The race to replace Britain's Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and prime minister is underway, with 11 candidates already declared and more Tory MPs likely to join. While several possible successors are seen as frontrunners, there is no clear favourite -- and such contests are notoriously volatile. - Rishi Sunak - The UK's first Hindu [...]
Across Ukraine, in the shimmering heat, one sight is becoming familiar this summer: Combine harvesters sweeping across fields of grain in a race against fast-spreading fires. Source: Latest CNN News
Tunisia, rocked by last decade's Arab spring, faces an ever-worsening food crisis as Russia's blockade on grain from Ukraine drives up prices. CNN's David McKenzie reports. Source: Latest CNN News
Japan's ruling party and partners won enough votes to form a supermajority in an upper house election held just days after the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, local media said Monday. The ex-premier's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner Komeito strengthened their hold by winning more than 75 of the [...]
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CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman describes what she has heard about former President Donald Trump's consumption of the January 6 House select committee hearings in light of ex-Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone's testimony with the committee. Source: Latest CNN News
Sri Lankan protesters refused to budge from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence on Sunday, a day after they stormed his home, forcing him to flee with the navy and announce he would resign. "Our struggle is not over," student leader Lahiru Weerasekara told reporters the day after Rajapaksa, currently taking refuge on a vessel offshore, said [...]
At least 15 people have been killed after a Russian strike hit an apartment block in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, adding that many others may still be trapped under the rubble. Source: Latest CNN News
Steve Bannon -- who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges -- told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Saturday that he is now willing to testify, ideally at a public hearing, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Source: Latest CNN [...]
A growing wildfire that threatens a famed giant sequoia tree grove in California's Yosemite National Park has doubled in size over the past two days and pushed officials to issue evacuation orders for a nearby community. Source: Latest CNN News