LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After beating Rishi Sunak in the fiercely contested Conservative leadership race, Liz Truss will take office as Britain’s next prime minister. The foreign secretary won 81,326 votes against the former chancellor who got 60,399 votes. The country
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to new regulations introduced in response to fears that bitcoin and other cryptoassets are being used to get over restrictions put in place in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cryptocurrency exchanges must notify suspected sanctions
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – It’s suddenly a new period with a new prime minister, a new Cabinet, a new plan to deal with the variety of problems filling Whitehall’s in-trays, and a new round of parliamentary skirmishes. Find out what is
TAIPEI (Parliament Politics Magazine) – As tensions between the US and China over Taiwan’s status rise, the US government has confirmed a $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan. The state department informed, the sale comprised $85 million for Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and
MOSCOW (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Concerns over energy supply this winter have increased as a result of Russia’s main gas pipeline to Europe not reopening as scheduled on Saturday. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline may be closed indefinitely after the state-owned energy
ANKARA (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, threatened military action and warned that Greece would pay a “heavy price” if it persisted in harassing Turkish fighter jets over the Aegean. Long-standing maritime and aerial boundary disputes between the two
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Because of concerns over plans to shut down the BBC News channel, corporation journalists may go on strike during the BBC’s centenary celebrations. The plan to combine the UK’s rolling news TV channel and BBC World News,
BUENOS AIRES (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The vice-president of Argentina narrowly escaped being shot dead when the gunman’s gun jammed as he was aiming at her. Video captures the moment Cristina Fernández de Kirchner came face to face with the loaded weapon
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Despite sexual misconduct allegations, a top Number 10 assistant and a cabinet minister are at the centre of Boris Johnson’s administration, Sky News’ investigation has found. Testimony of two women has been released by Sky News, giving
MOSCOW (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Due to apparently needing repairs, Russia has completely stopped the gas supply to Europe through a major pipeline. Gazprom, the Russian state-owned oil company, stated that there was a three day restriction on the Nord Stream 1
WASHINGTON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Nvidia, a company that designs computer chips, claimed that US officials ordered it to cease shipping two of the best computing chips for artificial intelligence work to China. This action might seriously impair Chinese companies’ capacity to
COLOMBO (Parliament Politics Magazine) – To aid the nation in overcoming its greatest economic crisis since becoming independent from Britain in 1948, Sri Lanka has received a preliminary loan offer from the International Monetary Fund of $2.9 billion (£2.5 billion). The money