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Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks to members of the media during a visit to HM Coastguard Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, in Dover, southern England, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2026
U.K.¡¯s Burnham pledges ¡®relentless¡¯ focus on illegal migration
Illegal migration has been a political flash point in the U.K. and has boosted support for the far-right Reform U.K. party.
Newly appointed U.K. Finance Minister John Healey heads to the first cabinet meeting with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street in London on Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2026
New U.K. finance minister calms market but investors see more tax and debt ahead
John Healey is widely seen as a safe pair of hands for the Treasury job, but analysts are now trying to add up the likely extra investments that will be made under Andy Burnham.
Newly appointed U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham looks on as he delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street after taking office in London on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2026
New U.K. PM Burnham stamps authority with Cabinet shakeup
Burnham pledged to reindustrialize Britain and decentralize power after he met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.
Newly elected leader of Britain's Labour Party Andy Burnham shakes hands with a man by Gravesend Town Pier in Gravesend, Kent, Britain, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 20, 2026
Burnham vows unity after lightning ascent to U.K. premiership
The incoming leader will inherit a prime ministerial inbox bursting with tricky issues.
Andy Burnham is due to take over as Britain's prime minister from incumbent Keir Starmer on Monday next week.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2026
Burnham team falls into infighting over Miliband chancellor pick
While many Andy Burnham supporters on the left of the governing Labour Party had expected him to put Energy Secretary Ed Miliband in charge of the Treasury, others are against it.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
WORLD / Politics
Jul 6, 2026
Farage¡¯s retreat from spotlight fuels fresh doubts about Reform
His acceptance of ?5 million from a British cryptocurrency investor shortly before returning to the House of Commons in 2024¡¯s election is under scrutiny.
Andy Burnham, the British member of Parliament for Makerfield, delivers a speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester, Britain, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 30, 2026
Burnham vows to grow economy by taking powers out of London
The prime minister hopeful says Britain is ¡°stuck in a rut¡± with output held back by a ¡°stark imbalance in resources between national government and local government.¡±
Newly elected Makerfield MP and former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham arrives at Derby Gate by the Houses of Parliament, following British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's announcement of the timeline for his resignation, in London on June 22.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2026
Burnham to pledge sweeping devolution in bid to become U.K. PM
The former Greater Manchester mayor will set out on Monday how he¡¯d ¡°lift Britain back up¡± by handing more decision making powers to local authorities.
New Labour Party MP for Makerfield, Andy Burnham, is sworn in after his win in the recent by-election, in the House of Commons in London on May 22.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2026
U.K.¡¯s likely next leader Burnham to unveil plan to shift power from London
Burnham is ?currently the only declared candidate to take over from Starmer and could be installed in Downing Street within weeks.
Labour candidate Andy Burnham celebrates victory in the Makerfield by-election at a rally in Ashton-in-Makerfield, England, on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 24, 2026
Good luck, Andy Burnham. You¡¯ll need it.
There are many reasons Burnham may struggle to do much better than Starmer leading a country that, since the Brexit referendum has come to be described as almost ungovernable.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the timeline for his resignation outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2026
Starmer to leave Downing Street without ever managing to explain what he stood for
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer¡¯s stolid managerialism helped Labour woo a nation tired of Tory government, but it was out of step with the times in which he came to govern.
Andy Burnham, the new Member of Parliament for Makerfield, reacts as he attends his swearing-in ceremony at the House of Commons, in London, on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2026
Burnham poised for power in U.K. after Starmer steps aside
Burnham¡¯s resounding victory over Reform¡¯s candidate made Keir Starmer¡¯s efforts to cling on to power increasingly untenable.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces the timeline for his resignation, outside No. 10 Downing Street, in London on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 22, 2026
Unloved and directionless, U.K.¡¯s Starmer quits after just two years
Buffeted by competing Labour factions, lobbied by vested interests and misunderstood by wary voters, many came to hate what they saw as indecision.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech announcing his resignation outside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will resign
Less than two years after he won a landslide election victory that promised to end chaos in British ?politics, Starmer said it was clear that his party wanted him to go.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer walks as he visits a housing development in north London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2026
Starmer expected to set out resignation timetable within days
A statement from Starmer conceding power could come as soon as Monday.
Andy Burnham, candidate for the Labour Party, celebrates his victory in the Makerfield by-election with a rally at Ashton Town FC in Ashton-in-Makerfield, U.K., on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2026
Burnham¡¯s ¡®King of the North¡¯ tactics will be clipped if he becomes U.K. prime minister
After winning a seat in parliament for his local area of Makerfield, Burnham, hopes to ride a level of popularity rarely enjoyed by politicians to become Britain¡¯s next leader.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts as he meets with local residents during a recent visit to a housing development in north London.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 21, 2026
Report says U.K. PM Starmer ready to quit, but source says he¡¯s still focused on job
The threat to Starmer¡¯s position increased sharply ?on ?Friday, when his rival Andy Burnham won a seat in parliament that would allow ?him to launch a formal leadership challenge.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts next to Reform UK by-election candidate Robert Kenyon as they arrive in Wigan, England, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 20, 2026
Nigel Farage¡¯s national ambitions take hit as voters flock to Andy Burnham
Reform UK¡¯s emphatic defeat in Thursday¡¯s Makerfield by-election laid bare the political handicaps that stand in the way of it reaching 10 Downing Street.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the crew of the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in front of an F35 fighter during an eight-month operational deployment in April 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2026
Keir Starmer is headed for a NATO humiliation
In March, ministers tried to reassure voters that the U.K. had everything it needed to defend the country. It wasn¡¯t true and Healey knew it.
Greater Manchester Mayor and Labour candidate Andy Burnham delivers a speech on apprenticeships, ahead of the June 18 Makerfield by-election, in Wigan, England, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2026
Right-wing feud strengthens Andy Burnham¡¯s bid to be next British PM
The Labour Party mayor could win a by-election in Makerfield because the populist right-wing vote is likely to be divided between Reform UK and Restore Britain.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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