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06Jul

King Charles III appoints Starmer as UK prime minister

LONDON: Britain's head of state, King Charles III, officially appointed Labour leader Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday (July 5) during an audience at Buckingham Palace. A photograph released by the palace showed the monarch shaking hands with Starmer, whose party won a landslide election victory. The king earlier accepted the resignation of Conservative leader...

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06Jul

UK PM Keir Starmer names Rachel Reeves country’s first female finance minister

LONDON: New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer named Rachel Reeves as Britain's first female finance minister and Angela Rayner as his deputy on Friday (June 27) as he began putting together the team that will help him deliver on his promise to rebuild the country. Reeves, 45, a former Bank of England economist, spent her time...

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