Friday, December 1, 2023

Rishi Sunak

Greece-UK Dispute Erupts: Parthenon sculptures

The Greek government and opposition parties have expressed their dismay over UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's sudden decision to cancel a scheduled meeting with his counterpart in Athens Kyriakos Mitsotakis over a long-standing row regarding the Parthenon sculptures. Mitsotakis was...

UK PM Rishi Sunak gets small bump in opinion polls

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the governing Conservatives are enjoying a small bump in the opinion polls after some crowd-pleasing tax cuts were announced in the Autumn Statement budget this week, it emerged on Friday. According to a YouGov...

UK PM Rishi Sunak under pressure to sack Suella Braverman as Home Secretary

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to sack his Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, as the row surrounding her controversial newspaper article attacking the Metropolitan Police over its handling of Israel-Hamas protests in London continues to gain momentum...

Charles delivers first King’s Speech to lay out British PM Rishi Sunak’s agenda

Britain’s King Charles III on Tuesday delivered his first King’s Speech, a tradition steeped in tradition and accompanied by royal pomp and ceremony, to lay out Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plans for his government for the next parliamentary year....

PM, Rishi Sunak discuss Israel-Hamas conflict, bilateral ties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak had a telephonic conversation on Friday as they discussed development in West Asia and conflict between Israel and Hamas, and expressed deep concern on terrorism, worsening security situation and...

Sunak, Elon Musk discuss AI job threats, robotic ‘friends’

In a much-hyped conversation between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the conclusion of the AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK government, the duo discussed a range of issues from job threats posed by...

UK PM Rishi Sunak chairs domestic security meet amid Israel-Gaza conflict

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is chairing a high-level meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday to assess domestic security issues for the UK amid the Israel-Gaza conflict and against the backdrop of widespread protests on the streets...

British PM pledges to stand with Israel

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Thursday pledged to stand with Israel in its “darkest hour” and welcomed the opening of a humanitarian corridor into Gaza as he held talks with the country’s top leadership during his two-day visit to...

UK PM Rishi Sunak lands in Israel

Amid the escalation in the raging Israel-Hamas conflict, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak landed in Tel Aviv on Thursday, making him the second world leader to visit the war-torn nation after US President Joe Biden. In a post on...

Sunak joins US, France, Germany, Italy to support Israel

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to the leaders of the US, France, Germany and Italy to discuss the conflict in Israel soon after he joined prayers at a north London synagogue and reassured the country’s Jewish community he...