Lord Peter Mandelson is expected to be named as the UK’s next ambassador to the US. The Labour grandee, who served in multiple ministerial roles under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown before taking up a life peerage in the Lords, was considered to be one of the frontrunners for the position. He will replace Dame…
Canada’s border security plan is being celebrated by members of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s administration and transition team, even as Republicans are unsure if it will prevent threatened tariffs that many Americans appear to not want. A new poll from Quinnipiac University this week suggests 51 per cent of people in the U.S. oppose Trump’s…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced two new appointments to the Senate, including Nunavut’s first ever member of Parliament. Trudeau announced the appointments of Nancy Karetak-Lindell, who will fill Nunavut’s only Senate seat, and former Nova Scotia cabinet minister Allister Surette, on Thursday. The appointments are formally made by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon after recommendations…
Sir Keir Starmer is to make his most controversial senior appointment yet by naming Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US. Lord Mandelson, 71, known as the “Prince of Darkness” from his days as a New Labour‘s spin doctor, will be the prime minister‘s link to Donald Trump. ‘Brutal’ figure ‘an inspired choice’ –…
Sen. Joe Manchin, who’s leaving office next month, is predicting there won’t be a government shutdown, despite the uncertainty over a bill in the day before the deadline. He says whatever agreement House Republicans reach to fund the government, the Senate will “swallow hard,” support it and go home for the holidays. However, he doesn’t…
Hundreds of driving examiners will be recruited to slash the massive test backlog. It is part of a wider plan that the government says will reduce waiting times to seven weeks by December 2025. Driving instructors have branded the current system a “nightmare” and expressed doubts that the proposed changes will make any material difference….
UK Parliament Sir Keir Starmer has warned it will “take some time” for people to feel richer, as he asked MPs for patience on his plans to boost economic growth. The prime minister told a committee of senior MPs the UK had been suffering from “stagnant growth or low growth” for over a decade. He…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Justin Trudeau has the full support of his cabinet to continue as Canada’s prime minister, newly appointed Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporters on Thursday. LeBlanc, who was in New Brunswick, was asked during a press conference if Trudeau has the full support of his cabinet to…
Martin O’Malley has the kind of experience that would typically benefit a Democrat who wants to guide the party’s future after devastating losses in the last election. He’s a former governor, former mayor and a 2016 presidential candidate who until recently was serving in President Biden’s administration. Yet O’Malley is facing a difficult path…
Labour’s anti-corruption minister has been named in court documents detailing claims her family embezzled billions of pounds from a nuclear power project in Bangladesh. Economic secretary Tulip Siddiq – who holds responsibility for financial crime and illicit finance – is alleged to have helped co-ordinate meetings with the Russian government regarding the Rooppur nuclear power…
