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British Conservatives set to go for top job if Johnson falls

FILE – Liz Truss, Britain’s Foreign Secretary, leaves 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting held ahead of the Budget being delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in London, Oct. 27, 2021. Revelations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff partied while Britain was in a coronavirus lockdown have provoked public

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Africa calls for permanent representation at UN Security Council

By Anadolu Agency Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to enact reforms that would give Africa permanent representation there. Opening a meeting in the capital Kampala attended by officials representing 10 African Union member states, Museveni said the 1.3 billion people on the African continent deserve representation on the Security

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UAE is trying hard to influence the elections in Somalia

UAE uses ‘humanitarian diplomacy’ to mend fences with Somalia Diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been at their lowest point since 2018, when Somalia accused the small Gulf country of interfering in its internal affairs and instigating chaos. According to Anadolu Agency reported. In 2018, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security

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Ministers accused of intimidating MPs who oppose Boris Johnson

In this photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s first coronavirus lockdown, but brushed aside opposition demands that he resign for breaching the rules his own

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Slamming ‘hostile’ US, North Korea hints at restarting nuclear, missile tests

By Anadolu Agency Denouncing Washington’s “hostile policy and military threats,” North Korea has said it will consider resuming “all temporally-suspended” defense activities to bolster its defenses against the US. The announcement made by Kim Jong Un during a Politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Wednesday apparently referred to Pyongyang’s self-imposed moratorium since 2017

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UK Conservative lawmaker accuses government of intimidation, blackmail

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on as he leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley By Reuters LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to “blackmail” those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson

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China says it warned away U.S. warship in South China Sea

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region, transits the Philippine Sea, June 14, 2018. Sarah Myers/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters Chinese forces followed and warned away a U.S. warship which entered waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the country’s military

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UK PM Johnson faces growing pressure to resign

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Finchley Memorial Hospital, an NHS (National Health Service) community hospital, in North London, Britain January 18, 2022. Ian Vogler/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Wednesday amid a revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over a

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Ukraine receives shipment of anti-tank weapons from UK

UK supplies light, anti-armor defensive weapon systems to Ukraine By Anadolu Agency Ukraine has received lightweight anti-tank defensive weapons systems from the UK as part of international technical assistance, the country’s Defense Ministry said late Tuesday. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoliy Petrenko said the weapons will only be used for defense purposes, the ministry said

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Under-fire Boris Johnson denies lying about lockdown parties

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a visit to Finchley Memorial Hospital, in North London, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (Ian Vogler, Pool Photo via AP) Associated Press By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday denied misleading Parliament about lockdown-breaching parties, and confirmed he has given an account

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