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Downing Street’s New Occupant Will Have Just Hours to Move In
In the United States, a new president usually has a two-month window to prepare to move into the White House. Freshly elected British prime ministers move into Downing Street swiftly, often within hours of elections. Keir Starmer, whose Labour Party ...
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Sunak Defends Record in Last Speech as Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak addressed the nation for the last time on Friday as Britain’s prime minister, apologizing for his failings and accepting responsibility for his Conservative Party’s catastrophic election performance but defending his economic record. “To ...
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Israeli Protesters Mass in Jerusalem to Call for Elections
Demonstrators walking past posters of Israeli hostages still held captive in Gaza.Credit...Marko Djurica/ReutersProtesters confronting police officers near the Knesset.Credit...Eloisa Lopez/ReutersThousands of Israelis took to the streets of ...
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Denmark’s Prime Minister Is Attacked in Copenhagen Square
Mette Frederiksen, who has led the country since 2019, was “beaten,” her office said. The police said an arrest had been made, but a motive is unclear.
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Netanyahu May Face a Choice Between a Truce and His Government’s Survival
The Israeli prime minister has been put on the spot by President Biden’s announcement outlining a proposal for a truce.
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Thursday Briefing
An attempted assassination of Slovakia’s prime minister.
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Johnson Says He Will Invite Netanyahu to Address Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday that he planned to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to address a joint session of Congress, moving to welcome a leader who has become a flashpoint for partisan disagreement in American ...
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Israel Supreme Court Delivers Setback to Campaign to Remove Checks on Netanyahu
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday delayed the enactment of a new law that makes it harder to remove a prime minister from office — the court’s second ruling in three days that impeded attempts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ...
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Israel’s high court delivers another setback to a campaign to remove checks on Netanyahu’s power.
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday delayed the enactment of a new law that makes it harder to remove a prime minister from office — the court’s second ruling in three days that impeded attempts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to ...
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With a New Leader, Poland Prepares for a Course Change in Europe
Prime Minister Donald Tusk is sworn in and vows to try to invigorate flagging European support for Ukraine and push for “full mobilization” against Russia’s military assault.