LONDON — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar says he will step down as leader of the country soon as a successor is chosen. Varadkar announced Wednesday he is quitting immediately as head of the center-right Fine Gael party, part of Ireland’s coalition government. He’ll be replaced as prime minister after a party leadership contest. He … Read more
LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething was elected first minister of Wales on Wednesday, becoming the first Black leader of a government in the U.K. Gething was elected government leader by members of the Welsh parliament in Cardiff, four days after winning the contest to be leader of Wales’ governing Labour Party. He secured … Read more
Ukraine sympathizers carry placards and fly a Ukrainian flag outside the U.S. Capitol building as the Senate works through the weekend on a $95.3 billion foreign aid bill with assistance for Ukraine and Israel on February 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Roberto Schmidt | Getty Images Ukraine succeeding against Russia in the war has become … Read more
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar announced Wednesday his intention to resign, a move he acknowledged would be a “surprise to many people.” “This is as good a time as any” to step down, he said in a news conference, adding that his reasons for resigning were “both personal and political.” When Varadkar in 2017 assumed … Read more
Ireland’s Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in November. 2023. Victor Lochon | Gamma-rapho | Getty Images Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Wednesday announced that he will step down as soon as his Fine Gael party names a new leader. “When I became party leader and Taoiseach (prime minister) back in June 2017, I knew that … Read more
YEREVAN, Armenia — Armenia’s prime minister said Tuesday that the Caucasus nation needs to quickly define the border with neighboring Azerbaijan to avoid a new round of hostilities. Last year, Azerbaijan waged a lightning military campaign to reclaim the Karabakh region, ending three decades of ethnic Armenian separatists’ rule there. In December, the two sides … Read more
Workers assembles smartphones at Dixon Technologies factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India wants to be among the world’s top five semiconductor producers in the next five years, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, railways and communications. The chip industry “is a … Read more
There is zero chance, aides insist, of accessing the second floor. The upper reaches of Bangkok’s Venetian Gothic Government House are strictly for official work. Journalists (and even respectable guests) are only permitted to loiter among the watercolors and marble ornaments that adorn the ground-floor reception rooms. Everything above the grand staircase is strictly off-limits. … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian leaders scrambled Tuesday to meet a 24-hour deadline to set up a panel that will lead the deteriorating country to new elections following the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Kenyan officials, meanwhile, said they were putting the deployment of a U.N.-approved, multinational security force to the beleaguered Caribbean nation on … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Caribbean leaders said late Monday that they “acknowledge the resignation of Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry” once a transitional presidential council is created and an interim premier named. The announcement was made by Guyana President Irfaan Ali, who held an urgent meeting earlier Monday in Jamaica with officials including U.S. Secretary of … Read more