The first United Arab Emirates ambassador to Damascus in nearly 13 years took up his post on Tuesday as Syria has been reintegrating into mainstream regional acceptance. Syrian state media said the country’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad received Ambassador Hassan Ahmad al-Shihi’s
Emmanuel Macron has picked as his new Foreign Minister arch-Rurophile and prominent Brexit critic Stephane Sejourne, who once launched a scathing attack on former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. In a surprising move, which risks alienating his own party, the French President
Gabriel Attal, 34, has been appointed as France’s youngest-ever prime minister amid political pressure from the far right. His predecessor, Elisabeth Borne, resigned following political turmoil over an immigration law strengthening the government’s deportation powers. Attal, a former Socialist Party member, previously
Emmanuel Macron has installed baby-faced Gabriel Attal as his new Prime Minister, prompting an astonished reaction from the nation. The French President is desperately seeking a reset in the face of rising political pressure from the far right. Mr Attal rose to
Poland’s new prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Tuesday that his pro-European Union government has appointed new heads of state security, intelligence and anti-corruption offices. Two of the new appointees are women. The appointments replace officials who had served under the previous
The sleepy English village famous for housing the star of the Vicar of Dibley recently welcomed its first female vicar following a sexism controversy. St Fimbarrus Parish Church is the local church of Fowey, Cornwall, a town in which Dawn French once
An AI robot has been appointed as the “principal headteacher” of an exclusive English boarding school “Abigail Bailey”, built by an artificial intelligence developer and equipped with a vast wealth of knowledge in machine learning and educational management, will offer support to
As artificial intelligence gains an ever-widening role in the medical field, the Mayo Clinic has recently appointed a new executive to lead the health system’s efforts in that area. Radiologist Bhavik Patel, M.D., has been named chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO) for
Gabon’s ousted President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who has been under house arrest since he was deposed last week, is free and can travel abroad for medical treatment, the country’s junta said as it appointed a new prime minister. Raymond Ndong Sima, an
LGBT+ campaigners have welcomed as “a beacon of light and hope” the news that the Church of England has appointed its first transgender Archdeacon. The new Archdeacon of Bolton and Salford is to be the Rev Canon Dr Rachel Mann, who is