Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is detained in a military coup

Myanmar’s military has detained the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the president in a coup. The pair were arrested early Monday, just hours before the new government which was elected in a vote held last year was due to be sworn in.  Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy had humiliated the military-backed … Read more

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is detained amid reports a military coup is underway 

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi is detained amid reports a military coup is underway  By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 23:01 GMT, 31 January 2021 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 31 January 2021 Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained amid reports a coup is underway in the country.  Share or comment on … Read more

Unite union ‘paid firm owned by leader Len McLuskey’s friend £95 million for a £7m hotel project’

Unite the Union paid a firm owned by a friend of its leader Len McLuskey £95 million for a hotel project that was only supposed to cost £7 million, it has been reported.  Flanagan Group – run by McCluskey’s friend Paul Flanagan – received the money as the primary contractor for the building of a … Read more

Jake Ryan reveals the unusual trick that helped him transform into New Zealand gang leader

Jake Ryan reveals the unusual trick that helped him transform into face-tattooed New Zealand gang leader for film Savage By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:24 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 04:24 GMT, 26 January 2021 Former Home and Away star Jake Ryan is set to play a heavily tattooed, rough-as-guts gang … Read more

Covid UK: Labour leader Keir Starmer in self-isolation until Monday

Keir Starmer goes into Covid self-isolation until next Monday after coming into contact with an infected individual – but says he has ‘no symptoms’ Keir Starmer is going into self-isolation after a contact tested positive for Covid Labour leader said he will be working from home until Monday after notification He stressed he had no … Read more

Welsh Tory leader QUITS after admitting he drank alcohol on Welsh parliament grounds

The leader of the Welsh Conservatives has stepped down after admitting he downed alcohol on Welsh parliament grounds days after a pub alcohol ban was enforced.  Paul Davies was accused of drinking alcohol with former Welsh Government minister Alun Davies, Tory chief whip Darren Millar and the party’s chief of staff Paul Smith in a licensed Senedd tearoom … Read more

Canada’s Justin Trudeau will be first foreign leader called by Biden

Who the presidents called first  Joe Biden (Jan 22, 2021): Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Donald Trump (Jan 21, 2017): Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto  Barack Obama (Jan 23, 2009): Canadian PM Stephen Harper, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, British PM Gordon Brown George W. Bush (Jan 23, 2001): Mexican president Vicente Fox, … Read more

Angela Merkel’s centre-right party elects Armin Laschet as new leader

BREAKING: Angela Merkel’s centre-right party elects Armin Laschet as new leader to replace her ahead of national elections in September By Ap Published: 10:51 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 10:56 GMT, 16 January 2021 Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party has elected Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new … Read more

Richard Leonard QUITS as Scottish Labour leader before May elections

The leader of Scottish Labour quit without warning today, just months before he was due to lead the party into difficult Holyrood elections. Richard Leonard announced he was stepping down with immediate effect this afternoon after three years in charge. The Yorkshire-born leftwinger, who was aligned with Jeremy Corbyn during his time as Labour chief, … Read more

Labour’s leader in Scotland Richard Leonard QUITS ahead of Holyrood elections

Labour’s leader in Scotland Richard Leonard QUITS ahead of Holyrood elections in which party was expected to trail THIRD behind SNP and Tories By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 16:10 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 16:28 GMT, 14 January 2021 The Leader of Scottish Labour quit today just months before he was … Read more