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Andy Burnham wins UK special election, setting up push to oust PM

Labour Party’s Andy Burnham wins UK special election, setting up likely push to oust PM Keir Starmer

Who is Andy Burnham, the lawmaker seeking to replace Keir Starmer

LONDON (AP) – Andy Burnham is a political insider turned outsider who aims to be Britain’s next prime ministeThe 56-year-old politician presents himself as an amiable northern everyman who prefers T-shirts to a suit and tie and spends spare time playing soccer or spinning 1990s tunes during DJ battles.r.

Labour's Andy Burnham wins special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer

LONDON (AP) – Labour’s Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the country.

Warsh's gamble: A quieter Federal Reserve could mean volatile markets, higher rates

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve has for decades moved steadily from a remote, opaque government agency that shared little about what it did or why to a more transparent institution willing to explain how it makes decisions and what it thinks about the economy.

Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms

HAVANA (AP) – Observers on Friday called Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raúl Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.

Canadian auto parts magnate Frank Stronach found guilty of sexual assault

TORONTO (AP) – Austrian-Canadian billionaire and automotive business founder Frank Stronach was found guilty Friday of sexual assault and indecent assault of two woman decades ago.

US-Iran talks begin Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran closes the strait over Lebanon fighting

TYRE, Lebanon (AP) – Iran on Saturday said it had closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon and warned that while negotiators were going to Switzerland for talks with the United States on their interim agreement, not much likely will happen if the fighting doesn’t stop.

Trump deepens dustup with Italy's Meloni, who says his 'unprovoked attacks are senseless'

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Saturday lashed out at Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, insisting that she asked “over and over” for a photo with him at the recent Group of Seven summit and criticizing what he said was Italy’s lack of cooperation during the Iran war.

Russia strikes an apartment building in the Ukraine and 1 person is killed

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian bombs struck an apartment building on Saturday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least one person and wounding nine, including a 6-year-old child, authorities said. A body was pulled from the rubble hours after the attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.

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