On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak addressed the UK for the first time, vowing to “fix” the mistakes made by his predecessor Liz Truss. Sunak did pay tribute to Truss by praising her “restlessness” and her “noble aim” to improve economic growth in the UK. “Some mistakes were made, not borne of[Read More…]

After a tumultuous few days in British politics, the country has a new Prime Minister in Rishi Sunak, who will make history as the first person of color to serve in the role as well as the youngest in hundreds of years. The last several days saw former PM Liz[Read More…]

An Afghan couple who arrived in the United States as refugees have accused a U.S. Marine of abducting their baby. Joshua Mast, 39, and his wife Stephanie, 38 are being sued in a federal court in Virginia by the baby’s older cousin and his wife. The couple were rescued in[Read More…]

Canada’s nationwide freeze on handgun sales ban started on Friday. The aim of the wide-ranging ban is to attempt to reduce gun violence and reduce the number of handguns in circulation. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the ban, which will present citizens buying or selling handguns, transferring the ownership of[Read More…]

Rachel Johnson, who is the sister of former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said she believes her brother make the correct decision to pull out of the leadership race, but went on to say “I feel sad for him.” Boris Johnson was rumored to be making another run for Prime[Read More…]

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has officially entered the race to become the new UK Prime Minister. Sunak made it to the last two participants in the previous race, but was eventually defeated by Liz Truss, who resigned after 44 days in charge. Sunak announced his candidacy in a Tweet saying[Read More…]

City state Singapore has invited UK billionaire Richard Branson to take part in a televised debate about capital punishment with Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam. This invitation was prompted by a blog post by Branson where he criticized Singapore for their continued use of capital punishment. Branson said[Read More…]

Italy is set to appoint its first female Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni received the mandate to form a government from Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Friday afternoon. “We are ready to give Italy a government which will face the emergencies and the challenges of our time with awareness and competence,”[Read More…]

The 9th annual Heritage Foundation report has ranked the U.S. military as “weak.” This is the first time the report has given the military such a low ranking. The report’s findings cautioned that the military is at a growing risk of “not being able to meet the demands of defending America’s[Read More…]

Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister after only 44 days in the job. Her resignation came after rebellion from several Members of Parliament from her own party. Truss’s resignation has triggered the second Conservative Party leadership in 4 months. A new Prime Minister is expected to be announced by October[Read More…]