Belgium's king rejects prime minister's resignation, tells coalition to resume budget talks
Belgium’s King Philippe has rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Bart De Wever and sent him back to work on a long-running budget crisis
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‘Son-in-law of Karnataka’: Abdul El-Sayed’s Indian side of family celebrates US midterms win
Relatives call El-Sayed the ‘son-in-law of Karnataka’
Farage ally using private investigators to snoop on business rivals, political opponents and journalists
Businessman Arron Banks, who bankrolled Leave.EU and is hoping to be a candidate for Reform, is using private investigators to deal with a seven-year dispute as well as pursue journalists from the Sunday Times
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy presses Western allies for clear postwar security guarantees
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is seeking specific security guarantees from Western allies for post-war support
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In The Room | Laura Kuenssberg: Inside Westminster’s decade of chaos
Laura Kuenssberg has interviewed every living UK prime minister. In this special episode, she joins us to reveal how politicians attempt to control the narrative – and to diagnose the deeper dysfunction behind Britain’s political malaise.
Global market downturn spreads to UK and Europe amid tech sell-off
Analysts linked the weakness to Democrat victories in the US mid-term elections and concerns over a potential AI ‘bubble’.
Myanmar to hold by-elections in April, including in areas where fighting persists
Myanmar will hold special elections next April in its first vote since this year's general election that critics said was designed to cement military rule
Prime minister of small eastern Caribbean archipelago secures a second term
Dickon Mitchell, the prime minister of Grenada who has called for slavery reparations and an apology from Britain, has secured a second term
Trump (correctly) points finger at Democrats for stock market plunge during blue tsunami: Live updates
A civil war is reportedly brewing inside the Trump administration, with insiders scrambling to find someone to take the fall
Trump blames stock market nose-dive on Dems’ midterm victories — and this gripe is actually accurate
Tech stocks have tumbled as investors worry that Democrats will curb AI growth
Texas went so blue Talarico got more early votes than Paxton got in total
Senator-elect James Talarico and Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa in Texas defeated Republicans in an election upset
The real winners of Tuesday night's midterms? Influencers live-streaming results
Digital influencers previously altered political outreach during 2024 when Donald Trump won a second presidential term
Carney unveils budget to strengthen Canada's economy as Trump's trade war continues
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government unveiled a sweeping budget Thursday aimed at making Canada less dependent on the United States as President Donald Trump’s trade war reshapes the longtime allies’ economic relationship
AI stocks have slid in aftermath of the midterms. What does it mean for your 401(k)?
With AI companies now making up half of businesses in the S&P 500, The Independent explores how a rattled stock market could have consequences for Americans’ personal finances
Unrest in Paraguay as president steps down, in photos
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña announced his resignation after the collapse of a major digital bank tied to his government triggered widespread protests, froze millions of people’s savings and cost him the support of his own party.
One big midterm result was overlooked by many - and it might have the biggest impact
Democrats have achieved trifectas in Arizona, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
US charges son of Ecuador's former president, 4 others with cocaine trafficking
Federal prosecutors have charged a son of Ecuador’s former president, a former member of Ecuador’s legislature and three other Ecuadorians with trafficking tons of cocaine to the United States and Europe in part by hiding it in containers…
Top polling analyst pushes idea that Trump may just flat out ‘quit’ as president after disastrous midterms
‘I had just the weird intuition that maybe Trump will find some pretense to quit,’ Nate Silver said
Hegseth promises ‘not to back down’ in pushing out Trump’s agenda as his seat gets warmer after midterm losses
Hegseth has promised to continue his anti-DEI push at the Pentagon amid a crushing midterm defeat
A man named Chris will be New Zealand's next prime minister, whichever party wins the election
New Zealand is choosing a new government in a national election that concludes Saturday
New Zealand votes in an election expected to be tight after a tense campaign
New Zealand’s election results are expected Saturday after a tense campaign left the main contenders neck and neck with no clear route to victory for either
Trump gets the Zelda treatment as White House tries to convince the world he is still working after midterms
Trump used The Legend of Zelda to try and promote his accomplishments — after Democrats took back Congress during midterms
JD Vance is no longer ‘lame-duck’ Donald’s heir apparent
Editorial: After the truly terrible midterms, the future of the post-Trump Republican Party is more open than at any time since the January 6th insurrection – with seemingly little left to unite the American right
Trump’s ally and DOJ civil rights chief resigns after embarrassing midterm losses
Harmeet Dhillon resigns from Justice Department’s storied civil rights division after embarrassing GOP losses
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