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Rishi Sunak, 42-year-old former treasury chief, is favorite for the job. — courtesy photo
Sunak favorite to be named new UK PM as Boris Johnson bounces back
LONDON — The race to be the UK’s next prime minister began in earnest on Friday, with some senior government ministers throwing their support behind Boris Johnson.Following Liz Truss’s resignation, Johnson reportedly cut short his holiday in the Caribbean Saturday — in a bid to sound out colleagues and assess whether he has enough support to win the Conservative party leadership contest.Business Secretary and Johnson-loyalist Jacob Rees-Mogg were among the dozens of Tory MPs to come out in support of Johnson, with many allies posting on Twitter #BackBoris.Those seeking to replace Truss — now the shortest-serving PM in UK history — must secure 100 nominations from Conservative MPs by Monday afternoon.Should just one contender achieve this feat, they will be named PM the very...
October 22, 2022

Sunak favorite to be named new UK PM as Boris Johnson bounces back

Ex British Premier Liz Truss during a recent interview at 10 Downing Street.
Calls for Truss not to take yearly £115,000 as ex-prime minister
LONDON — Sir Keir Starmer has called on Liz Truss not to claim an allowance of up to £115,000 a year that she would be entitled to after resigning as prime minister.Truss announced her resignation from the lectern outside No 10 on Thursday after just 45 days in the job.It means she will now be able to claim the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA), currently set at £115,000, to which all former prime ministers are entitled.But the Labour leader said she had “not earned the right” to the allowance.Former prime ministers are able to draw on the PDCA for any costs that arise as a result of public duties.But Sir Keir, speaking to the BBC, said: “She shouldn’t take that entitlement. After 44 days she has not earned the right to that entitlement, she should turn it down.”Liberal...
October 22, 2022

Calls for Truss not to take yearly £115,000 as ex-prime minister

The colors of Ukraine’s flag painted in the parking space outside home of Russian Consul General, Turku, Finland. — courtesy Ellen Into
Russian diplomats trolled with parking space in Ukrainian colors
HELSINKI — Russian diplomats in the Finnish city of Turku can see reminders of Ukraine everywhere they go, at work or at home.A prominent bridge in Turku, which is on Finland’s southwest coast, has been lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag since shortly after the Russian invasion.Meanwhile, a local man hoisted a Ukrainian flag up a tree right next to the Russian Consulate General.But now two Finns have taken the trolling to a whole new level by painting the personal parking space of Russia’s Consul General blue and yellow, right outside the apartment building where he lives — so the senior diplomat has no option but to see it when he drives to work each day.Turku authorities have allowed the coloring to remain.Armed with buckets of paint and some rollers, Jarno Virtala put on...
October 22, 2022

Russian diplomats trolled with parking space in Ukrainian colors

RMT union members picket outside Victoria train station in this June 21 file photo.
Cost of living protests and strikes across Europe might spell political trouble
LONDON — Across Europe, soaring inflation is behind a wave of protests and strikes that underscores growing discontent with the spiraling cost of living and threatens to unleash political turmoil.In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice their dismay. People across France took to the streets to demand pay increases that keep pace with inflation.Czech demonstrators rallied against the government’s handling of the energy crisis. British railway staff and German pilots held strikes to push for better pay as prices rose.With British Prime Minister Liz Truss forced to resign less than two months into the job after her economic plans sparked chaos in financial markets and further bruised an ailing economy, the risk to political leaders became clearer as people demand...
October 22, 2022

Cost of living protests and strikes across Europe might spell political trouble

With the Sakharov Prize, MEPs paid tribute to Ukraine’s courageous resistance against Russia’s invasion. — courtesy Twitter
MEPs award Ukraine’s ‘brave people’ and President Zelensky with top human rights prize
BRUSSELS — The “brave people” of Ukraine defending their country against Russia’s relentless invasion have been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the European Union’s highest tribute to human rights defenders.The award is given every year by the European Parliament and comes with a €50,000 endowment.MEPs paid tribute to Ukrainians’ daily fight to protect their country’s independence and uphold the values of freedom and democracy in the face of Russia’s “unprovoked war of aggression.”“They are standing up for what they believe in. Fighting for our values. Risking their lives for us,” European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said on Wednesday afternoon, while unveiling the winner. “No one is more deserving.”On behalf of the Ukrainian...
October 19, 2022

