LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Ben Wallace, the secretary of defence, has declared his backing for Liz Truss, a cabinet colleague, in the race for Tory leadership. Ms. Truss was characterised by Mr. Wallace as “authentic, honest, and experienced.” He also said
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – This is how the eurozone economy performed in the first full quarter after the Ukraine war increased energy prices and disrupted supply lines. France’s economy shows 0.5% growth, avoids recession By resuming growth in April through June,
PYONGYANG (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, has stated that his country is prepared to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent. Speaking at an anniversary of the Korean War, Mr. Kim also said that the nation was totally
DAMASCUS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Activists and local media said conflicts between armed citizens and gangs and the government security services resulted in at least 17 deaths and scores of injuries in Sweida, the southern Syrian province. The Syrian Observatory for Human
MANILA (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In the northern Philippines, a powerful earthquake caused the death of at least two people and about a dozen of injuries. The earthquake also caused small landslides, wrecked churches and buildings, and frightened many in the capital
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In defiance of party leader Sir Keir Starmer, Labour’s shadow transport minister joined picketing rail employees. Sam Tarry told the BBC that he was supporting the travelling public and the transport employees who were on strike. Any
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, accused Moscow of starting a “gas war” after the state-owned energy company Gazprom announced a sharp reduction in gas supply through its main pipeline to Europe starting on Wednesday. Due to
WASHINGTON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After the execution of four pro-democracy activists by the military junta, the US has pushed China to exert further pressure on Myanmar. Ned Price, a spokesman for the State Department, asserted that China had the most potential
JERUSALEM (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In a rare street demonstration against the Palestinian Authority’s “rule by decree,” hundreds of Palestinian lawyers in the occupied West Bank denounced President Mahmoud Abbas for running the country without a parliament. Since 2007, the Palestinian Legislative
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to a committee of MPs, ministers must provide greater cost-of-living assistance payments as energy costs are predicted to increase even further this winter. They claimed that financial assistance for the poor and vulnerable needed to be
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After Rishi Sunak was blamed for “mansplaining” to Liz Truss during their first head-to-head TV discussion, the blue on blue attacks intensified. Ms Truss sought to explain her tax-cutting proposals to the BBC audience of Tory members,
WASHINGTON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – During a visit to the Indo-Pacific, including a stop in Indonesia, the top military official of the United States stated that the Chinese military has grown substantially more dangerous and aggressive over the previous five years. The
