SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday named the country’s defence department chief as the next ambassador to the U.S., after Kevin Rudd said he would step down following criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump. Albanese said senior civil servant Greg Moriarty, currently secretary of the Department of Defence, would…
LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s populist Reform UK party won another defector from the country’s once dominant Conservative Party on Sunday, attracting lawmaker Andrew Rosindell, part of the Conservatives’ foreign policy team, who said it was time “to put country before party”. With Reform UK well ahead in the opinion polls before a national…
Jan 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its next rulings on January 20 as several major cases remain pending including the legality of President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs. The court indicated on its website on Friday that it may release decisions in argued cases next Tuesday when the justices…
PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) – France recorded more deaths than births in 2025 for the first time since the end of World War Two, a development that erodes its long-held demographic advantage over other European Union nations, official figures showed on Tuesday. The national statistics institue INSEE reported 651,000 deaths last year and 645,000 births,…