MEPs award Ukraine’s ‘brave people’ and President Zelensky with top human rights prize

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in this file photo.
Berlusconi ‘rekindled’ friendship with Putin and exchanged ‘sweet letters’ amid Ukraine war
ROME — A controversy is brewing in Italy over a leaked recording in which former prime minister and recently-elected Senator Silvio Berlusconi claims to have “rekindled” ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin.The audio was allegedly taken from a meeting in which Berlusconi was talking to his party’s new parliamentarians.The controversial ex-premier — nicknamed ‘il Cavaliere’ (“the Knight”) — currently leads the Forza Italia party, which is part of the Giorgia Meloni-led right-wing coalition that emerged victorious in the country’s snap general election on Sept. 25.“Russian ministers have said on several occasions that we are at war with them because we are providing arms and funding to Ukraine,” Berlusconi reportedly said.“I can’t personally give my...
October 19, 2022

Berlusconi ‘rekindled’ friendship with Putin and exchanged ‘sweet letters’ amid Ukraine war

Josep Borrell said Europe was a “garden” because it had replaced war with lasting peace and cooperation. — courtesy European Union.
Borrell apologizes for controversial ‘garden vs jungle’ metaphor but stands his ground
BRUSSELS — After days of mounting international backlash, Josep Borrell, the European Union’s outspoken foreign policy chief, has apologized for his controversial remarks in which he described Europe as an idyllic “garden” of prosperity and the rest of the world as mostly a “jungle.”“Some have misinterpreted the metaphor as ‘colonial Euro-centrism’,” Borrell wrote in a blog post on Tuesday evening. “I am sorry if some have felt offended.”But he did not reject the figure of speech and instead doubled down on it, arguing the term jungle is an apt illustration of the lawlessness and disorder that currently rule world politics.“My reference to ‘jungle’ has no racist, cultural or geographical connotation,” the diplomat said. “Unfortunately, the ‘jungle’ is...
October 19, 2022

Borrell apologizes for controversial ‘garden vs jungle’ metaphor but stands his ground

File photo of a floating powership. Turkey’s powership company Karpowership said it’s discussing supplying its floating power plants to 4 European countries. — courtesy photo Karpowership
Could floating ‘powerships’ save Europe from its energy crisis this winter?
BRUSSELS — Europeans have been lulled by unusually warm temperatures this October, which have allowed them to postpone the dreaded day they’ll have to turn the heating on and face higher energy bills than they have seen in decades.But a dark winter is looming over Europe, as soaring energy prices and shortages cast doubt over whether countries will be able to keep the light on — and homes heated — in the coming months.Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Europe is now doubling down on emergency infrastructure that would allow it to face the scary times ahead, including a more novel solution — so-called “powerships”.Massive floating power plants, which look exactly like average land power stations besides the fact that they’re sailing on the ocean, powerships...
October 19, 2022

Could floating ‘powerships’ save Europe from its energy crisis this winter?

Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom in this file photo
Sweden ditches ‘feminist foreign policy’
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s new foreign minister has ditched its pioneering “feminist foreign policy”, saying the label has become more important than its content.But Tobias Billstrom said, “We will always stand for gender equality”.The previous left-wing government launched the policy in 2014, becoming the first in the world to put gender equality at the heart of its dealings with other nations.The self-labeled “feminist government” had ruffled feathers globally.Billstrom announced the radical policy shift moments after Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristerrson, presented his new government appointments on Tuesday.“Gender equality is a core value for Sweden and this government, but we will not conduct a feminist foreign policy,” he said.“Because labels on things have a...
October 19, 2022

Sweden ditches ‘feminist foreign policy’

Lola’s body was found hours after she was killed in the 19th district of northeastern Paris
Killing of Lola, 12, sparks immigration row in France
PARIS — Grief and outrage in France over the murder of a 12-year-old girl found dumped in a plastic trunk in Paris has turned into a political row over the migrant status of the suspect.Lola’s body was found last Friday in a courtyard outside the apartment block where she lived.A 24-year-old woman has been remanded in custody on suspicion of murder, rape as well as acts of torture.It has also emerged she is an Algerian immigrant under orders to leave France.Shortly after President Emmanuel Macron met the murdered girl’s parents at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday and promised his full support, political opponents on the right and far right accused the government of failing the family.During an animated session in the National Assembly, Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally...
October 19, 2022

Killing of Lola, 12, sparks immigration row in France

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