Today, Sanae Takaichi is the most powerful person in Japan — an ultraconservative politician elected as the first female prime minister in the country’s history, who hit it off with President Donald ...

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Polls show Japan’s first female prime minister and her coalition within reach of a decisive win in snap elections on Sunday. Sanae Takaichi got an additional boost in the form of an endorsement from ...

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Troops should be deployed to peaceful parts of the country in non-fighting roles, he said.

“Melania” opened to the best box office numbers for a documentary in a decade after premiering Thursday in close to 1,800 screens nationwide. The documentary on the first lady, 55, directed by Brett ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is leveraging her popularity to help her party win Sunday’s snap election as she pushes her right-wing agenda to boost her country’s economy and ...

Sky News Contributor Joe Hildebrand comments on his fantasy diary of Barnaby Joyce’s path to becoming One Nation’s first PM. “Could Barnaby Joyce be One Nation's first PM?” Mr Hildebrand told Sky News ...

The Netherlands is set to have its first gay prime minister. The protagonist is Rob Jetten, 38 years old, leader of the center-left Democratic 66 (D66). Born in 1987, he will also set the record as ...

Sanae Takaichi, who has proved popular as the first woman to lead Japan as prime minister, was on course for a sweeping mandate after a snap election on Sunday. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...

LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to visit China this week, aiming to forge a more consistent, pragmatic relationship with Beijing as Britain and other intermediate powers reassess their ...