By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Jim Bolger, New Zealand’s prime minister from 1990 to 1997 who helped usher in a new era of reconciliation with indigenous Maori, died on Wednesday aged 90, his family said in a statement. Bolger had suffered kidney failure last year and had been undergoing dialysis. He died surrounded by his…
By Gabriel Stargardter and Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -Reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu on Saturday urged France’s political parties to work together to put an end to the “ridiculous spectacle” seen in recent days, as he faces a Monday deadline to present a budget. President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to reappoint Lecornu has enraged some of…
TOKYO (AP) — In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democrats, and likely next prime minister, is an ultra-conservative star of a male-dominated party that critics call an obstacle to women’s advancement. Sanae Takaichi, 64. admires former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and is a…
Published on: Sept 10, 2025 01:43 am IST ‘Qatar… reserves the right to respond to this blatant attack,’ Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said. Qatar’s prime minister warned his country reserved the right to respond to Israel’s deadly attack on Hamas in Doha on Tuesday, calling it a “pivotal moment” for the region….
PRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis was hospitalized Monday after he was attacked by a man with a walking stick at a rally ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections. The assault happened in the town of Dobra in eastern Czech Republic. Police said they immediately detained the assailant and were investigating…
FOR THE third time in little over a year, France looks likely to lose its prime minister. François Bayrou’s decision on August 25th to put his government’s survival on the line with a vote of confidence on September 8th was as unexpected as it was risky. The centrist prime minister runs a minority government in…
PGIM Fixed Income Global Investment Strategist Guillermo Felices tells Bloomberg Television that the spike in French bond yields could create tactical opportunities because the European macro backdrop overall is “quite decent.” The yield spread between French and German bonds considered a key measure of risk widened to as much as 79 basis points on Tuesday…
LONDON — London police said Sunday that 532 people were arrested the previous day when supporters of a pro-Palestinian group recently outlawed as a terrorist organization intentionally broke the law to test the government’s ability to enforce the ban. The Metropolitan Police Service released the updated figures as a separate group of protesters, demanding the immediate release…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have agreed the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel should be resolved by “diplomacy and dialogue”. UK PM Keir Starmer met US President Donald Trump at the White House.(AP file) The two leaders spoke on Friday evening, as western nations began a diplomatic flurry to…