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Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss warns of China threats during Taiwan visit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss warned of economic and political threats to the West posed by China during a visit Wednesday to Beijing's democratic rival Taiwan. Truss is the first former British prime minister since Margaret Thatcher in the 1990s to...
UK local elections: Conservatives battered as Labour surges
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative Party endured a drubbing from voters Friday in local elections that delivered a warning to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ’s government, and a boost to the opposition, as a national election approaches. The left-of-center main opposition Labour...
UK holds local elections amid storm over new voter ID rules
LONDON (AP) — Millions of people in England voted Thursday in local elections that are the first test of electoral opinion since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took over a fractious and exhausted Conservative Party six months ago. The Conservatives say they expect to lose ground in...
Sunak's Brexit deal clears Commons vote despite Tory revolt
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favor of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's deal with the European Union to rewrite the post-Brexit rules on Northern Ireland trade. The House of Commons voted 515-29 to back a key portion of the agreement, which is...
