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Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media at 10 Downing Street in London

UK’s Liz Truss quits after turmoil obliterated her authority

Leaders

Liz Truss resigns as British prime minister — only six weeks after taking office — after her policies created economic turmoil and a rebellion from within her own party.

People stage a sit-in demanding a return to civilian rule and to protest the nine people who were killed in anti-military demonstrations last month, in Khartoum, Sudan, Monday, July 4, 2022.

Sudanese protesters demand a ‘purely civilian transitional government’ activist says

Protest
Wide shot of Lebanese parliament

Lebanon’s political class ‘ripped off’ the country’s potential, ‘Pandora’ investigator says

Finance
A woman leader holds up a COVID-19 chart card.

It’s official: Women are better leaders in a pandemic

Leaders
People walk past the looted premises of cellphone company Syriatel, which is owned by Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Deraa March 21, 2011.

Syria’s first family is caught in a feud

Conflict
Putin stands at a podium in front of a crowd and signage for May 9

Coronavirus postponed Russia’s Victory Day. That could be a problem for Putin.

Global Politics

On the 75th anniversary of Victory Day in Russia, there will be no rumbling tanks, troop formations or mass crowds. The absence of the pomp that usually accompanies May 9 in Russia could prove problematic for President Vladimir Putin. 

Flags of many countries carried by protesters fill the frame.

Power outage: How did global leadership change in 2019?

Global Politics

US President Donald Trump faces a Senate trial over whether to remove him from office in January. But impeachment is not the only way to remove a leader. Here’s a look at political shake-ups around the world, where both legal and extralegal means to bring about regime change have made headlines.