Labour veteran and former Greater Manchester mayor secured nominations from 322 of Labour’s 403 MPs. Known as ‘King of the North’, Andy Burnham has promised to rebuild public services, and pursue a tougher policy towards Israel.
Drawing lessons from the Hormuz crisis, govt explores ways to reduce dependence on maritime chokepoints. Experts say options are limited for LPG compared to crude.
Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.
The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.
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