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World leaders wish Johnson good luck

World leaders wish Johnson good luck

New British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was congratulated on Wednesday by friend and foe alike, led by Russian President Vladimir Putin who said he hoped for an improvement in current icy ties with London.

Crackdown, separatist uprising inflame Cameroon prisons

Crackdown, separatist uprising inflame Cameroon prisons

Crushed inside disease-ridden cells, with no beds, little food and even less hope, inmates in Cameroon’s prisons were already tense before an influx of political detainees and Anglophone separatists stirred up an explosive mix.

Boris Johnson to appoint his Brexit team today

Boris Johnson to appoint his Brexit team today

Boris Johnson will take office on Wednesday as British Prime Minister and will unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.

In Berkeley City, no more man, sister, brother words in law books

In Berkeley City, no more man, sister, brother words in law books

The city of Berkeley, long a bastion of liberal ideas, voted this week to purge gender from its law books. Manhole will be replaced with maintenance hole. Sisters and brothers will be replaced with siblings. And he or she will be banished in favour of them, even if referring to one person. The City Council’s […]

Britain’s Boris Johnson in dates

Britain’s Boris Johnson in dates

Here are key dates in the life of Boris Johnson, who was named the new Conservative leader Tuesday and will become Britain’s next prime minister.