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Britain Conservative Party MP, Boris Johnson, left, speaks to the media to launch his campaign as a candidate to be the Mayor of London, outside City Hall in central London, Monday, July 16, 2007.

Embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns

7:44am July 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

His resignation will trigger an internal election to pick a new leader of the Conservative Party, who will also be the next prime minister. He steps down after defections left him unable to govern.

Prime Minister Johnson will resign as the Conservatives' leader, British media report

7:23am July 07, 2022

Johnson might try to stay on as caretaker prime minister for a few months until a new leader is selected. Johnson has faced mounting pressure to step down in the face of multiple political scandals.

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News brief: Boris Johnson, review issued on Uvalde shooting, G-20 preview

6:52am July 07, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will officially announce he's stepping down. A report says more could have been done to save the Uvalde massacre victims. G20 members are gathering in Bali.

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Sergei, 11, waits his turn to receive donated food during an aid humanitarian distribution in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022.

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Record number of people worldwide are moving toward starvation, U.N. warns

2:29am July 07, 2022

by The Associated Press

The spike in food, fuel and fertilizer prices sparked by the war in Ukraine is threatening to push countries around the world into famine, a U.N. official warns.

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Taiwan is watching Ukraine to prepare for a possible invasion by China

7:29pm July 06, 2022

by Mary Louise Kelly

As people in Taiwan watch the war in Ukraine, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with veteran journalist Chris Horton about what they think it could mean for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

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Despite waning support from his party, Britain's Boris Johnson says he won't resign

5:24pm July 06, 2022

by Willem Marx

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains defiant, insisting he won't resign after another crisis rocked his leadership.

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Syrian refugees say they're feeling unwelcome in Turkey, but have nowhere else to go

4:53pm July 06, 2022

by Peter Kenyon

Many people in Turkey are growing increasingly weary of hosting the millions of Syrian refugees that have been there for years — but the Syrians have no place to go.

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A street sign reads "Donetsk People Republic's Square" in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, after authorities renamed the address after a pro-Russian separatist region in Ukraine in June.

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Russia and the U.S. engage in name-calling — over the U.S. Embassy's Moscow address

3:32pm July 06, 2022

by Charles Maynes

In response to the West's support of Ukraine, Moscow is renaming streets where the U.S. and British Embassies are located. The new names honor pro-Kremlin separatists fighting to break from Ukraine.

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People holds signs as they protest Wednesday outside the Houses of Parliament in London.

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Boris Johnson fights to stay as British prime minister as his party's support unravels

3:15pm July 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials resigned this week, saying they could no longer serve under Johnson's scandal-tarred leadership. He narrowly got by a no-confidence vote in June.

Mine workers are surrounded by dust as a drill bit chews into the wall of the mine.

In eastern Ukraine's coal fields, Russia's invasion sparks hopes of a comeback

2:11pm July 06, 2022

Ukraine's coal industry was in decline. Now miners find themselves in the middle of a war with Russia — and global demand for coal is rising.

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