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Liz Truss during a Tory hustings event in London
Liz Truss — From teenage Lib Dem to Tory PM
LONDON — Liz Truss is to become the UK's next prime minister after winning the contest to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader. But where did she come from and what makes her tick?A Remain supporter who has become the darling of the Brexit-backing Conservative right wing.A former Liberal Democrat activist, who marched against Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, but who now claims to be the keeper of the Thatcherite flame.It is fair to say that Mary Elizabeth Truss has been on a political journey.She may not be a household name like her predecessor at Number 10 - and she was not the first choice of Tory MPs to replace Boris Johnson.But her promise to return to fundamental Conservative values - cutting taxes and shrinking the state - proved to be exactly what party members,...
September 06, 2022

Liz Truss — From teenage Lib Dem to Tory PM

Russian operators firing missiles during the Ukraine conflict.
Ukraine war: North Korea supplying Russia with weapons, say US reports
WASHINGTON — Russia has been forced to buy military hardware from North Korea as sanctions squeeze Moscow's ability to supply its military, US media have reported.According to declassified intelligence obtained by the New York Times, Russia has bought millions of artillery shells and rockets from Pyongyang.A US official said Russia would be forced to buy additional North Korean weaponry as the war dragged on.Last week, Moscow reportedly received its first order of new Iranian drones.Iran and North Korea, both the targets of significant Western sanctions, have sought to deepen ties with Russia since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February.Kim Jong-un's regime has blamed the US for the conflict and accused the West of pursuing a "hegemonic...
September 06, 2022

Ukraine war: North Korea supplying Russia with weapons, say US reports

Ukraine says this shows its soldiers hoisting the flag over Vysokopillya, in the Kherson region, on Sunday.
Ukraine war: Russia postpones 'referendum' in occupied region
KYIV — The Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson have postponed a so-called referendum on joining Russia, on security grounds."This is being paused because of the security situation," said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-appointed administration there.He said heavy Ukrainian shelling had made a key Kherson bridge impassable.Ukraine and its Western allies have denounced the referendum plans in Kherson and other areas as illegal.Meanwhile, Ukraine says its forces have recaptured Vysokopillya, a small town some 167km (104 miles) north of central Kherson.That gain - not verified independently - is part of a counter-offensive in the south launched by the Ukrainian army last week.A photo shows soldiers apparently raising the Ukrainian...
September 06, 2022

Ukraine war: Russia postpones 'referendum' in occupied region

Prince Harry accompanied Meghan to the speech in Manchester.
Meghan shares her self-doubt with young audience
MANCHESTER — In her first speech in the UK since stepping down as a "working royal", the Duchess of Sussex told a young audience of her own struggle for self-belief.Meghan recalled her nervousness at the same One Young World summit eight years ago and having a "pinch-me moment, where you just go: 'How am I here?'"She described her sense of self-doubt at being alongside world leaders when: "I was the girl from Suits."Prince Harry accompanied her at the youth summit in Manchester.This was the first visit to the UK by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and the first public address in the UK by Meghan since the couple's move to the United States.It's also a visit that follows a strongly-divided reaction to an...
September 06, 2022

Meghan shares her self-doubt with young audience

Instagram fined €405m over children's data privacy
DUBLIN — Irish regulators have fined Instagram €405m for violating children's privacy.The long-running complaint concerned children's data - particularly their phone numbers and email addresses.Some reportedly upgraded to business accounts to access analytics tools such as profile visits, without realizing this made more of their data public.Instagram's owner, Meta, said it planned to appeal against the decision. It is the third fine handed to the company by the regulator."We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of €405m [£349m]," Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) said.A Meta official told BBC News: "This inquiry focused on old settings that we updated over a year ago and we've since released many new...
September 06, 2022

