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Tariq Rahman was sworn in as Prime Minister at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after his Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a decisive majority in last week’s parliamentary elections. The ceremony was presided over by…

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned just 27 days after taking office, making him the shortest-serving prime minister in the Fifth Republic’s history. Lecornu, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron after François Bayrou’s…

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed former Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister after François Bayrou’s government collapsed in a failed confidence vote. Lecornu took office at a ceremony in Matignon, pledging…

Mark Carney has won the leadership race of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party, securing 85.9% of the vote following Justin Trudeau’s resignation. The former Bank of Canada governor is set to be sworn in as prime minister in the coming days and…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in a video released on the occasion of the New Year that Slovakia might stop supplying electricity to Ukraine if it stops the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. "If Kiev blocks the transit of…

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader Shigeru Ishiba has been elected as Japan’s 103rd prime minister after a second-round vote in the House of Representatives. This followed Japan’s October 28 general election, with the…