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Canada’s PM seeks emergency powers to tackle ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests – media

Justin Trudeau is reportedly seeking to invoke the never-before-used Emergencies Act to deal with Covid demonstrations gripping Canada Canada’s prime minister is planning to invoke the Emergencies Act – never-before-used legislation granting the government extra powers to handle crisis situations – to tackle the Freedom Convoy demonstrations, broadcaster CBC reported on Monday, citing anonymous sources. […]

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PM labeled ‘complete psycho’ by govt colleague – leaked texts

An alleged chat between Australia’s senior politicians has been leaked, in which Scott Morrison and his decision-making is slammed Australian premier Scott Morrison came in for what appears to be very bad criticism from colleagues on Tuesday, when an allegedly explosive exchange of texts between former premier of New South Wales (NSW) Gladys Berejiklian and […]

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Initial ‘Partygate’ report out: What’s in it & what’s next for UK’s embattled PM?

Sue Gray’s initial report into alleged lockdown-breaching events at Downing Street during the pandemic is light on detail, but condemns inappropriate conduct The UK government received Sue Gray’s report into alleged pandemic rule-breaking at Downing Street on Monday morning. Shortly after, a limited version of the Cabinet Office inquiry into ‘Partygate’ was made public. The […]

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Netanyahu threatened to set ‘army of bots’ on me, Israeli PM says

Naftali Bennett claims the former prime minister warned about his ‘propaganda machine’ as Bennett tried to oust him Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Haaretz that his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened to unleash his propaganda “machine” against him. The alleged threat came when it became clear that Bennett would be forming a rival coalition government […]

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UK PM authorized pet rescue during Kabul exodus, emails suggest

Newly released emails seemingly contradict Boris Johnson’s claim that he did not intervene in the evacuation of animals from Kabul Emails released Wednesday by the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, which is investigating the hurried British evacuation from Kabul, Afghanistan in August 2021, suggest Prime Minister Boris Johnson did authorize the evacuation of staff […]

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UK PM told to go ‘in the name of God’

Prime Minister’s former allies call for his resignation over ‘partygate’ scandal Prime Minister Boris Johnson was roasted in Parliament by his former ally David Davis, who demanded that Johnson “shoulder the responsibility” of his actions and resign. Meanwhile, Tory MPs are losing confidence in the PM. Some 20 Tory MPs submitted letters of no confidence […]