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Labour candidate Andy Burnham celebrates victory in the Makerfield by-election at a rally in Ashton-in-Makerfield, England, on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2026
Good luck, Andy Burnham. You¡¯ll need it.
There are many reasons Burnham may struggle to do much better than Starmer leading a country that, since the Brexit referendum has come to be described as almost ungovernable.
A member of Reform U.K. waits for the arrival of the party's leader, Nigel Farage, outside the Havering Town Hall on Friday, a day after a good showing in local elections.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2026
Britain¡¯s political center crumbles as Reform surges
British voters seize the opportunity to protest against perceived failure by ministers at Westminster, rather than to choose the best councilors for their towns and counties.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives for a meeting in London on May 5.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2026
U.K.¡¯s Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong and stay in power
A growing number of Labour ?lawmakers have ?turned on Starmer after his party suffered the worst local election ?results for a governing party in more than three decades.
A polling clerk outside a polling station in Walton-on-the-Naze, England, on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2026
Britons set to punish Starmer¡¯s Labour in local polls
Thursday¡¯s local elections are expected to showcase the rise of hard-right and left-wing politics.
Then-British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer receives applause from delegates, including Peter Mandelson (right), after giving an address at the London Labour Regional Conference in January 2023.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2026
Starmer is facing the final curtain as British prime minister
Like past leaders weighed down by scandal, Starmer may survive in office but struggles to govern effectively amid mounting domestic and political challenges.
Britain's Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage and former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who defected from the Conservative Party to Reform U.K., react following a news conference in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 27, 2026
Braverman joins Farage¡¯s Reform in latest blow to U.K. Tories
A Tory influx has opened Nigel Farage up to the charge he¡¯s filling his Reform party with members of the unpopular administration of former Prime Minister Liz Truss.
British anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Oct. 13, where he was on trial charged with an offense under the Terrorism Act. The court later found him not guilty.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2026
So what does it mean to be properly English?
There¡¯s nothing wrong in anybody taking pride in being English, of course, but as Orwell said, there¡¯s something very un-English in shouting about it.
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025
U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger
A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a ¡°mega-dinghy.¡±
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch are both nonbelievers. That¡¯s a rare shared trait in the country¡¯s political history.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2025
How much does faith influence British politics?
For the first time in British political history, both the nation¡¯s premier and the official leader of the opposition have shared such an attitude toward God.
Kemi Badenoch, the newly named leader of Britain's Conservative Party, speaks in London on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2024
Badenoch beats Jenrick to succeed Sunak at helm of U.K. Tories
The former business secretary now faces the daunting task of picking Britain¡¯s main opposition party up from the ruins of July¡¯s catastrophic election loss.
U.K. Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch (left) and Robert Jenrick after delivering speeches at the party's annual conference, in Birmingham, England, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 10, 2024
Who are Badenoch and Jenrick, the candidates to lead U.K. Tories?
By choosing Badenoch or Jenrick, the Conservative party looks set to appeal to supporters lost to Nigel Farage¡¯s anti-immigration Reform U.K. party.
According to a recent survey, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leads in public sentiment, with a majority of voters preferring his previously defeated Conservative government. In another poll, half of voters disapprove of Labour leader Keir Starmer's performance after just three months in office.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 7, 2024
Tories remain the ¡®party party.¡¯ Time for a bouncer.
More of the same could doom Conservatives to a long stay in the wilderness or even organizational collapse. They better get this leadership contest right.
British Shadow Home Secretary and Conservative Party leadership candidate James Cleverly (left) speaks at the Conservative Party's annual conference, in Birmingham, U.K., on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 2, 2024
After being ousted, Britain¡¯s Conservatives plan their return to power
At their conference, many Conservatives were optimistic about unseating Labour at the next election, which must take place by mid-2029.
The four remaining U.K. Conservative leadership contenders (from left): Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2024
Tories turn on each other in race to succeed low-key Sunak
The U.K. Conservatives¡¯ annual conference has kicked off with jibes between leadership contenders.
Kemi Badenoch is the bookmakers¡¯ favorite to win the U.K. Conservative Party leadership contest.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2024
U.K.¡¯s most Tory district uninspired even as leadership race heats up
Even in the Britain¡¯s most Conservative constituency, the former governing party¡¯s contest to choose a new leader is failing to set pulses racing.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a news conference near Oxford, England, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2024
U.K.¡¯s Starmer sees Trump comeback as a warning about his own danger
The U.K. prime minister¡¯s overarching aim is to avoid the struggles other world leaders are facing at the hands of the populist right.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife, Victoria Starmer, greet Labour campaigners and activists at No. 10 Downing Street, following the results of the election in London on Friday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 8, 2024
Investors put U.K. election winner Labour on credibility watch
U.K. markets that have struggled since 2016¡¯s Brexit vote and the chaos wreaked by former Prime Minister Liz Truss¡¯ 2022 mini-budget.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other key Labour figures with working-class backgrounds will have to work with elites in the civil service, business world and beyond who do not share their class origins.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2024
No class war from the U.K.¡¯s most working-class government
This is the most working-class government the U.K. has had in recent years. Not only is Keir Starmer from a humble background, but so are many of his Cabinet members.
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the nation on Friday in London.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jul 5, 2024
U.K.¡¯s election?is a rare?win against anti-climate campaigns
Keir Starmer¡¯s Labour has a manifesto that puts climate and clean energy front and center, unlike some parties in Europe and the U.S.
An exit poll predicting that the Labour Party led by Keir Starmer will win 410 seats in Britain's general election is projected onto BBC Broadcasting House in London on July 4, 2024. Labour is set for a landslide win in U.K. election, exit polls showed.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2024
U.K.¡¯s Labour set to sweep into power with huge majority, exit poll shows
The result would give Labour a majority of 170 and would bring the curtain down on 14 years of increasingly tumultuous Conservative-led government.
China¡¯s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese payment processor¡¯s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm¡¯s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ?115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Trump says ¡®Japan¡¯ instead of Iran at meeting in Ankara
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference during a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
World¡¯s first fully sealed vertical-farming facility opens in Tokyo
Fully sealed units are stacked on top of each other at Plantx's vertical-farming facility in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Wednesday.
¡®Princess Mononoke¡¯ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The ¡°Princess Mononoke¡± adaptation was created under Shochiku¡¯s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ¡®Human Vapor¡¯
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix¡¯s ¡°Human Vapor,¡± says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.

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