News of street

Frantic push to solve sovereign debt crises irks Wall Street

28-05-2023 10:14 A shakeup is brewing in the US$1.6 trillion universe of emerging-market sovereign debt — whether Wall Street likes it or not.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Eduardo Porter: Why Wall Street should like Latin America’s left

08-02-2023 09:22 The Latin American left does a better job than the right delivering on one of Wall Street’s favourite metrics: stock market returns.

British politics

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after just 44 days in office

20-10-2022 09:51 British Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation, just 44 days after taking office; Conservative leader admits she cannot lead party and says her replacement will be chosen by next week.

BYE BORIS

UK PM Boris Johnson steps down as Conservative leader after mass resignations

07-07-2022 08:19 Boris Johnson announces that he will step down after a slew of resignations – but indicates he will stay on as prime minister until a replacement is found.

UK POLITICS

Top ministers turn on UK's scandal-tainted PM Boris Johnson

05-07-2022 22:05 Boris Johnson's tenure as prime minister in doubt after two key Cabinet ministers quit, saying they can no longer tolerate the culture of scandal surrounding him.

BRITISH POLITICS

Boris Johnson: the 'greased piglet' slips away again

06-06-2022 21:51 Conservative leader Boris Johnson – once described as a 'greased piglet' for his powers of political escapology – slips away again.

BRITISH POLITICS

Embattled UK PM Boris Johnson faces local elections test

02-05-2022 11:12 A drubbing for Boris Johnson's Conservatives in Thursday's local elections could revive calls for the under-fire leader to go.

UK POLITICS

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson fined by police over 'Partygate'

12-04-2022 11:12 Calls for resignation as Downing Street reveals UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other top officials are to be fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown laws and attending gatherings.

CULTURE

New peace mural in Buenos Aires draws attention

06-03-2022 17:58 A new anti-war mural, featuring images of a woman wounded after a bombing in Ukraine and the iconic figure of a naked girl fleeing from napalm in Vietnam in 1972, is drawing attention in Buenos Aires.

BRITISH POLITICS

UK PM apologises as 'partygate' report condemns 'failures of leadership'

31-01-2022 14:44 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologises after his government was criticised for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at Downing Street.

BREXIT BORIS ON WAY OUT?

UK PM Johnson promises cooperation as police probe 'partygate' scandals

25-01-2022 19:10 Allegations that a string of parties were held at Downing Street while the rest of the country abided by the rules have caused the worst crisis in Boris Johnson's tenure, threatening his premiership.