Rishi Sunak

President Joe Biden took to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday to congratulate Keir Starmer on becoming the new U.K. Prime Minister. What Happened: “Congratulations to Prime Minister Keir Starmer on becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,” Biden wrote in a post on X. “I look...

Labour Party member Keir Starmer is set to become the new prime minister of the United Kingdom with a win over the Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party. The win marks an end to 14 years of Conservative Party control in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party will also have one of the largest majority...

Keir Starmer-led Labour Party has bagged a historic win in the 2024 U.K. General Elections over the outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party. However, influential economist Mohamed El-Erian has a note of caution for established parties. What Happened: On Friday, El-Erian took to X...

Surprises are already marking 2024's global election cycle as half of the world population heads to the polls: France's parliamentary election has been overturned by the far right, while in the U.K., the Labor party is expected to win back the House of Commons. Along with the upcoming American...

Nearly 10,000 millionaires are expected to flee Britain in 2024, driven away by mounting economic and political uncertainties. This mass exodus, highlighted in the Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2024, marks a record-breaking surge in wealthy individuals leaving the UK, and it comes at a...

According to one report, a recent photo of the Group of Seven leaders with Pope Francis has become noteworthy for capturing simmering frustrations, the positioning of unpopular figures in the back and smiles that may conceal underlying challenges back home. In the photo, the forced grins of France...

Experts believe artificial intelligence (AI) will surpass human intelligence in a matter of years. Could AI’s rapid ascent spell a change in governance, giving AI chatbots a place in the political system? 2024 AI Candidates: Voters in the U.K. and Wyoming will have a new, strange choice for...

A joint airstrikes by the United States and the United Kingdom targeted Yemen's Houthi rebels, resulting in 16 fatalities and 42 injuries. The strikes occurred on Thursday, focusing on various underground facilities, missile launchers, and command sites. What Happened: Three U.S. officials,...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election to be held on July 4. If the polls are correct and recent council elections are anything to go by, the election could deliver a landslide victory to the Labour Party, currently the main opposition against Sunak’s Conservative Party....

Defying expectations, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will call a snap election for July 4 as the Conservative Party attempts to fend off a dire polling deficit against the rival Labour Party. The UK recently entered a recession after reporting consecutive quarters of GDP decline. What...

The UK has successfully navigated its way out of a recession, with the gross domestic product expanding by 0.6% in the first quarter, according to official figures released on Friday. What Happened: The Office for National Statistics revealed that the UK’s GDP grew by 0.6% in the first...

The UK’s economy has officially entered a recession, raising concerns for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as he prepares for an upcoming election. What Happened: The Office for National Statistics confirmed that the UK’s economy experienced a slight recession in the last year. The gross...

The United States and the United Kingdom have initiated high-level discussions regarding potential security threats that may arise if both nations hold elections around the same time this year. What Happened: The U.S. presidential election is scheduled for Nov. 5, while the U.K. general election is...

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has warned that the potential seizure of Russia’s frozen assets is causing a decline in global trust in major Western currencies. What Happened: Siluanov, in an interview with RIA Novosti, expressed concerns about the trustworthiness of the dollar and...

In a recent interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy compared the prospect of losing the ongoing war against Russia to a fate as dire as death. What Happened: Zelenskyy, in a conversation with CNN, reiterated his earlier statement that losing to President Vladimir Putin‘s...