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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Boris Johnson will step down as leader of the Conservative Party immediately, and will be replaced as  British Prime Minister in October, the BBC has reported. A Conservative leadership race will take place this summer and a new prime minister will be in place …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson fired Cabinet minister Michael Gove, as Downing Street fought off a rebellion within the ruling party. Resignations on Tuesday cabinet ministers Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid left the Prime Minister struggling to keep the Conservative Party together. …

Lisbon, Portugal | Xinhua | Drinking beer is beneficial to the intestine and has the potential to prevent chronic diseases, according to a research by the Center for Research in Health Technologies and Services (CINTESIS), a non-profit research and development unit, in the city of Porto in northern Portugal. “Beer …

Damascus, Syria | Xinhua | Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said his country welcomes any role played by Iran in easing the tension between Syria and Turkey and achieving political progress. The tension has been brewing for weeks after Ankara declared a plan to impose a buffer zone in …

Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union (EU) is “within reach” but requires “hard work, determination and above all unity of purpose,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Addressing the Ukrainian parliament via video link, she said the path towards EU membership …

Beijing, China | Xinhua | A Chinese spokesperson on Friday voiced firm opposition to false remarks on Taiwan made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “Taiwan is part of China, and Taiwan compatriots are our brothers and sisters,” said Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office. “We …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court entered a summer recess on Thursday after concluding a term filled with consequential rulings and a sworn-in ceremony for its first African American female justice. The Supreme Court — where conservatives have a 6-3 advantage over the liberal bloc — on Thursday …

Vienna, Austria | Xinhua | The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, said on Thursday that they would stick to a previously decided output boost in August despite calls for bigger increases to rein in crude prices. At its last meeting in …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in at noon on Thursday to formally become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the nation’s first African American woman to serve in that role. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the constitutional oath for Jackson while Associate …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Norwegian Charge d’Affaires Solveig Rossebo over Norway’s decision to block the delivery of goods to Spitsbergen, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Rossebo was informed about the “unacceptable situation around the delivery of cargos to Spitsbergen blocked by the …