Abe Shinzo, Japan’s longest-serving and most consequential prime minister in decades, has resigned from his post over health complications. After weeks of speculation fueled by recent hospital visits, Abe made official what many suspected: Though his chronic ulcerative colitis is not life-threatening, he is just too sick to govern. “I don’t want to make mistakes…
Tokyo (CNN)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to resign due to health issues, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, citing sources close to Abe. Speaking to reporters, Hiroshige Seko…
LONDON — Want to beat COVID-19? Then lose weight.That's the message from Boris Johnson, Britain's boisterous prime minister, who has used his own brush with the coronavirus to urge Britons to shed a few pounds to reduce their risk of catching it.Johnson released a video Monday saying that he had lost 14 pounds since he…
Courtney Subramanian, USA TODAY Published 12:59 p.m. ET July 6, 2020 | Updated 5:55 p.m. ET July 6, 2020CLOSE In the wake of statues and monuments being desecrated and taken down, President Trump vows to protect Mount Rushmore from any changes. USA TODAYWASHINGTON – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he plans to skip a meeting with…
After “racist” was scrawled on a Churchill statue during protests over the killing of George Floyd, Mr. Johnson has spoken up for his political idol.A statue of Winston Churchill was covered to protect it from vandalism in Parliament Square in central London on Friday.Credit...Tolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJune 12, 2020LONDON — Prime Minister Boris…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…