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U.K. Cabinet Moves Signal a Swerve Toward the Political Center
[ad_1] Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle of his cabinet on Monday appeared to signal a shift away from the divisive politics that were championed by the hard-right home secretary, Suella Braverman, and had become a feature of his government in recent months. Ms. Braverman was replaced by James Cleverly, a more conciliatory figure who has rarely talked about the cultural…
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Is David Cameron a Member of Parliament?
[ad_1] One distinctive feature of Britain’s political system is that ministers are required to hold a seat in Parliament to propose legislation and be held to account by fellow lawmakers. But another is that the government, when it needs to, can produce such a seat more or less out of thin air by awarding the new minister a lifetime place…
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Suella Braverman’s Most Controversial Moments as UK Home Secretary
[ad_1] Suella Braverman is no stranger to moments of controversy and polarization as a member of the Conservative government. A hard-right, divisive politician, Ms. Braverman has now been fired from the home secretary’s position twice, once on Monday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and once by his predecessor, Liz Truss. The home secretary is responsible for law enforcement, immigration and…
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Ukraine Says Russian Officers Are Killed in Partisan Attack
[ad_1] Ukrainian military authorities said that partisans had bombed a Russian military headquarters in the occupied city of Melitopol, killing three officers, the latest in a series of attacks aimed at weakening Russia’s grip on the territory it controls even as Kyiv’s counter offensive has effectively stalled. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Unit described the attack, which took place Saturday, as an…
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David Cameron Brings Experience to UK Government, and a Checkered Past
[ad_1] For a politician who has tried to define himself as a change agent, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s appointment of David Cameron as Britain’s foreign secretary is a counterintuitive and surprising move. Few British political figures are more identified with Brexit than Mr. Cameron, who called the 2016 referendum, campaigned against leaving the European Union, and then resigned as prime…
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Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital Is ‘No Longer Functioning,’ WHO Says
[ad_1] Gaza’s main hospital is no longer functioning, according to the World Health Organization, which warned of a “dire and perilous” situation for hundreds of patients and displaced people trapped inside as Israeli troops battle Hamas fighters nearby. The hospital, Al-Shifa, and other medical centers in Gaza City had been struggling for weeks to maintain operations as supplies of fuel…
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At Tourist Hotels, Israeli Evacuees Plan for Long Stays to Escape Border Attacks
[ad_1] A joyful clamor echoed in the ballroom of the Golden Crown Hotel. Kindergarten was in full swing for 30 children from Arab al-Aramshe, a village next to Israel’s border with Lebanon. Only this class was meeting 44 miles south, in Nazareth, where nearly 800 of the village’s residents have been living since mid-October, when they were evacuated because of…
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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman Is Fired By Rishi Sunak
[ad_1] One of Britain’s most senior cabinet ministers, Suella Braverman, was fired on Monday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, several days after she wrote an incendiary newspaper article that accused the police of bias. Critics had argued that Ms. Braverman, who as home secretary had been responsible for law enforcement, immigration and national security, had stirred tensions ahead of a…
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Behind Public Assurances, Xi Jinping Spread Grim Views on U.S.
[ad_1] When President Xi Jinping of China made his first state visit to the United States in 2015, he wrapped his demands for respect in reassurances. He courted tech executives, while defending China’s internet controls. He denied that China was militarizing the disputed South China Sea, while asserting its maritime claims there. He spoke hopefully of a “new model” for…
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Fighting to Govern Myanmar, From a Teeny Office in Washington
[ad_1] When he was a minister for social welfare in the ousted government, Dr. Win Myat Aye had a staff of 6,000 and a swanky office. Today, he is often on the move: sheltering in safe houses in Myanmar’s borderlands and eating uninspiring pan-Asian takeout in Washington. “I am getting more and more energized with the moral standing of the…
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