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Eleven potential successors to Boris Johnson are on trial before the Conservatives in the race for Britain’s prime minister

LONDON — The race to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intensified on Monday as several senior Conservative Party politicians came forward with promises to stick to his approaches to Brexit and illegal migration while they look at ways to to stimulate economic growth. Former finance chief Rishi Sunak, who helped spark the wave of … Read more

Shinzo Abe’s assassin reveals he shot dead former Japanese PM over ‘resentment’ against Unification Church

Tetsuya Yamagami, the man arrested for the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, told police he held “a grudge” against a religious group he believed the leader had promoted. Yamagami, 41, allegedly told authorities that his mother went bankrupt after making a “huge donation” to the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, … Read more

Who is Akie Abe? The wife of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe set new standards for Japanese first ladies

But in more than three decades of marriage – including nine years as Japan’s first lady – she proved anything but a conventional political wife. In Japan, Akie Abe is best known for her outspoken and progressive views. Unlike her predecessors, she refused to remain in her husband’s shadow. Instead, the socialite has carved out … Read more

A supermarket financed by Bill Gates mysteriously burns down

A Dutch grocery depot for a climate-friendly online delivery service that was destroyed by fire on Sunday sparked conspiracy theories that the fire was linked to one of its key investors, Bill Gates. The depot housed products for Picnic in the Dutch town of Almelo, about 90 miles east of Amsterdam. Picnic, which is said … Read more

Arthur’s Stone is excavated for the first time

(CNN) — King Arthur, the mythical ruler of Camelot, may be best known for pulling the magical sword Excalibur out of a rock, but there’s another rock formation bearing his name, tucked away in the English countryside. Archaeologists are unearthing for the first time a 5,000-year-old Neolithic chamber tomb, named in honor of the legendary … Read more

A supermarket financed by Bill Gates mysteriously burns down

A Dutch grocery depot for a climate-friendly online delivery service that was destroyed by fire on Sunday sparked conspiracy theories that the fire was linked to one of its key investors, Bill Gates. The depot housed products for Picnic in the Dutch town of Almelo, about 90 miles east of Amsterdam. Picnic, which is said … Read more