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ROME (Reuters) -Consultations on the formation of Italy’s new government, which is widely expected to be led by nationalist leader Giorgia Meloni, will be held on Oct. 20 and 21, President Sergio Mattarella’s office said on Wednesday. Meloni led a righ…

By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating a small number of COVID-related fraud cases, although director Lisa Osofsky cautioned on Wednesday that the inquiries were at an early stage. Osofsky told a parliam…

LONDON (Reuters) – Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s first prime minister of colour on Tuesday after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party. Following are latest events, comments and context: POLITICS * Sunak, the 42-year-old former finance min…

ROME (Reuters) – Italy should have a new government in place by early next week, League leader Matteo Salvini said on Wednesday. Salvini, part of a rightist coalition led by the Brothers of Italy party that won a national election last month, said he e…

LONDON (Reuters) – Former transport minister Grant Shapps is to replace Suella Braverman as Britain’s interior minister, the BBC reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Kylie MacLellan)

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday declared martial law in four partially occupied regions of Ukraine that Russia claims as its own. Although Russia has unilaterally annexed and does not fully control any of the four regions – Do…

(Reuters) – British railway workers union RMT said on Wednesday it would take strike action against 14 train operating companies in early November after the country’s rail industry body failed to present new offers on pay, jobs and working conditions. …

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – A decade on from the global financial crisis, non-banks are still not being properly regulated as rocketing interest rates point to new weak points such as emerging market funds, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunli…

LONDON (Reuters) – British interior minister Suella Braverman said on Wednesday she had resigned after sending an official document from her personal email in a “technical infringement” of government rules. Below is the full text of her letter to Prime…

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Suella Braverman quit as interior minister on Wednesday, saying she had to go after she breached government rules but that she had concerns over the direction of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s government. The second senior mini…