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Lithuanians vote in parliamentary election with many looking for change despite a strong economy
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians voted Sunday in the first round of parliamentary elections that could lead to the center-right governing coalition being replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left parties. Despite economic successes, strict COVID-19...
UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years. But after weeks of stories about feuding,...
Independent in key House race suspends campaign, saying he was 'pawn' in election fraud scheme
A congressional candidate who said he was tricked by Democrats into running as a spoiler in a competitive House race in Minnesota suspended his campaign Thursday and endorsed his Republican rival. Thomas Bowman, an independent running in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, said...
UK's new Labour government unveils overhaul of workers' rights
LONDON (AP) — Britain's new Labour government unveiled Thursday a slew of new rights for millions of workers, including more generous rules for sick pay and parental leave and major restrictions on certain employment practices such as fire and rehire — a package of measures described by...
Lithuania votes in a weekend general election with many looking for change despite good economy
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Despite economic successes, Lithuania’s center-right coalition could be replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left parties when voters in the Baltic country go to the polls on Sunday. Strict COVID-19 measures and a migration...
The race to lead Britain's Conservative Party is down to the final 2 candidates
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Conservatives will choose one of two figureheads of the party’s right, Robert Jenrick or Kemi Badenoch, to be their next leader as the party tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat. The two candidates will face the verdict of party...
UK Conservatives narrow their leadership race to 3 as a new front-runner surges
LONDON (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Britain ejected former Security Minister Tom Tugendhat from the party leadership contest on Tuesday, leaving three contenders still running to lead the party after its catastrophic election defeat. Tugendhat garnered 20 votes in a ballot of...
UK gives sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The US base on Diego Garcia stays
LONDON (AP) — The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a strategically important U.K.-U.S. military base. British...
Albanian opposition MPs try to disrupt Parliament to protest a colleague's imprisonment
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition lawmakers on Thursday protested in Parliament, burning effigies and clashing with bodyguards, after one of their colleagues was convicted of slander and imprisoned. The conservative Democrat lawmakers, who had called for a boycott of...
4 candidates to lead Britain's defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the one who can lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat. Former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick,...
