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Nigel Farage Resigns as Member of Parliament to Trigger By-Election

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage resigned from Parliament to force a by-election in his constituency, saying he wants voters to renew his mandate while the move also suspends two parliamentary investigations into undisclosed financial gifts.
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Nigel Farage Resigns as Member of Parliament to Trigger By-Election
Amazon Raises at Least Twenty-Five Billion Dollars Through Bond Sale to Fund AI Expansion
French Court Allows Marine Le Pen to Run for President Under Electronic Monitoring
European Intelligence Warns Russia's Banking System Faces Growing Strain From Wartime Lending
NATO Summit in Ankara Unveils Major Defense Production Deals and New Military Finance Bank
Russia Launches Massive Missile and Drone Assault on Kyiv Before NATO Leaders Meet
Drone Strikes Hit Qatari LNG Carrier and Saudi Oil Tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Deep Purple Has Released Its Best Album in Decades
Hong Kong Launches Central Gold Clearing System to Expand Global Bullion Trading
Indonesia and Singapore Reaffirm Commitment to Keep Malacca Strait Open to Global Shipping
Hamas Dissolves Gaza Administrative Authority to Support Proposed Technocratic Government
Trump Says United States Is Actively Pursuing Talks to End Russia-Ukraine War
Commercial LNG Tanker Hit by Projectile in Strait of Hormuz
Philippine Senate Opens Historic Impeachment Trial of Vice President Sara Duterte
Venezuelan Earthquake Death Toll Tops 3,500 as United Nations Expands Emergency Response
Microsoft Lays Off 4,800 Employees and Xbox Suffers the Hardest Blow
Global Oil Buffers Remain Strained After U.S.-Iran Conflict Despite Ceasefire
Hamas Dissolves Gaza Governing Committee Ahead of Planned Civil Administration Transfer
Trump Presses European Allies to Raise Defense Spending at NATO Summit in Ankara
Major Central Banks Signal Interest Rates Will Stay Higher for Longer
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China Conducts Ballistic Missile Launch From Nuclear Submarine Into the Pacific Ocean
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