Instagram fined €405m over children's data privacy

Liz Truss promised to deliver a Tory victory at the next general election.
Liz Truss vows energy crisis action ahead of first day as PM
LONDON — Liz Truss has promised to deal with surging energy costs and to cut taxes, after she won the Tory leadership contest to become the next PM.Her plan, set to be announced on Thursday, is likely to include a freeze on energy bills - though precisely how it would work is still unclear.Ms Truss will be formally appointed by the Queen at Balmoral Castle later, after a final speech by Boris Johnson.The 47-year-old, the UK's third woman PM, will then appoint her cabinet.In her victory speech, Ms Truss promised a "bold" program of tax cuts to grow the flagging economy and to prevent the UK tipping into recession.She will officially take the reins of power on Tuesday, bringing Johnson's turbulent premiership to an end less than three years after the Conservatives'...
September 06, 2022

Liz Truss vows energy crisis action ahead of first day as PM

Ivan Safronov seen in this file photo. — courtesy Twitter
Russian journalist Safronov jailed for 22 years on treason charges
MOSCOW — A Russian investigative journalist has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on charges of "high treason".Ivan Safronov was found guilty of passing Russian military secrets to Czech intelligence. He has rejected the allegations.Safronov worked as a journalist for a decade, covering military and security issues for the leading Russian business daily Kommersant, before becoming an adviser to the head of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos in May 2020.He states that he has collected information from open sources in the course of his work and did nothing illegal.Roscosmos has also said that Safronov didn’t have access to state secrets and says that the charges didn’t relate to his work.The former journalist had also rejected an offer from prosecutors to confess and...
September 05, 2022

Russian journalist Safronov jailed for 22 years on treason charges

Sweden, Sifo poll: S-S&D: 29%; SD-ECR: 19% (-1); M-EPP: 18% ( 1); V-LEFT: 8% ( 1); C-RE: 8%; KD-EPP: 6% (-1); L-RE: 6% and MP-G/EFA: 5%.
Social Democrats facing strong challenge in Sweden election
STOCKHOLM — The political race to form the next Swedish government couldn't be any tighter. With a general election coming up next Sunday (Sept. 11) the left-wing Social Democrats, who have been the dominant party at every election for the last hundred years, are facing a strong challenge from right-wing parties.Incumbent Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson could well be in a position to try and form the next government: if her party wins the most seats and looks capable of forming a stable coalition bloc with other left and centrist parties.But a right-wing coalition government led by either the traditionally biggest conservative party the Moderates, or by the surging far-right party the Sweden Democrats could also be called to form the next coalition.With Andersson enjoying much...
September 05, 2022

Social Democrats facing strong challenge in Sweden election

Liz Truss
Liz Truss to be the UK's next prime minister
LONDON — Liz Truss will become the UK's next prime minister.She beat off competition from former finance minister Rishi Sunak to become the leader of the ruling Conservative Party.It comes after the resignation of Boris Johnson triggered a leadership contest, following a string of scandals surrounding him and his government.Truss and Sunak were the most popular candidates among Conservative Party MPs.The pair were then put forward to the party's members to choose who will be the next party leader, and, prime minister.Truss won 81,326 of the votes and Sunak 60,399, Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 backbench committee, announced on Monday.Truss had long been considered the frontrunner in the race. After voting closed on Friday, Truss pledged to act within a week to tackle soaring...
September 05, 2022

Liz Truss to be the UK's next prime minister

Long classified top secret under the Soviet era, the Kamchatka region is slowly opening up to visitors and unveiling its geysers and volcanoes.
Rescuers search for survivors after eight die while trying to climb Russian volcano
MOSCOW — Rescuers are trying to reach survivors of a climbing expedition on Eurasia's highest volcano that has already claimed eight lives as of Monday, local authorities say.The deceased were part of a group of 12 individuals, including two guides, who have been climbing Klyuchevskaya Sopka in the northeastern Kamchatka peninsula region of Russia since August 30, Russian state news agency, RIA Novosti, said.At 4,750 meters (15,580 feet), Klyuchevskaya Sopka is one of the world's highest active volcanos.Russia's Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief told state media a rescue group is climbing to reach the survivors, who are split between their camp at around 3,300 meters (10,826 feet) and somewhere on the volcano at an altitude of more than 4,150 meters...
September 05, 2022

Rescuers search for survivors after eight die while trying to climb Russian volcano

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