Tag: prime minister

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Parliament was attempting to defy Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans today as lawmakers sought a way out of the impasse that has gripped the nation since the 2016 vote to…

LONDON (AP) — Brexit hard-liner Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s most famous and divisive politicians, won the race to lead the governing Conservative Party today, and will become the next prime minister in a little…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Conservative party leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in as Greece’s new prime minister today, a day after his resounding win over left-wing Alexis Tsipras, who led the country through the tumultuous…

LONDON — Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May, insisted on Wednesday that Britain must keep the option of leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement as a “last resort.”…

LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson solidified his front-runner status in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister today, gaining backing from leading pro-Brexit lawmakers. But he faced calls from his rivals to abandon his…

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May stepped down Friday as leader of Britain’s Conservative Party after admitting failure in her attempt to withdraw the country from the European Union.  She will remain as a…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister today, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a…