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Rishi Sunak, centre, waves after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest at the Conservative party Headquarters in London, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Former British Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is frontrunner in the Conservative Party's race to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)

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Rishi Sunak, UK's next PM, faces major economic problems
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Mon,10/24/22-3:43AM , 600 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain’s first prime minister of color after being chosen Monday to lead a governing Conservative Party desperate for a safe pair of hands to guide the cou
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Rishi Sunak outside his home in London, following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister, Friday Oct. 21, 2022. British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday, bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous, short-lived term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in her party that obliterated her authority. (Beresford Hodge/PA via AP)

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Boris Johnson, ousted by scandal, eyes comeback as UK leader
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Fri,10/21/22-3:36AM , 197 Reads
LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- ousted by ethics scandals just three months ago -- jockeyed to make a comeback Friday as one of several contenders seeking to replace Liz Truss, whose rapid downfall threw the countr
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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Truss says she resigns as leader of UK Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

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Truss quits, but UK's political and economic turmoil persist
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Thu,10/20/22-2:13AM , 260 Reads
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss quit Thursday after a tumultuous and historically brief term marred by economic policies that roiled financial markets and a rebellion in her political party that obliterated her authority.
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In this grab taken from video from the House of Commons, Prime Minister Liz Truss speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London, Wednesday Oct. 19, 2022. (House of Commons/PA via AP)

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UK PM Truss vows to stay, but is on brink as minister quits
By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press
Wed,10/19/22-4:51AM , 261 Reads
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednesday as she faced a hostile opposition and fury from her own Conservative Party over her botched economic plan.
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