What could Andy Burnham as Prime Minister mean for sport?

Burnham has not shied away from clashing with the Premier League and football’s authorities. In 2023, he wrote to Premier League insisting that Everton’s 10-point penalty for breaching profit and sustainability rules should be declared “null and void”. There should be no concerns about the future of the independent football regulator, set up by Nandy … Read more

Andy Burnham becomes seventh British prime minister in a decade

Andy Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester and the new leader of the Labor Party, takes the final steps on Monday to succeed Keir Starmer and become Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade. The affable Burnham returned to Parliament in June after winning a high-stakes special election, and was sworn in as an … Read more

Trump rolls out the White House welcome mat for new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi

Washington– President Donald Trump welcomes Iraq’s new prime minister to the White House on Tuesday after strongly supporting the political novice in his bid to take office. Ali Al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of stalemate over the prime ministership following the parliamentary elections that … Read more

Egypt’s Culture Minister Resigns Following Court Ruling in Copyright Dispute

Jihan Zaki to resign From her position as Egyptian Minister of Culture after a final court ruling required that compensation be paid to her in a dispute over intellectual property related to writer Sohair Abdel Hamid. The case I was focused About the biography of the life of the Egyptian aristocrat Kut Al Qulub, with … Read more

Egypt Does Not Need New IMF Program, Prime Minister Says

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt is not seeking new financing arrangements with the International Monetary Fund once its current program ends later this year. He said On Thursday, June 4, during a cabinet session. In statements to reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting, Madbouly said that cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is … Read more

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign

World news Ed Davey, leader of the centrist Liberal Democrats, said Starmer “must go” if he misled Parliament and lied to the British people. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as Starmer hosts social media industry leaders to discuss children’s online safety Thursday, April 16, 2026 in London. (Photo by Leon Neal/Pool via AP) AP … Read more

Iran threatens to ‘pursue and kill’ Netanyahu after prime minister declares Israel, US are crushing regime

Iranian officials threatened to “pursue and kill” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Israel launched a group of large-scale missiles towards western Iran on Sunday morning. “If this child murderer is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with full force,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps wrote online about Netanyahu, according to the … Read more

President Donald Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over its China trade deal, escalates feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney

Washington– US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor goes ahead with its trade deal with China, exacerbating a rift with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West’s response to Trump’s new world order. Trump said in a … Read more

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial

Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday asked the country’s president to grant him a pardon on corruption charges — seeking to end a long-running trial that has bitterly divided the country. Netanyahu, who is waging a war against the country’s legal system over these accusations, said that the request would help … Read more

President Trump greeted by Emperor Naruhito in Japan before meeting with new prime minister

US President Donald Trump opened his visit to Japan on Monday by greeting the emperor, a day before his meeting with new Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi, who is counting on building a friendly personal relationship with the American leader to ease trade tensions. One of the keys to this strategy may lie in the idea … Read more