension between the US States and Iran, whose crackdown on protesters has been condemned by President Joe Biden.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +1100
The Arctic ice between Russia and the US is melting. What’s at stake at the top of the world?
Russia’s northern fleet is on high alert and NATO is stepping up its presence in the Arctic. Why is it a hotspot? And how could this Very Cold ‘War’ play out?

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:15:27 +1100
‘Operation Fox Hunt’: Seven charged in alleged plot to repatriate US resident to China
The lead defendant is accused of working at the behest of China’s Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to harass and intimidate a Chinese man and his son living in the US.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:11:34 +1100
Even after Truss’ resignation, it’s not clear Tories have learnt a lesson
The past six weeks have been not so much a cautionary tale as much as a textbook example of what happens when political ideologues are let off the leash.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 05:36:58 +1100
Who is running to be the next UK PM and how will they be chosen?
The next UK Prime Minister will be named next Friday.

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 04:53:45 +1100
US diplomat’s wife pleads guilty over crash that killed British teenager
Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a teenager by driving carelessly in England three years ago.



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