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British author Salman Rushdie will  publish his new novel Victory City. Photo: Supplied

Rushdie releases new novel six months after knife attack

Rushdie will not promote his 15th novel because of his physical condition, although his agent said his ‘recovery is progressing’

The strike is the first in the Royal College of Nursing union’s 106-year history.  Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

UK nurses begin unprecedented walkout

The strike is the first in the Royal College of Nursing union’s 106-year history

Liz Truss speaks in Downing Street as she resigns as Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Prime Minister Liz Truss quits as UK’s Tories in chaos

Truss bowed to the inevitable after her right-wing platform of tax cuts disintegrated and as many MPs among the ruling Conservatives revolted

Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, makes a resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street in London, UK, on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Johnson is bowing to the inevitable after his government hemorrhaged dozens of ministers and junior aides, and members of his cabinet — including newly-appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi — told him to his face that he should step down. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘The will of the party’: Johnson steps down as Conservative leader

The UK PM announced that he would step down after a slew of resignations from his top team in protest at his leadership

In parliament on Wednesday, Boris Johnson insisted the country needed “stable government, loving each other as Conservatives, getting on with our priorities”. (Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson set to resign

More than 40 ministers and aides, including three cabinet members, have quit the government since late Tuesday, with resignations continuing to trickle in overnight.

Johnson only narrowly survived a no-confidence vote among Conservative MPs a month ago. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

UK PM Johnson on the brink after ministerial resignations

The 58-year-old leader’s grip on power is becoming more precarious by the minute

Johnson promised to give more powers to local communities, as well as boost broadband and transport infrastructure in a speech focused on domestic issues. (Toby Melville/Reuters)

Brexit is a ‘massive economic opportunity’: PM Johnson

In a speech in Manchester where he pledged new investment in Leave-voting areas, Johnson promised to step up negotiations on post-Brexit trade deals

Britain’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. (Peter Summers/ Getty Images)

Boris Johnson wins race to become Britain’s next PM

The former London mayor easily beat his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a poll conducted among members of the governing Conservative Party.

May became prime minister in the aftermath of the 2016 Brexit referendum which swept away her predecessor David Cameron. (Henry Nicholls/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Theresa May: A legacy sunk by Brexit

The Conservative premier’s turbulent time in office was swamped and ultimately sunk by her legacy-defining battle to secure a Brexit divorce deal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Southwark Crown Court after being sentenced in London. (Reuters/Henry Nicholls)

Assange in UK court over US extradition request

WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said on Wednesday that all efforts would now be focused on preventing Assange’s extradition to the US

Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK minister breaks ranks with no-deal Brexit warning

Greg Clark’s comments contradicted official government policy of not ruling out a no-deal Brexit

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (AFP)

‘Love Corbyn, hate Brexit’: Labour faces Brexit split

​Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is bracing for a tumultuous debate on the toxic issue of Brexit at its annual conference

LGBT rights group Stonewall defines conversion therapy as “any form of treatment or psychotherapy which aims to reduce or stop same-sex attraction.”

UK to ban gay ‘conversion therapy’ after massive survey

​Britain on Tuesday unveiled its ‘action plan’ to tackle discrimination against the gay community

Christopher Wylie is a whistleblower who formerly worked with Cambridge Analytica

Pink-haired whistleblower at heart of Facebook scandal

With Christopher Wylie’s help, Carole Cadwalladr revealed how Cambridge Analytica scooped up data from millions of Facebook users in the US.

Internet activist Jacob Appelbaum

Assange in new bid to cancel UK arrest warrant

The ​WikiLeaks founder has been dodging an arrest warrant and extradition to Sweden over a probe into rape and sexual assault allegations against him.

The Cranberries achieved international success in the 1990s with their debut album “Everyone Else is Doing it

The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan dies aged 46

Irish singer-songwriter Dolores O’Riordan, frontwoman of the multi-million selling rock band The Cranberries, died suddenly in London on Monday.

World gears up for electric cars despite bumps in road

Technological advances mean fossil fuel in cars could be phased out within decades but switching to electric carries its own concerns.

Radical muslim clerk Sheikh Abu Hamza will be handed over to the United States on terrorism charges.

Radical Muslim preacher set for extradition to US

Britain has prepared to hand over radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza to the United States on terrorism charges.