LEEDS, United Kingdom -- British Conservatives Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss Thursday underwent their first grilling in front of party members as they wage a bitter duel to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Contender to become the country's next Prime minister and leader of the Conservative party...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Rishi Sunak on Sunday promised to get tough on China if he becomes Britain's next prime minister, calling the Asian superpower the "number one threat" to domestic and global security. The former finance minister's pledge comes after his rival in the final two of the race...
ROME, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after efforts to bring the country's fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring the hard right to power. Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi looks on during the debate on government...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- Liz Truss, the favourite to become Britain's next prime minister, on Thursday criticised rival Rishi Sunak over his tax policies while finance minister as the pair kicked off six weeks of campaigning. This combination of pictures created on July 12, 2022 shows Britain's...
LONDON, United Kingdom -- The final two candidates to become UK prime minister will be decided Wednesday, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Penny Mordaunt battling it out with frontrunner Rishi Sunak. This combination of file pictures created on July 18, 2022 shows, from Left, Britain's...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a resolution expressing profound sympathy and sincere condolences on the passing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated at a political rally in Japan earlier this month. Sen. Lito Lapid Lapid filed the resolution last July 12,...
The world reeled from the shock of the news of the assassination, and after a few hours, the passing of former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He was 67. It was indeed a shock as gun violence is rare in Japan and the manner the crime was done was an aberration in a society that reveres its elders....
Malacañang is one with the international community in praying for the speedy recovery of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who was shot in Nara, Japan, on Friday. A file photo of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo during his visit to the Philippines for the 31st Association of...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday it is praying for the early recovery of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe after reportedly being shot at. In a separate statement, DFA Sec. Enrique Manalo also said "it is with great shock and dismay" that he learned of Abe's supposed...
Japan’s financial support to the Philippines during the Duterte administration’s nation-building programs surpassed the amount committed by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe five-years ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. According to the DOF, Japan, the Philippines’ biggest...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Monday, after he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Bennett, who met Blinken in Jerusalem on Sunday on the sidelines of a "historic summit" of Israeli and Arab diplomats, "is...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Ireland's prime minister Micheal Martin tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, the country's ambassador to the United States said, forcing him to leave a gala event attended by Joe Biden. Martin, who holds the position known as the Taoiseach in Ireland, is in...
