Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
9/6/2022 8:38:56 PM
The UK has a new leader in new Prime Minister Liz Truss, but can she unite a divided nation and ruling Conservative Party, asks Manal Lotfy
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World
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International
9/6/2022 6:20:04 PM
Liz Truss, a onetime accountant who has served in Parliament for the past 12 years, became Britain's prime minister on Tuesday after Queen Elizabeth II formally asked her to form a government.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
9/5/2022 7:13:06 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi congratulated on Monday Liz Truss on winning the Conservative party’s elections and becoming the prime minister of Britain, the Egyptian presidency announced.
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World
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International
9/5/2022 1:49:25 PM
Britain's Conservative Party has chosen Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the party's new leader, putting her in line to be confirmed as prime minister.
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World
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International
8/26/2022 5:07:37 PM
Some back Liz Truss to be the next leader of Britain's ruling Conservative party while others favour Rishi Sunak. But in the background, some Tory activists regret that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is leaving so soon, and are concerned for the future.
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World
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International
8/3/2022 1:46:22 PM
Britain's governing Conservative Party said Wednesday that it has delayed sending out ballots for the party's leadership election after a warning from the U.K. intelligence services about the risk of fraud.
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World
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International
8/1/2022 12:15:11 PM
British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss won another heavyweight endorsement Monday as Tory members began a month of voting to decide the next occupant of 10 Downing Street.
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World
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International
7/28/2022 10:58:29 PM
British Conservatives Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss Thursday underwent their first grilling in front of party members as they wage a bitter duel to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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World
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International
7/25/2022 9:22:04 PM
The two candidates vying to be Britain's next prime minister will face off in a TV debate Monday after both sought to woo the Conservative Party's right-wing base by backing a controversial plan to deport some asylum-seekers to Rwanda.
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World
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International
7/20/2022 6:10:17 PM
Britain's Conservative Party chose former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the two finalists in an election to replace Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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World
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International
7/19/2022 6:24:28 PM
The fractious race to replace Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister entered an unpredictable endgame Tuesday as three candidates for Conservative Party leader were left battling for the two spots in a run-off vote.
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World
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International
7/17/2022 6:15:36 PM
The candidates to become the next British prime minister burnished their right-wing credentials Sunday, as they looked to remain in the race to succeed Boris Johnson.
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World
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International
7/13/2022 11:54:49 AM
Britain's ruling Conservative party was Wednesday to winnow down the eight candidates vying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson amid growing acrimony over alleged dirty tricks.
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World
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International
7/12/2022 5:28:52 PM
A crowded field of contenders is vying to replace Boris Johnson as the next Conservative Party leader and British prime minister.
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World
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International
7/11/2022 3:42:55 PM
The field of runners wanting to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson as leader of Britain's Conservative party is now in double digits, and they have a lot to say, especially about tax cuts.
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World
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International
7/9/2022 5:43:15 PM
British Cabinet minister tipped to be a frontrunner in the Conservative Party's leadership race ruled himself out of the contest Saturday.
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World
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International
7/8/2022 12:48:27 PM
A field of candidates to replace departing Prime Minister Boris Johnson began to take shape Friday, even as some Conservative Party lawmakers pushed to get the scandal-tarnished leader out of office before his replacement is elected in the next couple of months.
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World
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International
7/7/2022 1:39:22 PM
Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday as leader of Britain's Conservative party, paving the way for the selection of a new prime minister after dozens of ministers quit his scandal-hit government.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
7/7/2022 1:30:27 PM
The Kremlin said Thursday it hoped that "more professional people" would come to power in Britain after the BBC reported Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative party leader.
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Egypt
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Politics
7/2/2022 5:02:49 PM
Talaat Khalil, the secretary-general of Egypt’s Conservatives Party, announced in a statement on Friday that “the party supports all Egyptian political factions in rejecting the participation of the terrorist-designated Muslim Brotherhood in the National Dialogue that is expected to kick off this week.”
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